Editing Demographics of the United States

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{{Infobox place demographics
 | place              = the [[United States]]
 | image              = File:USA Population Pyramid.svg
 | image_size         = 350
 | caption            = [[Population pyramid]] of the [[United States]] in 2023

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 | size_of_population = {{increase}} 340,110,988 (2024 estimate)<ref name="Vintage 2024">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-national-total.html | title=National Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024}}</ref><br>
                                     331,449,281 (2020 census)<ref name="United States Census">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/04/2020-census-data-release.html|title=U.S. Census Bureau Today Delivers State Population Totals for Congressional Apportionment|work=[[United States Census]]|access-date=April 26, 2021}} The 2020 census is as of April 1, 2020.</ref>
 | density            = {{convert|86.16|/sqmi|/km2|abbr=on}}
 | growth             = {{increase}} 1% (2024)<ref name="U.S. Population Grows at Fastest Pa">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/12/population-estimates.html |title=U.S. Population Grows at Fastest Pace in More than Two Decades|agency=U.S. Census Bureau |date=December 19, 2024 |access-date=January 14, 2025}}</ref>
 | birth              = {{DecreaseNegative}} 10.7 births/1,000 population (2023)
 | death              = {{DecreasePositive}} 9.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023)
 | life               = {{increase}} 78.4 years (2023)<ref name="Life">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/12/american-life-expectancy-rose-slightly-in-2023-cdc-says.html |date=December 2024 |website=LL |access-date=2024-12-24 |title=American life expectancy rose slightly in 2023, CDC says }}</ref>
 | life_male          = {{increase}} 75.8 years (2023)<ref name="Life"/>
 | life_female        = {{increase}} 81.1 years (2023)<ref name="Life"/>
 | fertility          = 
 | infant_mortality   = 5.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2022 |title=Infant Mortality |url=https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/infantmortality.htm |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=cdc.gov}}</ref>
 | net_migration      = 3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024)<ref name="CIA"/>

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 | under_18_years     = 21.7% (2023 est.)<ref name="census_agesex_2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Selected Age Groups by Sex for the United States: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 (NC-EST2023-AGESEX) |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/national/asrh/nc-est2023-agesex.xlsx |date=June 2024 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], Population Division |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>
 | age_18–44_years    = 36.0% (2023 est.)<ref name="census_agesex_2023"/>
 | age_45–64_years    = 24.6% (2023 est.)<ref name="census_agesex_2023"/>
 | age_65_years       = 17.7% (2023 est.)<ref name="census_agesex_2023"/>
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 | total_mf_ratio     = 0.98 male(s)/female (2023 est.)<ref name="census_agesex_2023"/>
 | sr_at_birth        = 1.045 male(s)/female (2022)<ref>{{cite tech report
|last1        = Osterman
|first1       = Michelle
|last2        = Hamilton
|first2       = Brady
|last3        = Martin
|first3       = Joyce
|last4        = Driscoll
|first4       = Anne
|last5        = Valenzuela
|first5       = Claudia
|display-authors = 2
|date         = 4 April 2024
|url          = https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf
|title        = Births: Final Data for 2022
|work         = National Vital Statistics Reports
|publisher    = U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
|page         = 31
|access-date  = 21 January 2025
}}</ref>
 | sr_under_15        = 1.05 male(s)/female (2023 est.)<ref name="census_agesex_2023"/>
 | sr_15–64_years     = 1.01 male(s)/female (2023 est.)<ref name="census_agesex_2023"/>
 | sr_65_years_over   = 0.82 male(s)/female (2023 est.)<ref name="census_agesex_2023"/>

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 | nation             = [[Americans|American]]
 | major_ethnic       = {{unbulleted list
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* {{decreaseNeutral}} [[White Americans|Whites]] (61.63%)<ref name="2020USCensus">{{cite web|url=https://census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007112207/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[British Americans|Britons]] (8.42%)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/detailed-race-ethnicities-2020-census.html|title=Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census|publisher=[[United States census]]|date= September 21, 2023|access-date=October 21, 2023}}</ref>
*** [[English Americans|English]] (7.70%)
*** [[Scottish Americans|Scots]] (0.44%)
*** [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scots-Irish]] (0.11%)
*** [[Welsh Americans|Welsh]] (0.08%)
*** Others (0.09%)
** [[German Americans|Germans]] (4.69%)
*** [[Pennsylvania Dutch|Pennsylvania Germans]] (0.03%)
*** Others (4.66%)
** [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanics]] (3.80%)
*** [[Spanish Americans|Spaniards]] (0.56%)
*** Others (3.24%)
** [[Irish Americans|Irish]] (3.29%)
** [[Italian American|Italians]] (2.00%)
** [[Polish Americans|Poles]] (0.81%)
** [[French Americans|French]] (0.54%)
*** [[French-Canadian Americans|French-Canadians]] (0.08%)
*** Others (0.46%)
** [[Arab Americans|Arabs]] (0.48%)
*** [[Lebanese Americans|Lebanese]] (0.10%)
*** [[Egyptian Americans|Egyptians]] (0.09%)
*** Others (0.29%)
** [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegians]] (0.31%)
** [[Russian Americans|Russians]] (0.30%)
** [[Dutch Americans|Dutch]] (0.27%)
** [[Swedish Americans|Swedes]] (0.24%)
** [[Portuguese Americans|Portuguese]] (0.18%)
** [[Greek Americans|Greeks]] (0.17%)
** Others (36.13%)
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 | minor_ethnic       = {{unbulleted list
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* {{decreaseNeutral}} [[African Americans|Blacks]] (12.40%)<ref name="2020USCensus">{{cite web|url=https://census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007112207/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Black Hispanic and Latino Americans|Black Hispanics]] (0.35%)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/detailed-race-ethnicities-2020-census.html|title=Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census|publisher=[[United States census]]|date= September 21, 2023|access-date=October 21, 2023}}</ref>
** [[Haitian Americans|Haitians]] (0.28%)
** [[Jamaican Americans|Jamaicans]] (0.24%)
** [[Nigerian Americans|Nigerians]] (0.15%)
** Others (11.38%)
* {{increaseNeutral}} [[Multiracial Americans|Mixed]] (10.21%)<ref name="2020USCensus">{{cite web|url=https://census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007112207/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Mixed Hispanics]] (6.12%)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/detailed-race-ethnicities-2020-census.html|title=Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census|publisher=[[United States census]]|date= September 21, 2023|access-date=October 21, 2023}}</ref>
** Others (4.09%)
* {{increaseNeutral}} [[Asian Americans|Asians]] (6.00%)<ref name="2020USCensus">{{cite web|url=https://census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007112207/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[East Asian Americans|East]], [[Central Asians in the United States|Central]] and [[Southeast Asian Americans|Southeast Asians]] (4.18%)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/detailed-race-ethnicities-2020-census.html|title=Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census|publisher=[[United States census]]|date= September 21, 2023|access-date=October 21, 2023}}</ref>
*** [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]] (1.25%)
*** [[Filipino Americans|Filipinos]] (0.93%)
*** [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]] (0.59%)
*** [[Korean Americans|Koreans]] (0.46%)
*** [[Japanese Americans|Japanese]] (0.22%)
*** Others (0.73%)
** [[South Asian Americans|South Asians]] (1.74%)
*** [[Indian Americans|Indians]] (1.33%)
*** [[Pakistani Americans|Pakistanis]] (0.19%)
*** Others (0.22%)
** [[Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans|Asian Hispanics]] (0.08%)
* {{increaseNeutral}} [[Native Americans in the United States|Natives]] (1.12%)<ref name="2020USCensus">{{cite web|url=https://census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007112207/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Native Hispanics]] (0.45%)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/detailed-race-ethnicities-2020-census.html|title=Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census|publisher=[[United States census]]|date= September 21, 2023|access-date=October 21, 2023}}</ref>
*** [[Aztecs]] (0.12%)
*** [[Maya people|Mayas]] (0.06%)
*** Others (0.27%)
** [[Navajos]] (0.12%)
** [[Cherokees]] (0.07%)
** Others (0.48%)
* {{increaseNeutral}} [[Pacific Islander Americans|Islanders]] (0.21%)<ref name="2020USCensus">{{cite web|url=https://census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007112207/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Native Hawaiians|Hawaiians]] (0.06%)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/detailed-race-ethnicities-2020-census.html|title=Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census|publisher=[[United States census]]|date= September 21, 2023|access-date=October 21, 2023}}</ref>
** [[Samoan Americans|Samoans]] (0.04%)
** [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Islander Hispanics]] (0.02%)
** Others (0.11%)
* {{increaseNeutral}} Some other race (8.42%)
** [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Other Hispanics]] (7.91%)
** Others (0.51%)
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English was made the [[official language]] of the United States by [[Executive Order 14224]] in 2025.<ref name="EOWP">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/01/trump-english-official-language-explainer/ |title=A Trump order made English the official language of the U.S. What does that mean? |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |author1=Vivian Ho |author2=Rachel Pannett |date=March 1, 2025}}</ref><ref name="EONYT">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/us/politics/trump-order-english-official-language.html |author=Luke Broadwater |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 1, 2025 |title=Trump Signs Order to Designate English as Official Language of the U.S.}}</ref> However, Congress has never passed a bill to designate English as the official language of all three federal branches. [[American English|English]] is designated official in 32 of 50 states (and in all five [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territories]]). [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] is official in [[Hawaii]], [[Alaska Native languages|20 Native languages]] are official in [[Alaska]], and [[Sioux language|Sioux]] is official in [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/22/south-dakota-recognizes-official-indigenous-language-governor-noem/3245113002/ |title=South Dakota recognizes official indigenous language |first=Lisa |last=Kaczke |newspaper=Argus Leader |date=25 March 2019}}</ref> [[Samoan language|Samoan]] is an official language in [[American Samoa]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=42333 |title=Samoa now an official language of instruction in American Samoa |date=2008-10-03 |website=Radio New Zealand International}}</ref> [[Chamorro language|Chamorro]] is an official language in [[Guam]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Guam |title=Guam |date=2018-10-24 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> Chamorro and [[Carolinian language|Carolinian]] are official languages in the [[Northern Mariana Islands]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Northern-Mariana-Islands |title=Northern Mariana Islands |date=2018-10-19 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] is an official language in [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.languagepolicy.net/archives/can-pr.htm |title=Puerto Rico and Official English |first=James |last=Crawford |website=Language Policy.net |access-date=April 27, 2011}}</ref>
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 | spoken             = {{ubl|Primary language at home:|[[American English|English]], 78.5%|[[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]], 13.2%|Other [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], 3.7%|[[Languages of Asia|Asian]] and [[Polynesian languages|Pacific Islander]], 3.3%|Other, 0.8%}}
 | footnote           = Source: ''[[American Community Survey]]'' of U.S. Census Bureau<ref name="Explore Census Data">{{cite web | url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2022.S1601?text=Language&t=Language%20Spoken%20at%20Home | title=Explore Census Data |access-date=April 18, 2025}}</ref>
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The [[United States]] is the [[List of countries and dependencies by population|third most populous country]] in the world, and the [[List of countries in the Americas by population|most populous in the Americas]] and the [[Western Hemisphere]], with an estimated population of 340,110,988 on July 1, 2024, according to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]].<ref name="Vintage 2024" /> This was an increase of 2.6% over the 2020 federal census of 331,449,281 residents.<ref name="United States Census">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/04/2020-census-data-release.html|title=U.S. Census Bureau Today Delivers State Population Totals for Congressional Apportionment|work=[[United States Census]]|access-date=April 26, 2021}} The 2020 census is as of April 1, 2020.</ref> These figures include the [[U.S. state|50 states]] and the federal capital, [[Washington, D.C.]], but exclude the 3.6 million residents of five unincorporated U.S. territories ([[Puerto Rico]], [[Guam]], the [[United States Virgin Islands|U.S. Virgin Islands]], [[American Samoa]], and the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]) as well as several [[United States Minor Outlying Islands|minor uninhabited island possessions]]. The Census Bureau showed a population increase of 0.98% for the twelve-month period ending in July 2024,<ref name="U.S. Population Grows at Fastest Pa">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/12/population-estimates.html |title=U.S. Population Grows at Fastest Pace in More than Two Decades|agency=U.S. Census Bureau |date=December 19, 2024 |access-date=January 14, 2025}}</ref> slightly below the world estimated annual growth rate of 1.03%.<ref name="ciapgr">{{Cite web|title=Population growth rate|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/population-growth-rate/|work=[[The World Factbook]]|publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref> By several metrics, including racial and ethnic background, religious affiliation, and percentage of rural and urban divide, the state of [[Illinois]] is the most representative of the larger demography of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-ranks-as-most-normal-state-in-u-s-according-to-washington-post-data-analysis/3436002/ |title=Illinois ranks as 'most normal state' in U.S. according to Washington Post data analysis |department=Illinois |date=2024-05-14 |accessdate=2024-05-15 |language=en-US |publisher=[[WMAQ-TV]]}}</ref>

The United States population almost quadrupled during the 20th century—at a growth rate of about 1.3% a year—from about 76 million in 1900 to 281 million in 2000.<ref name=statistical>{{cite web |title=Statistical Abstract of the United States |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/06statab/pop.pdf|year=2005 |website=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref> It is estimated to have reached the 200 million mark in 1967, and the 300 million mark on October 17, 2006.<ref name=statistical/><ref name=MSNBC_15298443>{{cite news |title=U.S. population hits 300 million mark |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15298443 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017114234/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15298443/ |url-status=live |archive-date=October 17, 2006 |website=[[MSNBC]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 17, 2006 |access-date=October 17, 2006}}</ref> Foreign-born immigration caused the U.S. population to continue its rapid increase, with this population doubling from almost 20 million in 1990 to over 45 million in 2015,<ref name="pewhispanic.org">{{cite web |title=Modern Immigration Wave Brings 59 Million to U.S. |url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/09/28/modern-immigration-wave-brings-59-million-to-u-s-driving-population-growth-and-change-through-2065/ |date=September 28, 2015 |website=Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project}}</ref> representing one-third of the population increase.<ref>{{cite web |title=Changing Patterns in U.S. Immigration and Population |url=http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2014/12/changing-patterns-in-us-immigration-and-population |website=The Pew Charitable Trusts |date=18 December 2014}}</ref> The U.S. Census Bureau reported in late 2024 that recent immigration to the United States had more than offset the country's lower birth and fertility rates: "Net international migration’s influence on population trends has increased over the last few years. Since 2021, it accounted for the majority of the nation’s growth—a departure from the last two decades, when natural increase was the main factor." This in turn led to a notable increase in the U.S. population in each of the years 2022, 2023, and 2024 (+0.58%, +0.83%, and +0.98%, respectively).<ref>{{cite web |title=New 2024 population estimates show nation's population grew by about 1% to 340.1 million since 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/12/population-estimates.html |website=U.S. Census Bureau |date=December 19, 2024 |access-date=December 24, 2024}}</ref>

Population growth is fastest among minorities as a whole, and according to a 2020 U.S. Census Bureau analysis, 50% of U.S. children under the age of 18 are now members of [[minorities in the United States|ethnic minority groups]].<ref>{{cite web |url =https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/children-of-color-projected-to-be-majority-of-u-s-youth-this-year |title=Children of color projected to be majority of U.S. youth this year |date=January 9, 2020 |work=PBS NewsHour}}</ref> 
As of 2020, [[white Americans]] numbered 235,411,507 or 71% of the population, including people who identified as white in combination with another race. People who identified as white alone (including Hispanic whites) numbered 204,277,273 or 61.6% of the population, while [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|non-Latino whites]] made up 57.8% of the country's population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/racial-and-ethnic-diversity-in-the-united-states-2010-and-2020-census.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

[[Latino Americans]] accounted for 51.1% of the country's total [[population growth]] between 2010 and 2020.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web   |title=2020 Census Illuminates Racial and Ethnic Composition of the Country |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/08/improved-race-ethnicity-measures-reveal-united-states-population-much-more-multiracial.html |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> The Hispanic or Latino population increased from 50.5 million in 2010 to 62.1 million in 2020, a 23% increase and a numerical increase of more than 11.6 million.<ref name=":5" /> Immigrants and their U.S.-born descendants are expected to provide most of the U.S. population gains in the decades ahead.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=85 |title=U.S. Population Projections: 2005–2050 |website =Pew Hispanic Center |access-date=September 19, 2011 |date=February 11, 2008}}</ref>

[[Asian Americans]] are the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, with a growth rate of 35%. However, multi-racial Asian Americans make up the fastest-growing subgroup, with a growth rate of 55%, reflecting the increase of mixed-race marriages in the United States.<ref name="Lemi 2021 b965" /><ref name="Foster-Frau 2021 h651" />

{{As of|2022}}, births to [[White American]] mothers remain around 50% of the U.S. total, a decline of 3% compared to 2021.<ref name="Press 2023 m067">{{cite web | agency=Associated Press | title=U.S. births in 2022 didn't return to pre-pandemic levels | website=STAT | date=2023-06-01 | url=https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/01/pregnancy-birth-rates-2022-pandemic/ | access-date=2023-06-19}} "Births to Hispanic moms rose 6% last year and surpassed 25% of the U.S. total. Births to white moms fell 3%, but still accounted for 50% of births. Births to Black moms fell 1%, and were 14% of the total."</ref> In the same time period, births to Asian American and Hispanic women increased by 2% and 6%, respectively.<ref name="America 2023 t227">{{cite web | last=America | first=Good Morning | title=Teenage birth rates in the US hit record lows in 2022: CDC report | website=Good Morning America | date=2023-06-01 | url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/teenage-birth-rates-us-reached-historic-lows-2022-99720479 | access-date=2023-06-19}} "Among race/ethnicity between 2021 and 2022, the provisional number of births declined 3% for American Indian/Alaska Native and white women and by 1% for Black women from 2021 to 2022. However, birth rates rose 2% for Asian women and 6% for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic women."</ref>
 
[[File:US demographic composition population pyramid.gif|thumb|440x440px|Population pyramid by race and ethnicity of the United States over time from 1900 to 2020]]
 
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==Population==
{{US Census population
|1790= 3929326
|1800= 5308483
|1810= 7239881
|1820= 9638453
|1830= 12866020
|1840= 17069453
|1850= 23191876
|1860= 31443321
|1870= 38925598
|1880= 50189209
|1890= 62979766
|1900= 76212168
|1910= 92228496
|1920= 106021537
|1930= 122775046
|1940= 132164569
|1950= 150697361
|1960= 179323175
|1970= 203392031
|1980= 226545805
|1990= 248709873
|2000= 281421906
|2010= 308745538
|2020= 331449281
|estimate= 340110988
|estyear= 2024
|estref= <ref name="Vintage 2024">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-national-total.html | title=National Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024}}</ref>
|footnote= U.S. Decennial Census
}}

In 1900, when the U.S. population was 76 million, there were 66.8 million white Americans in the United States, representing 88% of the total population,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://faculty.washington.edu/mbarreto/courses/Hobbs_Stoops2002.pdf |title=Census 2000 Special Reports: Demographics Trends in the 20th Century |first1=Frank |last1=Hobbs |first2=Nicole |last2=Stoops |date=November 2002 |website=U.S. Census Bureau |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120031525/http://faculty.washington.edu/mbarreto/courses/Hobbs_Stoops2002.pdf |archive-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref> 8.8 million Black Americans, with about 90% of them still living in Southern states,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/apsd/wepeople/we-1.pdf |title=We the Americans: Blacks |first=Claudette E. |last=Bennett |date=September 1993 |website=U.S. Census Bureau |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20100326163944/http://www.census.gov/apsd/wepeople/we-1.pdf |archive-date=2010-03-26}}</ref> and slightly more than 500,000 Hispanics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prb.org/Articles/2004/LatinosandtheChangingFaceofAmerica.aspx |title=Latinos and the Changing Face of America |first=Rogelio |last=Saenz |date=August 2004 |website=Population Reference Bureau |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519161150/http://www.prb.org/Articles/2004/LatinosandtheChangingFaceofAmerica.aspx |archive-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref>

Under federal law, [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965|the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]],<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHmccaV4MuAC&pg=PA120 |date=2005 |title=Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States |first=George M. |last=Fredrickson |editor1-last=Foner |editor1-first=Nancy |editor2-last=Fredrickson |editor2-first=George M. |publisher=Russell Sage Foundation |page=120 |isbn=0-87154-270-6}}</ref> the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States has increased,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=723 |title=Immigrants in the United States and the Current Economic Crisis |first1=Demetrios G. |last1=Papademetriou |first2=Aaron |last2=Terrazas |date=April 2009 |website=Migration Policy Institute |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304075047/http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=723 |archive-date=2010-03-04}}</ref> from 9.6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aaimTNHDzZYC&pg=PA32 |first1=Uma A. |last1=Segal |first2=Doreen |last2=Elliott |first3=Nazneen S. |last3=Mayadas |date=2010 |title=Immigration Worldwide: Policies, Practices, and Trends |publisher=[[Oxford University Press US]] |page=32 |isbn=978-0-19-538813-8}}</ref> Around a million people legally immigrated to the United States per year in the 1990s, up from 250,000 per year in the 1950s.<ref name="Borjas2003">{{cite journal |last=Borjas |first=George J. |year=2003 |title=Welfare reform, labor supply, and health insurance in the immigrant population |journal=[[Journal of Health Economics]] |volume=22 |issue=6 |pages=933–958 |issn=0167-6296 |doi=10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.05.002 |pmid=14604554 |citeseerx=10.1.1.517.7531 |s2cid=488620}}</ref>

In 1900, non-Hispanic whites comprised almost 97% of the population of the 10 largest U.S. [[Largest cities in the United States by population by decade|cities]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/fmc/book/1population10.htm |title=The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900–2000 |website=Public Broadcasting Service}}</ref> The Census Bureau reported that minorities (including Hispanic whites) made up 50.4% of the children born in the U.S. between July 2010 and July 2011,<ref>{{cite news |last=Exner |first=Rich |url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html |title=Americans under age 1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot |date=July 3, 2012 |work=[[The Plain Dealer]] |access-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref> compared to 37% in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/9271573/Non-white-births-outnumber-white-births-for-the-first-time-in-US.html |title=Non-white births outnumber white births for the first time in US |date=May 17, 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518033441/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/9271573/Non-white-births-outnumber-white-births-for-the-first-time-in-US.html |archive-date=2012-05-18}}</ref>

In 2014, the state with the lowest fertility rate was Rhode Island, with a rate of 1.56, while Utah had the greatest rate with a rate of 2.33.<ref name="auto" /> This correlates with the ages of the states' populations: Rhode Island has the ninth-oldest median age in the US{{snd}}39.2{{snd}}while Utah has the youngest{{snd}}29.0.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_3YR_GCT0101.US01PR&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213653/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_3YR_GCT0101.US01PR&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |title=Median Age Of The Total Population |website=American FactFinder |access-date=October 3, 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, the U.S. birth rate remains well below the replacement level needed – at least 2.1 children per woman so as not to experience population decreases – as white American births fell in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Among non-Hispanic white women, no states had a fertility rate above the replacement level. Among non-Hispanic Black women, 12 states reached above the replacement level needed. Among Hispanic women, 29 states did.<ref name="edition.cnn.com">{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/10/health/us-fertility-rate-replacement-cdc-study/index.html |title=US fertility rate is below level needed to replace population, study says |website=[[CNN]] |first=Jacqueline |last=Howard |date=January 10, 2019}}</ref> For non-Hispanic white women, the highest total fertility rate was in Utah, at 2.099, and the lowest in the District of Columbia, at 1.012. Among non-Hispanic Black women, the highest total fertility rate was in Maine, at 4.003, and the lowest in Wyoming, at 1.146. For Hispanic women, the highest total fertility rate was in Alabama, at 3.085, and the lowest in Vermont, at 1.200, and Maine, at 1.281.<ref name="edition.cnn.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_01-508.pdf |title=Total Fertility Rates by State and Race and Hispanic Origin: United States, 2017 |website=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |date=January 10, 2019 |first1=T.J. |last1=Mathews |first2=Brady E. |last2=Hamilton}}</ref> As of 2016, due to aging, low birth rates and rising mortality [[Opioid epidemic in the United States|driven partly by drug overdoses]], deaths outnumber births among [[non-Hispanic whites]] in more than half the states in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/white-minority-population.html|title=Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 20, 2018|first=Sabrina|last=Tavernise|access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>

===Growth rate===
[[File:US decennial census population 1790-2020.png|thumb|United States population as estimated by the US Census Bureau beginning in 1790.]]

[[File:Percent Population change by state from 2010 - 2020.svg|upright=1.75|thumb|States in the U.S. with population change 2010 to [[2020 United States census]]<ref name=2020Table>{{Cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-tableA.pdf |title=Table A. Apportionment Population, Resident Population, and Overseas Population: 2020 Census and 2010 Census}}</ref>
{{legend|#ff8080|-2.00% or less}}
{{legend|#ffbfbf|-0.01% to -1.99%}} 
{{legend|#bfdfff|0% to 0.99%}}
{{legend|#80bfff|1% to 2.49%}}
{{legend|#409fff|2.5% to 4.99%}}
{{legend|#0080ff|5% to 8.99%}}
{{legend|#0060bf|9% to 11.99%}}
{{legend|#004080|12% or more}}]]
*U.S. population growth rates: 0.98% (2024), 0.83% (2023), 0.58% (2022), 0.16% (2021), 0.41% (2020)<ref name="U.S. Population Grows at Fastest Pa">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/12/population-estimates.html |title=U.S. Population Grows at Fastest Pace in More than Two Decades|agency=U.S. Census Bureau |date=December 19, 2024 |access-date=January 14, 2025}}</ref>

===Age and sex distribution===
[[File:Americans under the age of 18 by county.png|thumb|upright=2.5|left|450px|<div style="text-align: center">Proportion of Americans under the age of 18 in each county of the [[List of states and territories of the United States|fifty states]], the [[District of Columbia]], and [[Puerto Rico]] as of the [[2020 United States census]]</div>]]
[[File:Americans under the age of 5 by county.png|thumb|upright=2.5|left|450px|<div style="text-align: center">Proportion of Americans under the age of 5 in each county of the [[List of states and territories of the United States|fifty states]], the [[District of Columbia]], and [[Puerto Rico]] as of the [[2020 United States census]]</div>]]
{{Hidden begin|title=Age and sex distribution (2021)}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
|+Age and sex distribution as of 2021<ref name=":6" />
! Age<br>(years) !! Total<br>(thousands) !!% of US pop. !! Males<br>(thousands) !! Females<br>(thousands) !!% male !!% female !! Sex ratio<br>(males per<br>female)
|-
|0
|3,564
|1.1%
|1,822
|1,743
|51.1%
|48.9%
|1.05
|-
|< 5
|18,827
|5.7%
|9,624
|9,203
|51.1%
|48.9%
|1.05
|-
| < 15 || 60,467 || 18.2% || 30,989 || 29,578 || 51.2% || 48.8% || 1.05
|-
| 15-24 || 43,089|| 13.0% || 21,996 || 21,092 || 51.0% || 49.0% || 1.04
|-
| 25-34 || 45,495 || 13.7% || 23,053 || 22,442 || 50.7% || 49.3% || 1.03
|-
| 35-44 || 43,404 || 13.1% || 21,858 || 21,546 || 50.4% || 49.6% || 1.01
|-
| 45-54 || 40,688 || 12.3% || 20,312 || 20,376 || 49.9% || 50.1% || 0.99
|-
|55-64
|42,803
|12.9%
|20,963
|21,840
|49.0%
|51.0%
|0.96
|-
| 65+
| 55,848 || 16.8% || 25,214 || 30,634 || 45.1% || 54.9% || 0.82
|-
|75+
|22,182
|6.7%
|9,344
|12,837
|42.1%
|57.9%
|0.73
|-
|85+
|5,976
|1.8%
|2,176
|3,800
|36.4%
|63.6%
|0.57
|-
|100+
|98
|0.03%
|25
|73
|25.5%
|74.5%
|0.34
|-
|Total
|331,894
|100%
|164,385
|167,509
|49.5%
|50.5%
|0.98
|}
{{Hidden end}}
''Note that this table shows some people in more than one group: for example someone aged 90 is included three times: in "65+", "75+" and "85+".''

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Age distribution by selected age groups<ref name=":6" />
! Age Group !! Percentage  
|-
| 0–14 years || 18.2%  
|-
| 15–24 years || 13.0%  
|-
| 25–54 years || 39.0%  
|-
| 55–64 years || 12.9%  
|-
| 65 years and over || 16.8%  
|}

====Percent distribution of the total population by age: 1900 to 2015====
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, United Nations medium variant projections<ref>name= "2002pub"{{cite web |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/featurearticlesbyCatalogue/E4FCDA4063E5655BCA257968000C6223?OpenDocument |work=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] |title=Feature Article 1: Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories |date=16 December 2011}}</ref>
{{Hidden begin
|title= Percent distribution of the total population by age groups (1900 to 2015).
}}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! scope="col" |Ages
! scope="col" |1900
! scope="col" |1910
! scope="col" |1920
! scope="col" |1930
! scope="col" |1940
! scope="col" |1950
! scope="col" |1960
! scope="col" |1970
! scope="col" |1980
! scope="col" |1990
! scope="col" |2000
! scope="col" |2010
! scope="col" |2015
|-
|'''0–14 years'''
|34.5
|32.1
|31.8
|29.4
|25.0
|26.9
|31.1
|28.5
|22.6
|21.5
|21.4
|20.2
|19.8
|-
|'''15–24 years'''
|19.6
|19.7
|17.7
|18.3
|18.2
|14.7
|13.4
|17.4
|18.8
|14.8
|13.9
|
|
|-
|'''25–44 years'''
|28.1
|29.2
|29.6
|29.5
|30.1
|30.0
|26.2
|23.6
|27.7
|32.5
|30.2
|
|
|-
|'''45–64 years'''
|13.7
|14.6
|16.1
|17.5
|19.8
|20.3
|20.1
|20.6
|19.6
|18.6
|22.0
|
|
|-
|'''65 years and over'''
|4.1
|4.3
|4.7
|5.4
|6.8
|8.1
|9.2
|9.9
|11.3
|12.6
|12.4
|13.0
|14.3
|-
|'''Total (%)'''
|100
|100
|100
|100
|100
|100
|100
|100
|100
|100
|100
|33.2
|34.1
|}
{{Hidden end}}

=== Dependency ratio ===
[[file:Comparison of ages in the Contiguous United States by county, 2020.jpg|thumb|Bi-variate choropleth map comparing the estimated percent of the population 65 and older and 17 and younger in the Contiguous United States by county, 2020]]
The [[dependency ratio]] is the age-population ratio of people who are normally not in the labor force (the dependent population, which includes those aged 0 to 14 and 65 and older) to those who are (the productive part, ages 15 to 64). It is used to gauge the strain on the populace that is productive. The support ratio is the ratio of the working-age population to the elderly population, that is, the reciprocal of the aged dependency ratio.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Comparative demographics
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align: left;" | Category
! scope="col" style="text-align: left;" | Global ranking
! scope="col" style="text-align: left;" | References
|-
| Total dependency ratio
| 110th
| <ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=National Population by Characteristics: 2020-2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-national-detail.html |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=Census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dependency ratios - The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/dependency-ratios/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=www.cia.gov}}</ref>
|-
| Child dependency ratio
| 138th
| <ref name=":6" />
|-
| Aged dependency ratio
| 42nd
| <ref name=":6" />
|-
| Potential support ratio
| 160th
| <ref name=":6" />
|}
[[File:One person households in the US over time.svg|thumb|280x280px|One person households in the US over time]]

===Density===
{{See also|List of states and territories of the United States by population density|List of United States cities by population density}}
{{multiple image
| align             = right
| width             = 175
| direction         = vertical
| image1            = US population map.png
| caption1          = Number of persons per square mile in the United States in 2010
| image2            = U.S. states and territories by population density.svg
| caption2          = States and territories in the United States by population per square mile, according to the [[2020 United States census]]
| image3            = US counties by population growth.png
| caption3          = Counties in the United States by population growth since 2010 according to the U.S. Census Bureau 2018 Annual Estimate of the Resident Population.<ref name="ACS 2018 Annual Estimate">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2018_PEPANNRES&prodType=table |title=PEPANNRES – Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018 |website=[[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214061229/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2018_PEPANNRES&prodType=table |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Counties with population growth greater than the United States as a whole are in dark green, counties with population growth slower than the United States in light green, and counties with declining populations in light red.
| image4            = US states by population growth.png
| caption4          = States in the United States by population growth since 2010 according to the U.S. Census Bureau 2018 Annual Estimate of the Resident Population.<ref name="ACS 2018 Annual Estimate" /> States with population growth greater than the United States as a whole are in dark green, states with population growth slower than the United States in light green, and states with declining populations in light red.
}}
The most densely populated state is [[New Jersey]] (1,263/mi<sup>2</sup> or 488/km<sup>2</sup>).

The population is highly [[Urbanization in the United States|urbanized]], with 83.3% of the population residing in cities and suburbs.<ref name="CIA"/> Large urban clusters are spread throughout the eastern half of the United States (particularly the Great Lakes area, northeast, east, and southeast) and the western tier states; mountainous areas, principally the Rocky Mountains and Appalachian chain, deserts in the southwest, the dense boreal forests in the extreme north, and the central prairie states are less densely populated; Alaska's population is concentrated along its southern coast – with particular emphasis on the city of [[Anchorage]] – and Hawaii's is centered on the island of Oahu.<ref name="CIA"/> [[California]] and [[Texas]] are the most populous states, as the [[mean center of U.S. population]] has consistently shifted westward and southward.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s0013.xls |title=Table 13. State Population – Rank, Percent Change, and Population Density |access-date=October 24, 2010 |website=U.S. Census Bureau |year=2008 |format=[[Microsoft Excel|Excel]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923231339/http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s0013.xls |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/meanctr.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011103033717/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/meanctr.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 3, 2001 |title=Mean Center of Population for the United States: 1790 to 2000 |access-date=October 24, 2010 |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> [[New York City]] is the [[List of United States cities by population|most populous city in the United States]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/popest/cities/SUB-EST2009.html |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places over 110,000, Ranked by July 1, 2009 Population: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (SUB-EST2009-01) |website=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=May 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018183858/http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/SUB-EST2009.html |archive-date=October 18, 2010}}</ref> and has been since [[List of most populous cities in the United States by decade#1790|at least 1790]].

In the [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territories]], population centers include the [[San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo metropolitan area|San Juan metro area]] in [[Puerto Rico]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/ |title=The World Factbook: Puerto Rico |website=CIA |access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref> [[Saipan]] in the [[Northern Mariana Islands]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/northern-mariana-islands/ |title=The World Factbook: Northern Mariana Islands |website=CIA |access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref> and the island of [[Tutuila]] in [[American Samoa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/american-samoa/ |title=The World Factbook: American Samoa |website=CIA |access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref>

===Median age of the population===

[[File:Median Age by County 2022.webp|thumb|{{Center|'''Median Age by County 2022'''}}
{{legend|#007A67|46 or more}}
{{legend|#009787|43 to 45.9}}
{{legend|#00B2A4|39 to 42.9}}
{{legend|#80D2C9|35 to 39.9}}
{{legend|#E6F4F7|34.9 or less}}
]]
The [[median age]] of the total population as of 2021 is 38.8 years; the male median age is 37.7 years; the female median age is 39.8 years.<ref name=":6" />

[[Median age]] of the U.S. population through history. Source: [[U.S. Department of Commerce]]. [[Bureau of Census]], [[United States Census Bureau]] and [[The World Factbook]].<ref name=stlouisfed.org>{{cite report |url=https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/237/item/5809 |edition=Bicentennial |title=Historical Statistics of the United States – Colonial Times To 1970 – Part 1 |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Census |format=PDF |pages=19, 50 |year=1975}}</ref><ref name="census.gov">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/cspan/1940census/CSPAN_1940slides.pdf |title=A Look at the 1940 Census |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|pages=9, 10, 11, 12, 13}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1820!!1830!!1840!!1850!!1860!!1870!!1880!!1890!!1900
|-
| align="left"|Median age of the total population || 16.7 ||17.2||17.8||18.9||19.4||20.2||20.9||22.0||22.9
|-
| align="left"|Median age of males || 16.6 ||17.2||17.9||19.2||19.8||20.2||21.2||22.3||23.3
|-
| align="left"|Median age of females || 16.8||17.3||17.8||18.6||19.1||20.1||20.7||21.6||22.4
|}

{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1910!!1920!!1930!!1940!!1950!!1960!!1970!!1980!!1990!!2000!!2010!!2018
!2021
|-
| align="left"|Median age of the total population ||24.1||25.3||26.5||29.0||30.2||29.6||28.1||30.0||32.9||35.3||37.2||38.2
|38.8
|-
| align="left"|Median age of males ||24.6||25.8||26.7||29.1||29.9||28.7||26.8||28.8||31.7||34.0||35.8||36.9
|37.7
|-
| align="left"|Median age of females ||23.5||24.7||25.2||29.0||30.5||30.4||29.8||31.2||34.1||36.5||38.5||39.5
|39.8
|}

===Population centers===
{{main|Metropolitan statistical area}}
{{See also|List of United States cities by population}}

The United States has dozens of major cities, including 31 [[global city|"global cities"]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=The 2012 Global Cities Index |url=http://www.atkearney.com/gbpc/global-cities-index/full-report/-/asset_publisher/yAl1OgZpc1DO/content/2012-global-cities-index/10192 |access-date=January 5, 2013|archive-date=February 15, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215130857/http://www.atkearney.com/gbpc/global-cities-index/full-report/-/asset_publisher/yAl1OgZpc1DO/content/2012-global-cities-index/10192|url-status=dead|journal=A.T. Kearney}}</ref> of all types, with 10 in the "alpha" group of global cities: [[New York City|New York]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Chicago]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Boston]], [[San Francisco]], [[Miami]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Dallas]], and [[Atlanta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2010t.html |title=The World According to GaWC – Classification of cities 2010 |year=2010 |access-date=January 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010004859/http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2010t.html |archive-date=October 10, 2013}}</ref> {{As of|2021}}, the United States had 56 metropolitan areas with 1 million or more inhabitants. (The U.S. Census Bureau ranked Urban Honolulu as the 56th most populous area, with just over 1 million residents. See [[Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas]].)

{{As of|2011}}, about 250 million Americans live in or around urban areas. That means more than three-quarters of the U.S. population shares just about three percent of the U.S. land area.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/american-cities-on-the-rebound/ |title=American cities on the rebound |work=CBS News |access-date=May 8, 2013 |date=August 5, 2011}}</ref>

The following table shows the populations of the top twenty metropolitan areas. 
{{Largest Metropolitan Areas of the United States}}
{{Clear}}

==Vital statistics==
=== U.S. demographic table since 1909 ===
For 1915-1932, figures on live births include adjustments for States not in the registration area; for years prior to 1915, the figures are estimates based on the number of registered births in the 10 original registration States for the same period.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VITAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES 1990 VOLUME I - NATALITY |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/nat90_1acc.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-06 |title=Products - Vital Statistics of the US 1890-1938 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/vsus/vsus_1890_1938.htm |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.cdc.gov |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name="populstat.info">{{cite web |website=Population Statistics |url=http://www.populstat.info/Americas/usac.htm |title=United States of America: historical demographical data of the whole country |first=Jan |last=Lahmeyer |date=January 22, 2000 |access-date=October 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723080909/http://populstat.info/Americas/usac.htm |archive-date=July 23, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/1951/compendia/statab/72ed/1951-02.pdf |title=Statistical abstract of the United States, 1951, p8, Est. population of continental US excluding overseas armed forces |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/1962/demographics/P25-242.pdf |title=Current population reports, 1962, p2 |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name="Vintage 2024">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-national-total.html | title=National Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024}}</ref>

Notable events in US demographics:
* 1929-1939 – [[Great Depression]]
* 1946 – [[Mid-20th century baby boom]]
* 1973 – [[Roe v. Wade]]
* 2008 – [[2008 financial crisis]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! style="width:80pt;"|Year
! style="width:80pt;"|Average population
! style="width:80pt;"|Live births
<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstatsonline.htm |title=Data Access – Vital Statistics Online |date=May 13, 2019 |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}</ref>
! style="width:80pt;"|Deaths<br/>{{refn|group=fn|There are no estimates on deaths adjusted for underregistration from 1909 to 1932.}}
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude birth rate (per 1,000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude death rate (per 1,000)<ref name=IndexMundiDR1960on>1960 to 2011{{cite web |website=Index Mundi |url=http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/death-rate |title=United States – Death rate: Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) |access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref>
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change (per 1,000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude migration change (per 1,000)
! style="width:80pt;"|[[Total Fertility Rate|Total fertility rate]]{{refn|group=fn|In fertility rates, 2.1 and above is a stable population and has been marked blue, 2 and below leads to an aging population and the result is that the population decreases.}}<ref name=stlouisfed.org/><ref>{{Cite web |last=OACT |title=Actuarial Study 117 |url=https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/NOTES/as117/images/LD_figII_1.html |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.ssa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-27 |title=Fertility rate: children per woman - Our World in Data |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127021743/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?tab=chart&country=USA |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
|-
|1909
|90,490,000
|2,718,000
| rowspan="24" |
| rowspan="24" |
|30.0
| rowspan="24" |
| rowspan="24" |
| rowspan="24" |
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.58
|-
|1910
|92,407,000
|2,777,000
|30.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.59
|-
|1911
|93,863,000
|2,809,000
|29.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.57
|-
|1912
|95,335,000
|2,840,000
|29.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.56
|-
|1913
|97,225,000
|2,869,000
|29.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.45
|-
|1914
|99,111,000
|2,966,000
|29.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.57
|-
|1915
|100,546,000
|2,965,000
|25.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.52
|-
|1916
|101,961,000
|2,964,000
|25.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.47
|-
|1917
|103,268,000
|2,944,000
|24.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.333
|-
|1918
|103,208,000
|2,948,000
|24.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.312
|-
|1919
|104,514,000
|2,740,000
|22.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.068
|-
|1920
|106,461,000
|2,950,000
|23.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.263
|-
|1921
|108,538,000
|3,055,000
|24.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.326
|-
|1922
|110,049,000
|2,882,000
|22.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.109
|-
|1923
|111,947,000
|2,910,000
|22.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.101
|-
|1924
|114,109,000
|2,979,000
|22.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.121
|-
|1925
|115,828,000
|2,909,000
|21.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.012
|-
|1926
|117,397,000
|2,839,000
|20.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.901
|-
|1927
|119,085,000
|2,802,000
|20.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.824
|-
|1928
|120,509,000
|2,674,000
|19.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.660
|-
|1929
|121,767,000
|2,582,000
|18.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.532
|-
|1930
|123,077,000
|2,618,000
|18.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.533
|-
|1931
|124,040,000
|2,506,000
|18.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.402
|-
|1932
|124,840,000
|2,440,000
|17.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.319
|-
|1933
|125,579,000
| style="color:red"|2,307,000
|1,342,106
|964,894
|16.6
|9.7
|5.9
| -3.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.172
|-
|1934
|126,374,000
|2,396,000
|1,396,903
|999,097
|17.1
|10.1
|6.1
| -1.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.232
|-
| 1935
|127,250,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,377,000
| /style="text-align:right;"| 1,392,752
| style="text-align:right;"| 984,248
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.7
| -0.97
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.189
|-
| 1936
| style="text-align:right;"| 128,053,000
| 2,355,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,479,228
| style="text-align:right;"| 875,772
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.4
| style="text-align:right;color:red;"| 11.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.8
| -0.5
|style="color:blue;"| 2.146
|-
| 1937
| style="text-align:right;"| 128,825,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,413,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,450,427
| style="text-align:right;"| 962,573
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 11.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.5
| -1.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.173
|-
| 1938
| style="text-align:right;"| 129,825,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,496,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,381,391
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,114,609
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.6
| -0.9
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.222
|-
| 1939
| style="text-align:right;"| 130,880,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,466,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,387,897
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,078,103
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.2
| -0.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.172
|-
| 1940
| style="text-align:right;"| 131,930,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,559,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,417,269
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,142,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.7
| -0.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.301
|-
| 1941
| style="text-align:right;"| 133,058,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,703,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,397,642
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,305,358
| style="text-align:right;"| 20.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.8
| -1.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.399
|-
| 1942
| style="text-align:right;"| 133,752,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,989,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,385,187
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,603,813
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 12
| -6.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.628
|-
| 1943
| style="text-align:right;"| 133,971,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,104,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,459,544
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,644,306
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.3
| -10.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.718
|-
| 1944
| style="text-align:right;"| 132,622,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,939,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,411,338
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,644,456
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.4
| style=" color:red"| -22.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.568
|-
| 1945
| style="text-align:right;"| 132,137,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,858,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,401,719
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,456,281
| style="text-align:right;"| 20.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 11
| style="text-align:right;"| 11
| -14.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.491
|-
| 1946
| style="text-align:right;"| 139,893,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,411,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,395,617
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,015,383
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.4
| style=" color:blue"|41.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.943
|-
| 1947
| style="text-align:right;"| 143,375,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,817,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,445,370
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,371,630
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 26.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.0
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 16.5
| 7.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.274
|-
| 1948
| style="text-align:right;"| 146,045,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,637,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,444,337
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,192,663
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 15
| 3.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.109
|-
| 1949
| style="text-align:right;"| 148,558,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,649,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,443,607
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,205,393
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.8
| 2.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.110
|-
| 1950
| style="text-align:right;"| 151,240,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,632,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,452,454
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,180,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.4
| 3.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.091
|-
| 1951
| style="text-align:right;"| 153,384,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,823,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,482,099
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,340,901
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.3
| -1.3

|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.269
|-
| 1952
| style="text-align:right;"| 155,761,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,913,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,496,838
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,416,162
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.5
| -0.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.358
|-
| 1953
| style="text-align:right;"| 158,313,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,965,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,518,459
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,517,541
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.9
| 0.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.424
|-
| 1954
| style="text-align:right;"| 161,191,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,078,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,481,091
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,596,909
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 16.1
| 1.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.543
|-
| 1955
| style="text-align:right;"| 164,302,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,104,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,528,717
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,568,283
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.6
| 3.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.580
|-
| 1956
| style="text-align:right;"| 167,261,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,218,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,564,476
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,653,524
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.9
| 1.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.689
|-
| 1957
| style="text-align:right;"| 170,295,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,308,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,633,128
| style="text-align:right; color:blue"| 2,666,872
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.7
| 2.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.767
|-
| 1958
| style="text-align:right;"| 173,239,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,255,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,647,886
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,607,114
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 15
| 2.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.701
|-
| 1959
| style="text-align:right;"| 176,511,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,244,796
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,656,814
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,587,982
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.7
| 3.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.670
|-
| 1960
| style="text-align:right;"| 179,977,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,257,850
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,711,982
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,545,868
| style="text-align:right;"| 23.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.1
| 5.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.654
|-
| 1961
| style="text-align:right;"| 182,953,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,268,326
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,701,522
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,566,804
| style="text-align:right;"| 23.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.0
| 2.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.629
|-
| 1962
| style="text-align:right;"| 185,771,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,167,362
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,756,720
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,410,642
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 13
| 2.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.474
|-
| 1963
| style="text-align:right;"| 188,483,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,098,020
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,813,549
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,284,471
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.1
| 2.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.333
|-
| 1964
| style="text-align:right;"| 191,141,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,027,490
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,798,051
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,229,439
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 11.7
| 2.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 3.208
|-
| 1965
| style="text-align:right;"| 193,526,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,760,358
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,828,136
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,932,222
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.9
| 2.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.928
|-
| 1966
| style="text-align:right;"| 195,576,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,606,274
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,863,149
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,743,125
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.9
| 1.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.736
|-
| 1967
| style="text-align:right;"| 197,457,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,520,959
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,851,323
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,669,636
| style="text-align:right;"| 17.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.4
| 1.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.578
|-
| 1968
| style="text-align:right;"| 199,399,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,501,564
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,930,082
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,571,482
| style="text-align:right;"| 17.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.9
| 1.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.477
|-
| 1969
| style="text-align:right;"| 201,385,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,600,206
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,921,990
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,678,216
| style="text-align:right;"| 17.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.4
| 1.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.465
|-
| 1970
| style="text-align:right;"| 203,984,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,731,386
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,921,031
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,810,355
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.0
| 3.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.480
|-
| 1971
| style="text-align:right;"| 206,827,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,555,970
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,927,542
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,628,428
| style="text-align:right;"| 17.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.9
| 5.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.266
|-
| 1972
| style="text-align:right;"| 209,284,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,258,411
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,963,944
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,294,467
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.2
| 5.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.010
|-
| 1973
| style="text-align:right;"| 211,357,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,136,965
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,973,003
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,163,962
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.3
| 4.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.879
|-
| 1974
| style="text-align:right;"| 213,342,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,159,958
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,934,388
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,225,570
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.7
| 3.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.835
|-
| 1975
| style="text-align:right;"| 215,465,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,144,198
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,892,879
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,251,319
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.8
| 4.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.774
|-
| 1976
| style="text-align:right;"| 217,563,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,167,788
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,909,440
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,258,348
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.8
| 3.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.738
|-
| 1977
| style="text-align:right;"| 219,760,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,326,632
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,899,597
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,427,035
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.5
| 3.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.789
|-
| 1978
| style="text-align:right;"| 222,095,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,333,279
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,927,788
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,405,491
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.3
| 4.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.760
|-
| 1979
| style="text-align:right;"| 224,567,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,494,398
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,913,841
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,580,557
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.1
| 3.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.808
|-
| 1980
| style="text-align:right;"| 227,225,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,612,258
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,989,841
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,622,417
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.1
| 4.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.839
|-
| 1981
| style="text-align:right;"| 229,466,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,629,238
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,977,981
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,651,257
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.2
| 2.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.812
|-
| 1982
| style="text-align:right;"| 231,664,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,680,537
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,974,797
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,705,740
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.4
| 2.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.827
|-
| 1983
| style="text-align:right;"| 233,792,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,638,933
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,019,201
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,619,732
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9
| 2.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.799
|-
| 1984
| style="text-align:right;"| 235,825,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,669,141
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,039,369
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,629,772
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9
| 1.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.806
|-
| 1985
| style="text-align:right;"| 237,924,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,760,561
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,086,440
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,674,121
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.0
| 1.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.844
|-
| 1986
| style="text-align:right;"| 240,133,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,756,547
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,105,361
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,651,186
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9
| 2.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.837
|-
| 1987
| style="text-align:right;"| 242,289,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,809,394
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,123,323
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,686,071
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.0
| 1.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.872
|-
| 1988
| style="text-align:right;"| 244,499,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,909,510
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,167,999
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,741,511
| style="text-align:right;"| 16.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.1
| 1.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.934
|-
| 1989
| style="text-align:right;"| 246,819,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,040,958
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,150,466
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,890,492
| style="text-align:right;"| 16.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.7
| 1.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.014
|-
| 1990
| style="text-align:right;"| 249,623,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,158,212
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,148,463
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,009,749
| style="text-align:right;"| 16.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.1
| 3.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.081
|-
| 1991
| style="text-align:right;"| 252,981,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,110,907
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,169,518
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,941,389
| style="text-align:right;"| 16.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.7
| 5.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.062
|-
| 1992
| style="text-align:right;"| 256,514,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,065,014
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,175,613
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,889,401
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.4
| 6.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.046
|-
| 1993
| style="text-align:right;"| 259,919,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,000,240
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,268,553
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,731,687
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.7
| 6.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.019
|-
| 1994
| style="text-align:right;"| 263,126,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,952,767
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,278,994
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,673,773
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.4
| 5.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.001
|-
| 1995
| style="text-align:right;"| 266,278,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,899,589
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,312,132
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,587,457
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.0
| 5.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.978
|-
| 1996
| style="text-align:right;"| 269,394,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,891,494
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,314,690
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,576,804
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.9
| 5.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.976
|-
| 1997
| style="text-align:right;"| 272,647,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,880,894
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,314,245
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,566,649
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.7
| 6.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.971
|-
| 1998
| style="text-align:right;"| 275,854,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,941,553
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,337,256
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,604,297
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.8
| 5.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.999
|-
| 1999
| style="text-align:right;"| 279,040,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,959,417
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,391,399
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,568,018
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.6
| 5.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.007
|-
| 2000
| style="text-align:right;"| 282,162,411
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,058,814
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,403,351
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,655,463
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.9
| 5.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.056
|-
| 2001
| style="text-align:right;"| 284,968,955
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,025,933
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,416,425
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,609,508
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.6
| 4.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.030
|-
| 2002
| style="text-align:right;"| 287,625,193
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,021,726
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,443,387
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,578,339
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.5
| 3.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.020
|-
| 2003
| style="text-align:right;"| 290,107,933
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,089,950
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,448,288
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,641,662
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.6
| 3.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.047
|-
| 2004
| style="text-align:right;"| 292,805,298
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,112,052
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,397,615
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,714,437
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.9
| 3.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.051
|-
| 2005
| style="text-align:right;"| 295,516,599
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,138,349
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,448,017
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,690,332
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.7
| 3.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.057
|-
| 2006
| style="text-align:right;"| 298,379,912
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,265,555
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,426,264
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,839,291
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.2
| 3.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.108
|-
| 2007
| style="text-align:right;"| 301,231,207
| style="text-align:right;color:blue;"| 4,316,234
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,423,712
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,892,522
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.3
| 3.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.120
|-
| 2008
| style="text-align:right;"| 304,093,966
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,247,694
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,471,984
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,775,710
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.9
| 3.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.072
|-
| 2009
| style="text-align:right;"| 306,771,529
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,130,665
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,437,163
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,693,502
| style="text-align:right;"| 13.5
| style="text-align:right;color:blue;"| 7.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.6
| 3.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.002
|-
| 2010
| style="text-align:right;"| 309,327,143
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,999,386
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,468,435
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,530,951
| style="text-align:right;"| 13.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.9
| 3.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.931
|-
| 2011
| style="text-align:right;"| 311,849,745
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,953,590
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,515,458
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,438,412
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.6
| 3.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.894
|-
| 2012
| style="text-align:right;"| 314,361,094
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,952,841
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,543,279
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,409,562
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.5
| 3.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.880
|-
| 2013
| style="text-align:right;"| 316,755,680
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,932,181
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,596,993
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,336,183
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.2
| 3.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.857
|-
| 2014
| style="text-align:right;"| 319,297,805
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,988,076
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,626,418
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,361,658
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.3
| 3.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.862
|-
| 2015
| style="text-align:right;"| 321,882,469
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,978,497
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,712,630
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,265,867
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.0
| 4.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.843
|-
| 2016
| 324,426,311
| 3,945,875
| 2,744,248
| 1,201,627
| 12.2
| 8.5
| 3.7
| 4.1
| 1.820
|-
| 2017
|  326,686,918
|  3,855,500
|  2,813,503
|  1,041,997
|  11.8
|  8.6
|  3.2
|  3.7
|  1.765
|-
| 2018
|  328,571,142
|  3,791,712
|  2,839,205
|  952,507
|  11.5
|  8.6
|  2.9
|  2.8
|  1.729
|-
| 2019
|  330,284,261
|  3,747,540
|  2,854,858
|  892,682
|  11.3
|  8.6
|  2.7
|  2.5
|  1.706
|-    
| 2020<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-08 |title=COVID-19 Coding and Reporting Guidance – Monthly Birth Counts for Maternal Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/technical-notes-outcomes.htm |access-date=2021-03-13 |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |number=427 |journal=NCHS Data Brief |title=Mortality in the United States, 2020 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db427.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2021-12-21 |publisher=CDC |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222125016/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db427.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite report|date=7 February 2022|title=Births: Final Data for 2020|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-17.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207140709/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/NVSR70-17.pdf|archive-date=2022-02-07|publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|pages=50|access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref>
| 331,577,720{{efn|name=2024-pop-revision|Population revised in 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=New 2024 Population Estimates Show Nation's Population Grew by About 1% to 340.1 Million Since 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/12/population-estimates.html |date=December 19, 2024 |access-date=February 7, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Vintage 2024" />}}
| 3,613,647
| 3,383,729
| 229,918
| 10.9
| 10.2
| 0.7
| 3.0
| 1.641
|-
|2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Births: Provisional Data for 2021 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr020.pdf |access-date=24 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ahmad |first=Farida B. |date=2022 |title=Provisional Mortality Data — United States, 2021 |journal=MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |language=en-us |volume=71 |issue=17 |pages=597–600 |doi=10.15585/mmwr.mm7117e1 |pmid=35482572 |pmc=9098238 |issn=0149-2195|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=CDCFinalTFR2022>{{cite web |title=Births: Final Data for 2022 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf |website=CDC>NCHS>National Vital Statistics System |publisher=US CDC |access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref>
| 332,099,760{{efn|name=2024-pop-revision}}
| 3,664,292
| style="color:red"|3,464,231
| style="color:red"|200,061
| 11.0
| 10.4
| style="color:red"| 0.6
| 1.1
| 1.664<ref name=CDCFinalTFR2022/>
|-
| 2022<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ahmad |first=Farida B. |date=2023 |title=Provisional Mortality Data — United States, 2022 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7218a3.htm |journal=MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |language=en-us |volume=72 |issue=18 |pages=488–492 |doi=10.15585/mmwr.mm7218a3 |pmid=37141156 |pmc=10168603 |issn=0149-2195}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Alex |last2=Beheraj |first2=Kavya |date=October 4, 2023 |title=The birth rate ticked up in 2022. Can the reversal last? |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/10/04/birth-rate-fertility-rate-decline-data-statistics-graph-2022 |access-date=October 7, 2023 |website=Axios}}</ref><ref name=CDCFinalTFR2022/>
| 334,017,321{{efn|name=2024-pop-revision}}
| 3,667,758
| 3,279,857
| 387,901
| 11.0
| 9.8
| 1.2
| 5.1
| 1.656<ref name=CDCFinalTFR2022/>
|-
| 2023<ref name="CDC WONDER">{{cite web |title=CDC WONDER |url=https://wonder.cdc.gov/ |website=CDC WONDER |publisher=US CDC |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref>
| 336,806,231{{efn|name=2024-pop-revision}}
| 3,596,017
| 3,090,964
| 505,053
| 10.68
| 9.2
| 1.5
| 6.8
| 1.607
|-
| 2024p{{efn|Provisional data}}<ref name="CDC WONDER"/>
| style="color:blue"| 340,110,988
| 3,618,267
| 3,071,073
| 547,194
| style="color:red"| 10.64
| 9.0
| 1.6
| 8.2
| style="color:red"| 1.599{{efn|Estimate based on vintage 2024 estimates}}
|}
{{notelist}}

===Current vital statistics===
{{see also|Birth rate#United States}}
<ref>{{cite web |title=CDC WONDER |url=https://wonder.cdc.gov/ |website=CDC WONDER |publisher=US CDC |access-date=2 April 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''January-March 2024'''
| 877,956
| 812,873
| +65,083
|-
| '''January-March 2025'''
| 869,334
| 836,551
| +32,783
|-
| '''Difference'''
| {{decrease}} -8,622 (-0.98%)
| {{increasenegative}} +23,678 (+2.91%)
| {{decrease}} -32,300
|}

All current numbers in this section are provisional and may change through future updates. For more information, please see the reference link.

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[[File:Families US.png|thumb|upright=1.35|Marriages, Families & Intimate Relationships in the US, 1970–2000]]
[[File:Median age at first marriage in the US.svg|thumb|299x299px|Median age at first marriage in the US]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], in 2021, the population of the United States grew at a slower rate than in any other year since the country's founding.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=COVID-19, Declining Birth Rates and International Migration Resulted in Historically Small Population Gains |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/12/us-population-grew-in-2021-slowest-rate-since-founding-of-the-nation.html |access-date=2022-02-16 |website=US Census B.gov}}</ref> The U.S. population grew only 0.1% from the previous year before.<ref name=":4" /> The United States' population has grown by less than one million people for the first time since 1937, with the lowest numeric growth since at least 1900, when the Census Bureau began yearly population estimates.<ref name=":4" /> Apart from the previous few years, when population growth plummeted to historically low levels, the slowest pace of increase in the twentieth century occurred between 1918 and 1919, when the [[influenza]] epidemic and [[World War I]] were both in full swing.<ref name=":4" /> Slower population growth has been the norm in the United States for some years, owing to lower fertility and net [[international migration]], as well as rising mortality from an aging population.<ref name=":4" />

To put it another way, since the mid-2010s, births and net international migration have been dropping while deaths have risen. These trends have a cumulative effect of reduced population increase.<ref name=":4" />

The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] has accelerated this trend, resulting in a historically slow population increase in 2021.

The growth rate is 0.1% as estimated for 2021.<ref name=":4" />

The birth rate is 11.0 births/1,000 population, as of 2020.<ref name=":2" /> This was the lowest birth rate since records began. There were 3,613,647 births in 2020, this was the lowest number of births since 1980.<ref name=":2" /> 
*11.0 births/1,000 population per year (final data for 2020). 
*11.4 births/1,000 population per year (final data for 2019).<ref name=":2" />
In 2020, the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] reported that there were 1,676,911 [[Marriage in the United States|marriages]] in 2020, compared to 2019, there were 2,015,603 marriages.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Provisional number of marriages and marriage rate, divorces and annulments and rate, 2000–2020 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/national-marriage-divorce-rates-00-20.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=February 16, 2022 |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/NCHS National Vital Statistics System. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216164631/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/national-marriage-divorce-rates-00-20.pdf |archive-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref> Marriage rates varied significantly by state, ranging from 3.2 marriages/1,000 population in California to 21.0 marriages/1,000 population in Nevada.*<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marriage rates by State: 1990, 1995, and 1999–2019 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/state-marriage-rates-90-95-99-20.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=February 16, 2022 |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214140740/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/state-marriage-rates-90-95-99-20.pdf |archive-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref>

* 5.1 marriages/1,000 population per year (provisional data for 2020).<ref name=":3" />
* 6.1 marriages/1,000 population per year (provisional data for 2019).<ref name=":3" />
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Rates are based on provisional counts of marriages by state of occurrence

In 2009, ''[[Time magazine]]'' reported that 40% of births were to unmarried women.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1886814,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322024432/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1886814,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 22, 2009 |title=Behind the Boom in Adult Single Motherhood |first=Amy |last=Sullivan |date=March 20, 2009 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> The following is a breakdown by race for unwed births: 17% Asian, 29% White, 53% Hispanics (of any race), 66% Native Americans, and 72% Black American.<ref>{{cite news|title=Blacks rank highest in unwed births|url=http://www.theledger.com/article/20101107/APA/1011070508|newspaper=[[Florida Today]]|location=Melbourne, Florida|page=9A|date=November 7, 2010|access-date=November 9, 2010|archive-date=June 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614000300/http://www.theledger.com/article/20101107/APA/1011070508|url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to the CDC, in 2020, there were at least, 1,461,121 births to unmarried women. In 2020, 40.5% of births were to unmarried women. The following is a breakdown by race for unwed births: 28.4% Non-Hispanic White, 70.4% Non-Hispanic Black, and 52.8% Hispanic (of any race).<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Births to unmarried women, by race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, each state and territory, 2020 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-17-tables.pdf |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports |volume=17 |number=70 |date=March 7, 2022 |publisher=CDC |access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref><!--hard copy and soft copy sources differ but are identical copies of the same article-->

The drop in the birth rate from 2007 to 2009 is believed to be associated with the [[Great Recession]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/us/28birth.html |title=Birthrate Is Lowest in a Century |agency=Associated Press |date=August 27, 2010 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 28, 2010}}</ref>

A study by the [[Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality]] (AHRQ) found that more than half (51 percent) of live hospital births in 2008 and 2011 were male.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb163.jsp |title=Hospital Stays for Newborns, 2011 |first1=N.M. |last1=Kowlessar |first2=H.J. |last2=Jiang |first3=C. |last3=Steiner |date=October 2013 |journal=HCUP Statistical Brief |number=163 |location=Rockville, MD |publisher=Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality|pmid=24308074 }}</ref>

Per U.S. federal government data released in March 2011, births fell 4% from 2007 to 2009, the largest drop in the U.S. for any two-year period since the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-mar-31-la-heb-us-birth-rate-falls-20110331-story.html |title=Drop in U.S. birth rate is the biggest in 30 years |first=Shari |last=Roan |date=March 31, 2011 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
Births have declined for three consecutive years, and are now 7% below the peak in 2007.<ref name="third-year-running">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/americas-birth-rate-declined-for-the-third-year-running-2011-8 |title=America's Birth Rate Declined For The Third Year Running |date=August 12, 2011 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> This drop has continued through 2010, according to data released by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics in June 2011.<ref name="third-year-running"/> Numerous experts have suggested that this decline is largely a reflection of unfavorable economic conditions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/story/2011/08/CDC-Childbearing-today-much-like-Depression-era/49928146/1 |title=Health and Wellness |website=USA Today}}</ref> This connection between birth rates and economic downturns partly stems from the fact that American birth rates have now fallen to levels that are comparable to the Great Depression of the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wzzm13.com/news/article/175311/14/Lower-birth-rate-blamed-on-the-economy |title=Lower birth rate blamed on the economy |website=[[WZZM]] |date=February 9, 2013 |access-date=October 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209221819/http://www.wzzm13.com/news/article/175311/14/Lower-birth-rate-blamed-on-the-economy |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 9, 2013}}</ref> Teen birth rates in the U.S. are at the lowest level in U.S. history.<ref name="cdc1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/features/dsTeenPregnancy/ |title=Teen Birth Rates Declined Again in 2009 |date=June 27, 2019 |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704023434/http://www.cdc.gov/features/dsTeenPregnancy/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 4, 2011}}</ref> In fact, teen birth rates in the U.S. have consistently decreased since 1991 through 2011, except for a brief increase between 2005 and 2007.<ref name="cdc1"/> The other aberration from this otherwise steady decline in teen birth rates is the 6% decrease in birth rates for 15- to 19-year-olds between 2008 and 2009.<ref name="cdc1"/> Despite these years of decrease, U.S. teen birth rates are still higher than in other developed nations.<ref name="cdc1"/> Racial differences prevail with teen birth and pregnancy rates as well. The American Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic Black teen pregnancy rates are more than double the non-Hispanic white teen birth rate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/features/dsTeenPregnancy/#source |title=Teen Birth Rates Drop, But Disparities Persist |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |date=March 6, 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! width="50" | Age group (2010)
! width="110" | Total <br />(of population)
! width="70" | White alone <br />(of race/age group)
! width="70" | Black alone <br />(of race/age group)
! width="140" | ''Mixed'' and/or ''Some Other Race'' <br />(of race/age group)
! width="90" | Asian alone <br />(of race/age group)
! width="150" | Either American Indian or Alaska Native <br />(of race/age group)
! width="150" | Either Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander <br />(of race/age group)
|-
| Total || {{val|308745538}} <br />(100%) || {{val|223553265}} <br />(72.4%) || {{val|38929319}} <br />(12.6%) || {{val|28116441}} <br />(9.1%) || {{val|14674252}} <br />(4.9%) || {{val|2932248}} <br />(1.0%) || {{val|540013}} <br />(0.2%)
|-
| 0–4 || {{val|20201362}} <br />(6.5%) || {{val|12795675}} <br />(5.7%/63.3%) || {{val|2902590}} <br />(7.5%/14.4%) || {{val|3315480}} <br />(11.8%/16.4%) || {{val|898011}} <br />(6.1%/4.5%) || {{val|244615}} <br />(8.3%/1.2%) || {{val|44991}} <br />(8.3%/0.2%)
|-
| 5–9 || {{val|20348657}} <br />(6.6%) || {{val|13293799}} <br />(5.9%/65.3%) || {{val|2882597}} <br />(7.4%/14.2%) || {{val|2957487}} <br />(10.5%/14.5%) || {{val|928248}} <br />(6.3%/4.6%) || {{val|243259}} <br />(8.3%/1.2%) || {{val|43267}} <br />(8.0%/0.0%)
|-
| 10–14 || {{val|20677194}} <br />(6.7%) || {{val|13737332}} <br />(6.1%/66.4%) || {{val|3034266}} <br />(7.8%/14.7%) || {{val|2736570}} <br />(9.7%/13.2%) || {{val|881590}} <br />(6.0%/4.3%) || {{val|245049}} <br />(8.4%/1.19%) || {{val|42387}} <br />(7.8%/0.2%)
|-
| 15–19 || {{val|22040343}} <br />(7.1%) || {{val|14620638}} <br />(6.5%/66.4%) || {{val|3448051}} <br />(8.9%/15.6%) || {{val|2704571}} <br />(9.6%/12.3%) || {{val|956028}} <br />(6.5%/4.3%) || {{val|263805}} <br />(9.0%/1.2%) || {{val|47250}} <br />(8.7%/0.2%)
|-
| 20–24 || {{val|21585999}} <br />(7.0%) || {{val|14535947}} <br />(6.5%/67.3%) || {{val|3111397}} <br />(8.0%/14.4%) || {{val|2538967}} <br />(9.0%/11.8%) || {{val|1106222}} <br />(7.5%/5.1%) || {{val|240716}} <br />(8.2%/1.1%) || {{val|52750}} <br />(9.8%/0.2%)
|-
| 25–29 || {{val|21101849}} <br />(6.8%) || {{val|14345364}} <br />(6.4%/68.0%) || {{val|2786254}} <br />(7.2%/13.2%) || {{val|2464343}} <br />(8.8%/11.7%) || {{val|1234322}} <br />(8.4%/5.9%) || {{val|221654}} <br />(7.6%/1.1%) || {{val|49912}} <br />(9.2%/0.2%)
|-
| 30–34 || {{val|19962099}} <br />(6.5%) || {{val|13573270}} <br />(6.1%/68.0%) || {{val|2627925}} <br />(6.8%/13.2%) || {{val|2273322}} <br />(8.1%/11.4%) || {{val|1240906}} <br />(8.5%/6.2%) || {{val|202928}} <br />(6.9%/1.0%) || {{val|43748}} <br />(8.1%/0.2%)
|-
| 35–39 || {{val|20179642}} <br />(6.5%) || {{val|13996797}} <br />(6.3%/69.36%) || {{val|2613389}} <br />(6.7%/13.0%) || {{val|2038408}} <br />(7.2%/10.1%) || {{val|1296301}} <br />(8.8%/6.4%) || {{val|196017}} <br />(6.7%/1.0%) || {{val|38730}} <br />(7.2%/0.2%)
|-
| 40–44 || {{val|20890964}} <br />(6.8%) || {{val|15052798}} <br />(6.7%/72.1%) || {{val|2669034}} <br />(6.9%/12.8%) || {{val|1782463}} <br />(6.3%/8.5%) || {{val|1155565}} <br />(7.9%/5.5%) || {{val|194713}} <br />(6.6%/0.9%) || {{val|36391}} <br />(6.7%/0.2%)
|-
| 45–49 || {{val|22708591}} <br />(7.4%) || {{val|17028255}} <br />(7.6%/75.0%) || {{val|2828657}} <br />(7.3%/12.5%) || {{val|1532117}} <br />(5.4%/6.8%) || {{val|1076060}} <br />(7.3%/4.7%) || {{val|207857}} <br />(7.1%/0.9%) || {{val|35645}} <br />(6.6%/0.2%)
|-
| 50–54 || {{val|22298125}} <br />(7.2%) || {{val|17178632}} <br />(7.7%/77.0%) || {{val|2694247}} <br />(6.9%/12.1%) || {{val|1222175}} <br />(4.3%/5.5%) || {{val|980282}} <br />(6.7%/4.4%) || {{val|191893}} <br />(6.5%/0.9%) || {{val|30896}} <br />(5.7%/0.1%)
|-
| 55–59 || {{val|19664805}} <br />(6.4%) || {{val|15562187}} <br />(7.0%/79.1%) || {{val|2205820}} <br />(5.7%/11.2%) || {{val|873943}} <br />(3.1%/4.4%) || {{val|844490}} <br />(5.8%/4.3%) || {{val|154320}} <br />(5.3%/0.8%) || {{val|24045}} <br />(4.5%/0.1%)
|-
| 60–64 || {{val|16817924}} <br />(5.4%) || {{val|13693334}} <br />(6.1%/81.4%) || {{val|1686695}} <br />(4.3%/10.0%) || {{val|611144}} <br />(2.2%/3.6%) || {{val|689601}} <br />(4.7%/4.1%) || {{val|118362}} <br />(4.0%/0.7%) || {{val|18788}} <br />(3.5%/0.1%)
|-
| 65–69 || {{val|12435263}} <br />(4.0%) || {{val|10313002}} <br />(4.6%/82.9%) || {{val|1162577}} <br />(3.0%/9.4%) || {{val|394208}} <br />(1.4%/3.2%) || {{val|474327}} <br />(3.2%/3.8%) || {{val|79079}} <br />(2.7%/0.6%) || {{val|12070}} <br />(2.2%/0.1%)
|-
| 70–74 || {{val|9278166}} <br />(3.0%) || {{val|7740932}} <br />(3.5%/83.4%) || {{val|852317}} <br />(2.2%/9.2%) || {{val|268574}} <br />(1.0%/2.9%) || {{val|354268}} <br />(2.4%/3.8%) || {{val|53926}} <br />(1.8%/0.6%) || {{val|8149}} <br />(1.5%/0.1%)
|-
| 75–79 || {{val|7317795}} <br />(2.4%) || {{val|6224569}} <br />(2.8%/85.1%) || {{val|616789}} <br />(1.6%/8.4%) || {{val|184596}} <br />(0.7%/2.5%) || {{val|251210}} <br />(1.7%/3.4%) || {{val|35268}} <br />(1.2%/0.5%) || {{val|5363}} <br />(1.0%/0.1%)
|-
| 80–84 || {{val|5743327}} <br />(1.9%) || {{val|5002427}} <br />(2.2%/87.1%) || {{val|424592}} <br />(1.1%/7.4%) || {{val|122249}} <br />(0.4%/2.1%) || {{val|168879}} <br />(1.2%/2.9%) || {{val|21963}} <br />(0.7%/0.4%) || {{val|3217}} <br />(0.6%/0.1%)
|-
| 85+ || {{val|5493433}} <br />(1.8%) || {{val|4858307}} <br />(2.2%/88.4%) || {{val|382122}} <br />(1.0%/7.0%) || {{val|95824}} <br />(0.3%/1.7%) || {{val|137942}} <br />(0.9%/2.5%) || {{val|16824}} <br />(0.6%/0.3%) || {{val|2414}} <br />(0.4%/0.0%)
|}

===Total fertility rate (TFR)===
[[File:Fertility rate of the United States from 1820 to 2016.svg|thumb|TFR of the United States overtime from 1820 to 2016]]

In 1800 the average U.S. woman had 7.04 children;<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=scOqCgAAQBAJ|title=Demography: The Science of Population|first1=Jay|last1=Weinstein|first2=Vijayan K.|last2=Pillai|date=29 October 2015|page=208|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|edition=2nd|isbn=978-1-44223521-2}}</ref> by the first decade of the 1900s, this number had already decreased to 3.56.<ref name="Doan">{{cite book|first=Alesha E.|last=Doan|title=Opposition and Intimidation:The abortion wars and strategies of political harassment|url=https://archive.org/details/oppositionintimi0000doan/page/n1/mode/2up|publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]]|year=2007|page=40|isbn=978-0-472-06975-0}}</ref> Since 1971, the birth rate has generally been [[Sub-replacement fertility|below the replacement rate of 2.1]].<ref name=VoxJanuary2020>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/5/22/17376536/fertility-rate-united-states-births-women |title=The historically low birthrate, explained in 3 charts|first=Julia|last=Belluz|date=13 January 2020|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="CDCTFR">{{Cite web |date=1 June 2023 |title=Births: Provisional Data for 2022 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr028.pdf |access-date=3 June 2023 |website=cdc.gov}}</ref>{{rp|p=3}} Since the [[Great Recession|Great Recession of 2007]], the rate has consistently been below replacement.<ref name=VoxJanuary2020/><ref name="CDCTFR"/>{{rp|p=3}} The drop in the TFR from 2.08 per woman in 2007 to 1.76 in 2017 was mostly due to the declining birth rate of ethnic minorities, teenagers and women in their 30s.<ref name=IFSMay2018>{{cite web|title=Baby Bust: Fertility is Declining the Most Among Minority Women|url=https://ifstudies.org/blog/baby-bust-fertility-is-declining-the-most-among-minority-women|last1=Stone|first1=Lyman|date=May 16, 2018|website=Institute for Family Studies|access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref> During that period, the birthrate for women ages 35 to 44 has risen.<ref name=VoxJanuary2020/><ref name=IFSMay2018/> The 12 month ending general fertility rate increased from 56.6 to 57.0 in 2022 Q1 compared to 2021 Q4.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vital Statistics Rapid Release Quarterly Provisional Estimates |date=June 29, 2022 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/natality-dashboard.htm |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref>

====Total fertility rates from 1800 to 2020====
{{See also|Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States#Vital statistics of racial and ethnic Groups (since 1990)}}
The [[total fertility rate]] is the number of children born per woman. Sources: [[Ansley J. Coale]], Zelnik and [[National Center for Health Statistics]].<ref name=scienceofpopulation>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=scOqCgAAQBAJ&q=total+fertility+rates+united+states1800+us+census+bureau&pg=PA208 |page=208 |title=Demography: The Science of Population|first1=Jay |last1=Weinstein |first2=Vijayan K. |last2=Pillai |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |edition=2nd |isbn=978-1-442235212}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1800!!1810!!1820!!1830!!1840!!1850!!1860!!1870!!1880!!1890!!1900<ref name=scienceofpopulation/>
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in the United States||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|7.0||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|6.9||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|6.7||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|6.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|6.1||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.9||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.6
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1910!!1920!!1930!!1940!!1950!!1960!!1970!!1980!!1990!!2000!!2010<ref name=scienceofpopulation/>!!2020
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in the United States||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.4||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.2||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.0||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.5||1.8||2.08||2.06||1.93||1.64
|}
The U.S. total [[fertility rate]] as of 2020 is 1.641<ref name=":2" />
* 1.55 for non-Hispanic whites<ref name=":2" />
* 1.71 for non-Hispanic Blacks<ref name=":2" />
* 1.65 for [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] (including Hispanics)
* 1.53 for [[Asian Americans]] (including Hispanics)
Other:<ref name="auto"/>
* 1.88 for ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics]]'' (of all racial groups)<ref name=":2" />

('''Note''' that ≈95% of Hispanics are included as "white Hispanics" by CDC, which does not recognize the Census's "Some other race" category and counts people in that category as white.)

Source: National Vital statistics report based on [[2010 US Census]] data<ref name="cdc.gov"/>

==== Total fertility rates by state, federal district or territory ====
{{Main|List of U.S. states and territories by fertility rate}}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+2023
! State<br>federal district<br> or territory 
!TFR
|-bgcolor="#f5f5d3"
| {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} || 2.13
|-bgcolor="#f5f5d3"
| {{flag|Guam}} || 2.11
|-
| {{flag|South Dakota}} || 2.00
|-
| {{flag|Nebraska}} || 1.91
|-
| {{flag|North Dakota}} || 1.85
|-
| {{flag|Alaska}} || 1.83
|-
| {{flag|Louisiana}} || 1.83
|-
| {{flag|Iowa}} || 1.81
|-
| {{flag|Texas}} || 1.81
|-
| {{flag|Kansas}} || 1.81
|-
| {{flag|Utah}} || 1.80
|-
| {{flag|Kentucky}} || 1.80
|-
| {{flag|Idaho}} || 1.79
|-
| {{flag|Mississippi}} || 1.79
|-
| {{flag|Oklahoma}} || 1.77
|-
| {{flag|Arkansas}} || 1.77
|-
| {{flag|Indiana}} || 1.76
|-
| {{flag|Alabama}} || 1.73
|-
| {{flag|Tennessee}} || 1.73
|-
| {{flag|New Jersey}} || 1.70
|-
| {{flag|Minnesota}} || 1.69
|-
| {{flag|Hawaii}} || 1.68
|-
| {{flag|Ohio}} || 1.68
|-
| {{flag|Wyoming}} || 1.68
|-
| {{flag|Missouri}} || 1.67
|-
| {{flag|South Carolina}} || 1.67
|-
| {{flag|North Carolina}} || 1.66
|-
| {{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}} || 1.64
|-
| {{flag|Delaware}} || 1.63
|-
| {{flag|Wisconsin}} || 1.63
|-
| {{flag|Maryland}} || 1.61
|-
| {{flag|Virginia}} || 1.60
|-
| {{flag|Florida}} || 1.60
|-
| {{flag|Arizona}} || 1.60
|-
| {{flag|West Virginia}} || 1.60
|-
| {{flag|Michigan}} || 1.56
|-
| {{flag|New Mexico}} || 1.55
|-
| {{flag|Montana}} || 1.55
|-
| {{flag|Pennsylvania}} || 1.55
|-
| {{flag|New York}} || 1.53
|-
| {{flag|Connecticut}} || 1.52
|-
| {{flag|Nevada}} || 1.50
|-
| {{flag|Illinois}} || 1.50
|-
| {{flag|California}} || 1.48
|-
| {{flag|Washington}} || 1.47
|-
| {{flag|Colorado}} || 1.45
|-
| {{flag|Maine}} || 1.40
|-
| {{flag|Massachusetts}} || 1.40
|- bgcolor="#f5f5d3"
| {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}}|| 1.40
|-
| {{flag|New Hampshire}} || 1.38
|-
| {{flag|Rhode Island}} || 1.37
|-
| {{flag|Oregon}} || 1.35
|-
| {{flag|Vermont}} || 1.30
|-
| {{flag|District of Columbia}} || 1.20
|- bgcolor="#f5f5d3"
| {{flag|Puerto Rico}}|| 0.90
|- bgcolor="lightgrey"
| {{flag|USA}}|| '''1.62'''
|}

===Births and fertility by race===
A total of 3,659,289 babies were born in 2021, a 1% increase from 2020. Additionally, researchers also looked at births by race and found that White and Hispanic women each saw the number of births increase by about 2% from 2020 to 2021. Meanwhile, Black and Asian women saw the number of births decline by 2.4% and 2.5%, respectively, over the same period, while American Indian/Alaskan Native women saw their numbers fall by 3.2%.<ref name="ABC News">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-increase-births-reported-years-cdc-finds/story?id=84907983 |title=1st increase in births reported in 7 years, CDC finds |first=Mary |last=Kekatos|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=May 24, 2022}}</ref> It also marks the first rise in births since 2014. Prior to this report, the total number of births had been decreasing by an average of 2% per year.<ref name="ABC News"/> However, the [[total fertility rate]] (the number of births that the average women have over their lifetimes) was 1.6635 births per every woman. This is still below the replacement level, the level a population needs to replace itself, which is, at least, 2.1 births per woman.<ref name="ABC News"/>

==== Number of births by state ====
<ref>{{Cite web |title=Births: Final Data for 2023 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr74/nvsr74-1.pdf}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+2023
!States
!
|-
|{{flag|Alabama}}
|57,858
|-
|{{flag|Alaska}}
|9,015
|-
|{{flag|Arizona}}
|78,096
|-
|{{flag|Arkansas}}
|35,264
|-
|{{flag|California}}
|400,108
|-
|{{flag|Colorado}}
|61,494
|-
|{{flag|Connecticut}}
|34,559
|-
|{{flag|Delaware}}
|10,427
|-
|{{flag|District of Columbia}}
|7,896
|-
|{{flag|Florida}}
|221,410
|-
|{{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}}
|125,120
|-
|{{flag|Hawaii}}
|14,808
|-
|{{flag|Idaho}}
|22,397
|-
|{{flag|Illinois}}
|124,820
|-
|{{flag|Indiana}}
|79,000
|-
|{{flag|Iowa}}
|36,052
|-
|{{flag|Kansas}}
|34,065
|-
|{{flag|Kentucky}}
|51,984
|-
|{{flag|Louisiana}}
|54,927
|-
|{{flag|Maine}}
|11,627
|-
|{{flag|Maryland}}
|65,594
|-
|{{flag|Massachusetts}}
|67,093
|-
|{{flag|Michigan}}
|99,124
|-
|{{flag|Minnesota}}
|61,715
|-
|{{flag|Mississippi}}
|34,459
|-
|{{flag|Missouri}}
|67,123
|-
|{{flag|Montana}}
|11,078
|-
|{{flag|Nebraska}}
|24,111
|-
|{{flag|Nevada}}
|31,794
|-
|{{flag|New Hampshire}}
|11,936
|-
|{{flag|New Jersey}}
|101,001
|-
|{{flag|New Mexico}}
|20,951
|-
|{{flag|New York}}
|203,612
|-
|{{flag|North Carolina}}
|120,082
|-
|{{flag|North Dakota}}
|9,647
|-
|{{flag|Ohio}}
|126,896
|-
|{{flag|Oklahoma}}
|47,909
|-
|{{flag|Oregon}}
|38,298
|-
|{{flag|Pennsylvania}}
|126,951
|-
|{{flag|Rhode Island}}
|9,805
|-
|{{flag|South Carolina}}
|57,729
|-
|{{flag|South Dakota}}
|11,201
|-
|{{flag|Tennessee}}
|83,021
|-
|{{flag|Texas}}
|387,945
|-
|{{flag|Utah}}
|45,019
|-
|{{flag|Vermont}}
|5,065
|-
|{{flag|Virginia}}
|92,649
|-
|{{flag|Washington}}
|80,932
|-
|{{flag|West Virginia}}
|16,606
|-
|{{flag|Wisconsin}}
|59,754
|-
|{{flag|Wyoming}}
|5,990
|-
|'''{{flag|USA}}'''
|3,596,017
|}

====Number of births by race and origin====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+Quarterlies of years, recent estimates. Race and Hispanic origin refers to the mother.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/natality-dashboard.htm# |title=Quarterly Provisional Estimates |publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|date=February 16, 2023 }}</ref>
! [[Fertility#Period measures|General Fertility Rate]]:<br>15–44 years
! 2020 Q1
! 2020 Q2
! 2020 Q3
! 2020 Q4
! 2021 Q1
! 2021 Q2
! 2021 Q3
! 2021 Q4
! 2022 Q1
! 2022 Q2
! 2022 Q3
|-
|'''All races and origins'''
|58.1
|57.6
|56.8||56.0||55.0||55.2||55.6||56.3||56.6||56.4||56.2
|-
|'''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'''||65.2||64.7||63.9||63.1||61.5||61.7||62.2||63.4||64.8||65.1||65.7
|-
|'''[[Black Americans|Non-Hispanic Black]]'''||61.3||61.0||60.1||59.2||57.7||57.3||57.3||57.4||57.5||57.2||56.6
|-
|'''[[White Americans|Non-Hispanic White]]'''||55.2||54.7||54.0||53.2||52.7||53.1||53.6||54.4||54.3||53.7||53.2
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Number of births and [[total fertility rate]] (number of births/mother) by race and origin<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/births-by-raceethnicity/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D#note-2 |title=Number of Births by Race |publisher=[[Kaiser Family Foundation]]|date=April 20, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newgeography.com/content/007528-us-total-fertility-rates-toward-europe |title=US total fertility rates: toward Europe?|date=July 28, 2022|first=Wendell |last=Cox |website=Newgeography.com}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite journal |last1=Osterman |first1=Michelle J.K. |last2=Hamilton |first2=Brady E. |last3=Martin |first3=Joyce A. |last4=Driscoll |first4=Anne K. |last5=Valenzuela |first5=Claudia P. |date=January 31, 2023 |title=Births: Final Data for 2021 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs//data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-01.pdf |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports |volume=72 |issue=1 |pages=1–53 |pmid=36723449 }}</ref>
! Year
! Total
! [[White Americans|Non-Hispanic White]]
! [[Black Americans|Non-Hispanic Black]]
! [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
! Non-Hispanic [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
! Non-Hispanic [[American Indians (U.S.)|American Indian/Alaskan Native]]
!Non-Hispanic [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]]
! Multiracial
|-
| '''2021'''
| 3,664,292 (TFR: 1.664)
| 1,887,656 (TFR: 1.598)
| 517,889 (TFR: 1.675)
| 885,916 (TFR: 1.899)
| 213,813 (TFR: 1.351)
| 26,124 (TFR: 1.477)
|9,531 (TFR: 2.131)
| 86,982 (TFR: 1.52)
|-
| '''2020'''
| 3,613,647 (TFR: 1.641)
| 1,843,432 (TFR: 1.551)
| 529,811 (TFR: 1.713)
| 866,713 (TFR: 1.879)
| 219,068 (TFR: 1.379)
| 26,813 (TFR: 1.520)
|9,626 (TFR: 2.134)
|
|-
|'''2019'''
|3,747,540(TRF: 1.706
|1,915,912 (TFR: 1.610)
|548,075 (TFR: 1.775)
|886,467 (TFR: 1.940)
|238,769 (TFR: 1.511)
|28,450 (TFR: 1.611)
|9.770 (TFR: 2,178)
|
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Number of births, by race and Hispanic origin of the mother and month of birth: United States, January–June, final 2019 and 2020, and provisional 2021 (provisional 2021 data is based on 99.92% of births)<ref name="Brady">{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr019.pdf |title=Changes in Births by Month: United States, January 2019–June 2021 |first1=Brady E. |last1=Hamilton |first2=Michelle J. K. |last2=Osterman |first3=Joyce A. |last3=Martin |publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|date=March 2022}}</ref>
! Race and Hispanic origin of mother and year
! January–June
! January
! February
! March
! April
! May
! June
! Total pop.'s percent (January–June)
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| [[White Americans|Non-Hispanic White]] (2019)
| 937,741
| 156,819
| 142,992
| 157,502
| 156,516
| 165,587
| 158,325
| 51.67%
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| [[White Americans|Non-Hispanic White]] (2020)
| 916,986
| 152,519
| 138,756
| 155,981 
| 150,953
| 156,888
| 156,933
| 51.43%
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| [[White Americans|Non-Hispanic White]] (2021)
| 914,813
| 142,083 
| 138,803 
| 159,055 
| 153,980 
| 156,969
| 163,923
| 52.32%
|-
| [[Black Americans|Non-Hispanic Black]] (2019)
| 262,114
| 47,486
| 41,497
| 43,583
| 42,151
| 44,584
| 42,813
| 14.45%
|-
| [[Black Americans|Non-Hispanic Black]] (2020)
| 259,759
| 46,356
| 40,587
| 43,591
| 41,395
| 42,999
| 43,381
| 14.57%
|-
| [[Black Americans|Non-Hispanic Black]] (2021)
| 245,753 
| 41,310 
| 38,628
| 41,952
| 39,810
| 40,936
| 43,117
| 14.05%
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Non-Hispanic [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] or [[Alaska native]] (2019)
| 14,013
| 2,525
| 2,182
| 2,332
| 2,293
| 2,382
| 2,299
| 0.77%
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Non-Hispanic [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] or [[Alaska native]] (2020)
| 13,234
| 2,292
| 1,977
| 2,213
| 2,195
| 2,240
| 2,246
| 0.74%
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Non-Hispanic [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] or [[Alaska native]] (2021)
| 12,498
| 2,135
| 1,932
| 2,181
| 2,098
| 1,961
| 2,191
| 0.69%
|-
| Non-Hispanic [[Asian Americans|Asian]] (2019)
| 116,289
| 19,628
| 17,975
| 19,910
| 19,261
| 20,168
| 19,347
| 6.41%
|-
| Non-Hispanic [[Asian Americans|Asian]] (2020)
| 110,811
| 19,303
| 17,068
| 19,268
| 17,986
| 18,696
| 17,880
| 6.21%
|-
| Non-Hispanic [[Asian Americans|Asian]] (2021)
| 102,279
| 15,658
| 15,410
| 18,019
| 17,482
| 17,552
| 18,158
| 5.85%
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Non-Hispanic [[Native Hawaiians|Hawaiian]] or other Pacific Islander (2019)
| 4,695
| 790
| 762
| 814
| 738
| 847
| 744
| 0.26%
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Non-Hispanic [[Native Hawaiians|Hawaiian]] or other Pacific Islander (2020)
| 4,665
| 803
| 759
| 794 
| 705
| 820
| 757
| 0.26%
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Non-Hispanic [[Native Hawaiians|Hawaiian]] or other Pacific Islander (2021)
| 4,413
| 799
| 616
| 753
| 731
| 806
| 708
| 0.25%
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (of any race) (2019)
| 421,991
| 73,742
| 65,667
| 70,442
| 68,517
| 72,747
| 70,876
| 23.26%
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (of any race) (2020)
| 420,563
| 73,601
| 65,140
| 70,361
| 68,000
| 70,085
| 71,050
| 23.59%
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (of any race) (2021)
| 409,941
| 65,687
| 61,961
| 70,060
| 68,202
| 70,722
| 73,309
| 23.44%
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| '''All races and origins (2019)'''
| 1,814,497
| 310,872
| 279,963
| 304,237
| 298,947
| 316,386
| 304,092
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| '''All races and origins (2020)'''
| 1,783,124
| 304,722
| 272,907
| 301,625
| 290,478
| 301,481
| 302,164
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| '''All races and origins (2021)'''
|1,748,768
| 276,980
| 266,107
| 302,137
| 292,454
| 299,308
| 311,782
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Percent change in births from 2019 to 2020 and 2020–2021<ref name="Brady"/>
! Race and Hispanic origin of mother and year
! January–June
! January
! February
! March
! April
! May
! June
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| [[White Americans|Non-Hispanic White]] (2019-2020)
| -2
| -3
| -3
| -1
| -4
| -5
| -1
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| [[White Americans|Non-Hispanic White]] (2020-2021)
| †0
| -7
| †0
| 2
| 2
| †0
| 4
|-
| [[Black Americans|Non-Hispanic Black]] (2019-2020)
| -1
| -2
| -2
| †0
| -2
| -4
| †1
|-
| [[Black Americans|Non-Hispanic Black]] (2020-2021)
| -5
| -11
| -5
| -4
| -4
| -5
| †-1
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Non-Hispanic [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] or [[Alaska native]] (2019-2020)
| -6
| -9
| -9
| †-5
| †-4
| -6
| †-2
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Non-Hispanic [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] or [[Alaska native]] (2020-2021)
| -6
| -7
| †-2
| †-1
| †-4
| -12
| †-2
|-
| Non-Hispanic [[Asian Americans|Asian]] (2019-2020)
| -5
| †-2
| -5
| -3
| -7
| -7
| -8
|-
| Non-Hispanic [[Asian Americans|Asian]] (2020-2021)
| -8
| -19
| -10
| -6
| -3
| -6
| †2
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Non-Hispanic [[Native Hawaiians|Hawaiian]] or other Pacific Islander (2019-2020)
| †-1
| †2
| †0
| †-2
| †-4
| †-3
| †2
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Non-Hispanic [[Native Hawaiians|Hawaiian]] or other Pacific Islander (2020-2021)
| 5
| †0
| -19
| †-5
| †4
| †-2
| †-6
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (of any race) (2019-2020)
| †0
| †0
| †-1
| †0
| †-1
| -4
| †0
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (of any race) (2020-2021)
| -3
| -11
| -5
| †0
| †0
| †1
| 3
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| '''All races and origins (2019-2020)'''
| -2
| -2
| -3
| -1
| -3
| -5
| -1
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
| '''All races and origins (2020-2021)'''
| -2
| -9
| -2
| †0
| 1
| -1
| 3
|}

====U.S.-born residents====

''Note: Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number.'' Also note that growth arrows indicate an increase or decrease in the number of births, not in the fertility rate.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf |title=Births: Final Data for 2014 |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=October 3, 2017}}</ref><ref name=2013_birth_data>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf |title=National Vital Statistics Reports. Births: Final Data for 2015 |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=October 3, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2019/01/u-s-fertility-rate-continues-to-decline-reaching-lowest-level-in-40-years/ |title=U.S. fertility rate continues to decline, reaching lowest level in 40 years |date=January 11, 2019 |first=Susan |last=Perry |website=[[MinnPost]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/births.htm |title=NVSS - Birth Data |date=June 14, 2021 |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Race]] of mother
! Number of births<br />in 2016
! % of all<br />born
! TFR<br />(2016)
! Number of births<br />in 2017
! % of all<br />born
! TFR<br />(2017)
! Number of births<br />in 2018
! % of all<br />born
! TFR<br />(2018)
! Number of births<br />in 2019
! % of all<br />born
! TFR<br />(2019)
! Number of births<br />in 2020
! % of all<br />born
! TFR<br />(2020)
! 2020-2016
{{growth}}<br />{{decrease}}
|-
| [[White Americans|White]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,900,933
| 73.5%
| 1.77
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,812,267
| 72.9%
| 1.76
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,788,439
| 73.5%
| 1.75
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| > [[Non-Hispanic whites|NH White]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,056,332
| 52.1%
| 1.719
| style="text-align:center;" | 1,992,461
| 51.7%
| 1.666
| style="text-align:center;" | 1,956,413
| 51.6%
| 1.640
| style="text-align:center;" | 1,915,912
| 51.1%
| 1.611
| style="text-align:center;" | 1,843,432
| 51.0%
| 1.552
| style="text-align:center;" | {{decrease}}10.35%
|-
| [[Black Americans|Black]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 623,886
| 15.8%
| 1.90
| style="text-align:center;" | 626,027
| 16.2%
| 1.92
| style="text-align:center;" | 600,933
| 15.8%
| 1.87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| > NH Black
| style="text-align:center;" | 558,622
| 14.2%
| 1.832
| style="text-align:center;" | 560,715
| 14.5%
| 1.824
| style="text-align:center;" | 552,029
| 14.6%
| 1.792
| style="text-align:center;" | 548,075
| 14.6%
| 1.776
| style="text-align:center;" | 529,811
| 14.7%
| 1.714
| {{decrease}}5.16% 
|-
| NH [[Asian Americans|Asian]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | 254,471
| 6.5%
| 1.690
| style="text-align:center;" | 249,250
| 6.5%
| 1.597
| style="text-align:center;" | 240,798
| 6.4%
| 1.525
| style="text-align:center;" | 238,769
| 6.4%
| 1.511
| style="text-align:center;" | 219,068
| 6.1%
| 1.385
| {{decrease}}13.9%
|-
| NH [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] or [[Alaska native]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | 31,452
| 0.8%
| 1.794
| style="text-align:center;" | 29,957
| 0.8%
| 1.702
| style="text-align:center;" | 29,092
| 0.8%
| 1.651
| style="text-align:center;" | 28,450
| 0.76%
| 1.612
| style="text-align:center;" | 26,813
| 0.74%
| 1.517
| {{decrease}}14.75%
|-
| NH [[Native Hawaiians|Hawaiian]] <small>(incl. other Pacific Islander)</small>
| style="text-align:center;" | 9,342
|0.2%
|2.076
| style="text-align:center;" | 9,426
|0.2%
|2.085
| style="text-align:center;" | 9,476
| 0.3%
| 2.106
| style="text-align:center;" | 9,770
| 0.26%
| 2.178
| style="text-align:center;" | 9,626
| 0.26%
| 2.142
| {{increase}}3.04%
|-
| '''Total'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''3,945,875'''
| '''100%'''
| '''1.820'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''3,855,500'''
| '''100%'''
| '''1.765'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''3,791,712'''
| '''100%'''
| '''1.729'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''3,747,540'''
| '''100%'''
| '''1.706'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''3,613,647'''
| '''100%'''
| '''1.641'''
| {{decrease}}'''9.84%'''
|}

'''Key''':
* '''NH''' = Non-Hispanic.
* '''TFR''' = Total fertility rate (number of children born per woman).
* Growth arrows ({{increase}}/{{decrease}}) indicate an increase or decrease in the number of births, not in the fertility rate, comparing to the previous year.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Ethnicity]] of mother
! Number of births<br />in 2016
! % of all<br />born
! TFR<br />(2016)
! Number of births<br />in 2017
! % of all<br />born
! TFR<br />(2017)
! Number of births<br />in 2018
! % of all<br />born
! TFR<br />(2018)
! Number of births<br />in 2019
! % of all<br />born
! TFR<br />(2019)
! Number of births<br />in 2020
! % of all<br />born
! TFR<br />(2020)
! 2020-2016
{{growth}}<br />{{decrease}}
|-
| Non-Hispanic (of any race)
| style="text-align:center;" | 3,027,428
|
|
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,956,736
|
|
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,905,502
|
|
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,861,073
|
|
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,746,933
|
|
| {{decrease}}
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (of any race)
| style="text-align:center;" | ''918,447''
| 23.3%
| ''2.093''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''898,764''
| 23.3%
| ''2.007''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''886,210''
| 23.4%
| ''1.959''
| style="text-align:center;" | 886,467
| 23.7%
| 1.940
| style="text-align:center;" | ''866,714''
| 24.0%
| 1.876
| {{decrease}}''5.63%''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Foreign-born total fertility rate by race <br /> and those of Hispanic origin<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/camarota-declining-fertility.pdf |title=The Declining Fertility of Immigrants and Natives |first1=Steven A. |last1=Camarota |first2=Karen |last2=Zeigler |publisher=Center for Immigration Studies |access-date=October 3, 2017}}</ref>
|-
! [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Race]]
! 2008
! 2011
! 2013
|-
| [[White Americans|White]]
| 2.29
| 2.01
| 1.94
|-
| [[Black Americans|Black]]
| 2.51
| 2.57
| 2.35
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
| 2.25
| 2.02
| 1.93
|-
| Other
| 1.80
| 2.04
| 2.06
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (of any race)
| ''3.15''
| ''2.77''
| ''2.46''
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''2.75'''
| '''2.45'''
| '''2.22'''
|}

====Percent of births to White Non-Hispanic women that were their 8th+ child, by U.S. state, in 2021====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Percent of births to White Non-Hispanic women that were their 8th+ child, by U.S. state, in 2021
|-
! State !! Percent
|-
| {{flag|New York}} || 2.21%
|-
| {{flag|New Jersey}} || 1.7%
|-
| {{flag|Wisconsin}} || 1.04%
|-
| {{flag|Arkansas}} || 1.02%
|-
| {{flag|Montana}} || 0.86%
|-
| {{flag|Ohio}} || 0.85%
|-
| {{flag|Iowa}} || 0.84%
|-
| {{flag|Pennsylvania}} || 0.82%
|-
| {{flag|Kansas}} || 0.76%
|-
| {{flag|Kentucky}} || 0.76%
|-
| {{flag|Utah}} || 0.75%
|-
| {{flag|Minnesota}} || 0.75%
|-
| {{flag|Indiana}} || 0.72%
|-
| {{flag|Wyoming}} || 0.72%
|-
| {{flag|Mississippi}} || 0.7%
|-
| {{flag|Michigan}} || 0.7%
|-
| {{flag|Idaho}} || 0.65%
|-
| {{flag|West Virginia}} || 0.64%
|-
| {{flag|Arizona}} || 0.62%
|-
| {{flag|North Dakota}} || 0.59%
|-
| {{flag|South Dakota}} || 0.54%
|-
| {{flag|Arkansas}} || 0.51%
|-
| {{flag|New Mexico}} || 0.50%
|-
| {{flag|Maryland}} || 0.49%
|-
| {{flag|Oregon}} || 0.46%
|-
| {{flag|Michigan}} || 0.44%
|-
| {{flag|Oklahoma}} || 0.44%
|-
| {{flag|Florida}} || 0.43%
|-
| {{flag|Tennessee}} || 0.42%
|-
| {{flag|Virginia}} || 0.41%
|-
| {{flag|Illinois}} || 0.40%
|-
| {{flag|Nevada}} || 0.40%
|-
| {{flag|West Virginia}} || 0.39%
|-
| {{flag|Delaware}} || 0.38%
|-
| {{flag|Georgia}} || 0.36%
|-
| {{flag|Nebraska}} || 0.36%
|-
| {{flag|Texas}} || 0.33%
|-
| {{flag|Alabama}} || 0.33%
|-
| {{flag|Missouri}} || 0.32%
|-
| {{flag|Vermont}} || 0.31%
|-
| {{flag|South Carolina}} || 0.30%
|-
| {{flag|California}} || 0.29%
|-
| {{flag|Colorado}} || 0.29%
|-
| {{flag|North Carolina}} || 0.25%
|-
| {{flag|Alaska}} || 0.25%
|-
| {{flag|Connecticut}} || 0.20%
|-
| {{flag|New Hampshire}} || 0.19%
|-
| {{flag|Massachusetts}} || 0.17%
|}

===Mother's mean age at first birth===
[[File:Percentage of women childless by age cohort in the US.svg|thumb|Percentage of women childless by age cohort in the US over time]]
* 27.1 years (2020 est.)<ref name=":2" />

===Life expectancy===
[[File:Life expectancy in the United States.svg|thumb|Life expectancy in the United States since 1880]]
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -USA -diff.png|thumb|Life expectancy in the United States since 1960 by gender]]
{{see also|List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy}}

According to the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC), average American [[life expectancy]] at birth was 78.4 years in 2023. This was a gain of 0.9 year from 77.5 years in 2022.<ref name=CDClifeexpectancy2023>{{cite journal|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db521.htm |last1=Murphy |first1=Sherry, BS |last2=Kochanek |first2=Kenneth D., MA |last3=Xu |first3=Jiaquan, MD |last4=Arias |first4=Elizabeth, PhD |title=Mortality in the United States, 2023 |journal=NCHS Data Brief |publisher=CDC [[National Center for Health Statistics]] |date=December 19, 2024 |issue=521 |pmid=39819663 |pmc=11770397 |access-date=January 7, 2025}}</ref> It was 76.4 years in 2021.<ref name=CDClifeexpectancy2021>{{cite journal |last1=Arias |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Xu |first2=Jiaquan |last3=Kochanek |first3=Kenneth D. |url=https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/132418 |title=United States Life Tables, 2021 |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports |publisher=[[U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |date=November 7, 2023 |volume=72 |issue=12 |pages=1–64 |pmid=38048433 |access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref>{{rp|p=1}}
* Male: 75.8 years (2023), 74.8 years (2022), 73.5 years (2021)<ref name=CDClifeexpectancy2021/>{{rp|p=1}}
* Female: 81.1 years (2023), 80.2 years (2022), 79.3 years (2021)<ref name=CDClifeexpectancy2021/>{{rp|p=1}}

Starting in 1998, life expectancy in the U.S. fell [[List of countries by life expectancy|behind that of other wealthy industrialized countries]], and Americans' "health disadvantage" gap has been increasing ever since.<ref>{{cite news |last=Achenbach |first=Joel |date=November 26, 2019 |title='There's something terribly wrong': Americans are dying young at alarming rates |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/theres-something-terribly-wrong-americans-are-dying-young-at-alarming-rates/2019/11/25/d88b28ec-0d6a-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=December 19, 2019}}</ref> Average U.S. life expectancy in the United States has actually declined in four of the years following 2014 (the year when average U.S. life expectancy reached 78.9 years, its historical peak).<ref>{{cite web |title=National Vital Statistics System: Life Expectancy |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/life-expectancy.htm |publisher=CDC [[National Center for Health Statistics]] |date=November 29, 2024 |access-date=January 8, 2024}}</ref> These declines were mostly reversed in both 2022 (+1.1 years) and 2023 (+0.9 year).<ref name=CNNlifeexpectancy2023>{{cite news|last=McPhillips|first=Deidre|date=19 December 2024|title=US life expectancy has rebounded closer to pre-pandemic levels|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/19/health/us-life-expectancy-2023/index.html|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> As of 2024, death rates among the [[Child mortality|youngest]] remain well higher than in peer nations.<ref name=CNNlifeexpectancy2023/> In 2023, there lower death rates in each of the ten U.S. [[List of causes of death by rate|leading causes of death]] but gains in life expectancy were largely driven by "decreases in mortality due to COVID-19, heart disease, unintentional injuries, cancer and diabetes".<ref name=CNNlifeexpectancy2023/><ref name=CDClifeexpectancy2023/>

From 2019 to 2020, the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] had contributed to approximately 61% of the decrease in life expectancy in the United States.<ref name=":9" /> While increases in mortality from [[unintentional injuries]], [[Cardiovascular disease|heart disease]], [[homicide]], and [[diabetes]] contributed to 11.7%, 5.8%, 2.9%, and 2.8% of the decrease in life expectancy from 2019 to 2020, respectively.<ref name=":9" /> Life expectancy has also varied by racial and ethnic group, with Non-Hispanic Asians having the highest life expectancy and Non-Hispanic American Indians having the lowest.<ref name=":9" /> In 2021, life expectancy at birth in the United States fell for the second year in a row, the first two-year drop since 1961–1963.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-30 |title=CDC - NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/index.htm |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=www.cdc.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Life expectancy at birth by Hispanic origin and race, and sex:<br>United States, 2019, 2020 & 2021<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Arias |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Tejada-Vera |first2=Betzaida |last3=Kochanek |first3=Kenneth D |last4=Ahmad |first4=Farida B |date=August 2022 |title=Provisional Life Expectancy Estimates for 2021 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr023.pdf|publisher=[[Center for Disease Control]]|access-date=August 31, 2022}}</ref>
!Race
!Males<br>2021
!Females<br>2021
!Total<br>2021*
!Total<br>2020
!Total<br>2019 
!2019 to 2021<br>{{growth}}/{{decrease}}
|-
|NH White
|73.7
|79.2
|76.4
|77.4
|78.8
|{{decrease}} 2.4
|-
|NH Black
|66.7
|74.8
|70.8
|71.5
|74.8
|{{decrease}} 4.0
|-
|NH Asian
|81.2
|85.6
|83.5
|83.6
|85.6
|{{decrease}} 2.1
|-
|NH American Indian or Alaska Native
|61.5
|69.2
|65.2
|67.1
|71.8
|{{decrease}} 6.6
|-
|Hispanic
|74.4
|81.0
|77.7
|77.9
|81.9
|{{decrease}} 4.2
|-
|All origins and races
|73.2
|79.1
|76.1
|77.0
|78.8
|{{decrease}} 2.7
|}
'''NOTE''': Life expectancy at birth data for 2021 are provisional.*
* '''NH''' = Non-Hispanic.
* '''LEB''' = Life expectancy at birth 
* Growth arrows ({{increase}}/{{decrease}}) indicate an increase or decrease in total life expectancy compared to years before.

==== Life expectancy at birth from 1901 to 2015 ====
Life expectancy in the United States from 1901 to 2015. Source: [[Our World In Data]] and the [[United Nations]].

'''1901–1950'''
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1901
!1902
!1903
!1904
!1905
!1906
!1907
!1908
!1909
!1910<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?year=1810 |title=Life expectancy |website=Our World in Data |access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Life expectancy in the United States
|49.3
|50.5
|50.6
|49.6
|50.3
|50.2
|50.1
|51.9
|52.8
|51.8
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1911
!1912
!1913
!1914
!1915
!1916
!1917
!1918
!1919
!1920<ref name=":02" />
|-
|Life expectancy in the United States
|53.4
|54.1
|53.5
|54.6
|55.1
|54.2
|54.0
|47.0
|55.3
|55.4
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1921
!1922
!1923
!1924
!1925
!1926
!1927
!1928
!1929
!1930<ref name=":02" />
|-
|Life expectancy in the United States
|58.2
|58.1
|57.5
|58.5
|58.5
|57.9
|59.4
|58.3
|58.5
|59.6
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1931
!1932
!1933
!1934
!1935
!1936
!1937
!1938
!1939
!1940<ref name=":02" />
|-
|Life expectancy in the United States
|60.3
|61.0
|60.9
|60.2
|60.9
|60.4
|61.1
|62.4
|63.1
|63.2
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1941
!1942
!1943
!1944
!1945
!1946
!1947
!1948
!1949
!1950<ref name=":02" />
|-
|Life expectancy in the United States
|63.8
|64.6
|64.3
|65.1
|65.6
|66.3
|66.7
|67.3
|67.6
|68.1
|}

'''1901–2015'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Period
!Life expectancy <br /> in Years
|-
|1901–1909
|49.3 – 52.8
|-
|1910–1919
|53.5 – 55.3<ref>except 1918 with only 47 years</ref>
|-
|1920–1929
|55.4 – 59.4
|-
|1930–1939
|60.2 – 63.1
|-
|1940–1949
|63.8 – 67.6
|-
|1950–1955
|68.7
|-
|1955–1960
|69.7
|-
|1960–1965
|70.1
|-
|1965–1970
|70.4
|-
|1970–1975
|71.4
|-
|1975–1980
|73.3
|-
|1980–1985
|74.4
|-
|1985–1990
|74.9
|-
|1990–1995
|75.7
|-
|1995–2000
|76.5
|-
|2000–2005
|77.2
|-
|2005–2010
|78.2
|-
|2010–2015
|78.9
|-
|2015–2020
|78.8
|}
Source: ''UN World Population Prospects''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ |title=World Population Prospects – Population Division |website=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |access-date=August 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919061238/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Life tables===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Life table of the United States, 2020<ref name=":9">{{Cite journal |last1=Arias |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Xu |first2=Jiaquan |date=August 8, 2022 |title=United States Life Tables, 2020 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr71/nvsr71-01.pdf |access-date=August 9, 2022 |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports: From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System|volume=71 |issue=1 |pages=1–64 |pmid=35947823 }}</ref>
|-
! !! colspan = "2" align="center" | Females || colspan="2" align="center" | Males
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
! Age || Cohort || Life expectancy || Cohort || Life expectancy
!Cohort
!Life expectancy
|-
| 0 || align="right" | 100,000 || align="right" | 79.9 || 100,000 || align="right" | 74.2
|100,000
|77.0
|-
| 1 || align="right" | 99,508 || align="right" | 79.3 || align="right" | 99,415 || align="right" | 73.6
|99,461
|76.4
|-
| 5 || align="right" | 99,429 || align="right" | 75.3 || align="right" | 99,313 || align="right" | 69.7
|99,377
|72.5
|-
| 10 || align="right" | 99,381 || align="right" | 70.4 || align="right" | 99,254 || align="right" | 64.7 
|99,323
|67.5
|-
| 15 || align="right" | 99,317 || align="right" | 65.4 || align="right" | 99,155 || align="right" | 59.8 
|99,242
|62.6
|-
| 20 || align="right" | 99,157 || align="right" | 60.5 || align="right" | 98,741 || align="right" | 55.0
|98,952
|57.7
|-
| 25 || align="right" | 98,876 || align="right" | 55.7 || align="right" | 97,961 || align="right" | 50.5 
|98,415
|53.0
|-
| 30 || align="right" | 98,479 || align="right" | 50.9 || align="right" | 96,994 || align="right" | 45.9
|97,725
|48.4
|-
| 35 || align="right" | 97,933 || align="right" | 46.2 || align="right" | 95,815 || align="right" | 41.5
|96,856
|43.8
|-
| 40 || align="right" | 97,215 || align="right" | 41.5 || align="right" | 94,420 || align="right" | 37.0
|95,794
|39.3
|-
| 45 || align="right" | 96,266 || align="right" | 36.9 || align="right" | 92,731 || align="right" | 32.7 
|94,471
|34.8
|-
| 50 || align="right" | 94,928 || align="right" | 32.4 || align="right" | 90,497 || align="right" | 28.4
|92,680
|30.4
|-
| 55 || align="right" | 92,979 || align="right" | 28.0 || align="right" | 87,332 || align="right" | 24.3
|90,115
|26.2
|-
| 60 || align="right" | 90,111 || align="right" | 23.8 || align="right" | 82,736 || align="right" | 20.5
|86,376
|22.2
|-
| 65 || align="right" | 86,039 || align="right" | 19.8 || align="right" | 76,439 || align="right" | 17.0
|81,181
|18.5
|-
| 70 || align="right" | 80,547 || align="right" | 15.9 || align="right" | 68,491 || align="right" | 13.7
|74,466
|14.9
|-
| 75 || align="right" | 72,737 || align="right" | 12.4 || align="right" | 58,588 || align="right" | 10.6 
|65,565
|11.6
|-
| 80 || align="right" | 61,298 || align="right" | 9.2 || align="right" | 45,661 || align="right" | 7.8 
|53,346
|8.6
|-
| 85 || align="right" | 45,424 || align="right" | 6.5 || align="right" | 30,276 || align="right" | 5.5
|37,700
|6.1
|-
| 90 || align="right" | 26,271 || align="right" | 4.4 || align="right" | 14,824 || align="right" | 3.7
|20,477
|4.2
|-
| 95 || align="right" | 9,599 || align="right" | 2.9 || align="right" | 4,216 || align="right" | 2.5
|6,889
|2.8
|-
| 100 || align="right" | 1,727 || align="right" | 2.0 || align="right" | 549 || align="right" | 1.8
|1,142
|2.0
|-
|}

== Population projections ==

The United States Census Bureau's 2017 projections were produced using the cohort-component method. In the cohort-component method, the components of population change (fertility, mortality, and net migration) are projected separately for each birth cohort (persons born in a given year). The base population is advanced each year by using projected survival rates and net international migration. Each year, a new birth cohort is added to the population by applying the projected fertility rates to the female population.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+U.S. population projections (resident population as of July 1, in thousands)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popproj.html |title=Population Projections |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Population
|-
|2017
||325,511
|-
|2018
||327,892
|-
|2019
||330,269
|-
|2020
||332,639
|-
|2021
||334,998
|-
|2022
||337,342
|-
|2023
||339,665
|-
|2024
||341,963
|-
|2025
||344,234
|-
|2026
||346,481
|-
|2027
||348,695
|-
|2028
||350,872
|-
|2029
||353,008
|-
|2030
||355,101
|-
|2031
||357,147
|-
|2032
||359,147
|-
|2033
||361,099
|-
|2034
||363,003
|-
|2035
||364,862
|-
|2036
||366,676
|-
|2037
||368,448
|-
|2038
||370,179
|-
|2039
||371,871
|-
|2040
||373,528
|-
|2041
||375,152
|-
|2042
||376,746
|-
|2043
||378,314
|-
|2044
||379,861
|-
|2045
||381,390
|-
|2046
||382,907
|-
|2047
||384,415
|-
|2048
||385,918
|-
|2049
||387,419
|-
|2050
||388,922
|-
|2051
||390,431
|-
|2052
||391,947
|-
|2053
||393,473
|-
|2054
||395,009
|-
|2055
||396,557
|-
|2056
||398,118
|-
|2057
||399,691
|-
|2058
||401,277
|-
|2059
||402,874
|-
|2060
||404,483
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Observed and Total Population for the States, 2030-2040<ref>{{Cite web |title=Observed and Total Population for the U.S. and the States, 2010–2040 |url=https://public.boxcloud.com/d/1/b1!dKTVGdDN96ClkvYnMCLKy5lSnG3283ncvd3BALt2koLahMLGxYUAETkUHxtsI8Umb2_n3auvKV9PCCNpaVMgjt01pGyjZ9kaevr9-Ah8Ba8xMpbK0eJ3-r_tzUPG3jgiEbvISHvuOu5Cs2HqRG8lJyjMXcVIWMxcTb5w3d7YQJmOW9eSoWux0PPoe8aniVjUOjw8ytZzcFszvVnOtPlLtQcWELhLajsVFcvhCH_k3XAdTHFpxoxien80cZvJp6Fz19yGE7AeGbUaLKqOdyxRHrYsNDE2pziFH41OAWsUkueWm6_cmFe2djKZdHfnjrJGJBJIh4cXM-P15_a6poTlZHzD0RpVnjc3M6vPsHJiBCLmAa5lh3VmO9BiheW1HIbB5yHQaI-wn4o0dN7WQqk85kPuiDjHzUDfB-jJrgRT19zxiB1p3RGplEEADceuxnAouGykUNTyCRoAABcrgm83F8I1t866cau6-oP18_r701kb9fBp9qwq16b64pvpN0lbyDIjoem29_piREgO5369EJTtvtooUh5A6_h6gzWXsZTzRMIGgLEGq3yxKFBnKv-zS2Mi2YqDC8q3P-QNYbtcCVDmNfS0rrCONbSZf7PpsDVAHHEDOEBaWfEX_Cz3Wp7drriN9fIQJGw2Dte6kSEBOwcA1CMLRtGkLa8FRys3ke_lSG2QE1kqG6z7G4fa8_8krlv4vYu67fAM5QlCNG2EeWYjTxhkJbxpNhMYgOXQPG3yGh77ukzOpN94sgiVXhbl1jnMIEM_DXNy9NT81nqzUFMD76WJRdXSEWjqYo9K-wuVuYx-PwGKXlrC0T_9k32pnAruodYio3onruTS1jG1bjFctkumtaVYgTJjX5UhVyDlfrNGTOW1skD5KgBUwGxaoZAx9ug2ckEcevAuucgZTV3RKzunSRJI2j6gax6UI7QLXgt6dk1_KlF7V3SJE9UwjJ39BBovnaTxb-SoM5XXsxfit2-ArSppvP4p4XbvKJ1JXmz2veH89-wE-YDjcoq5yTK3CYvPQDefRaNTYmhjUUd3EzKg0vJ9QM4XcGO0KB-8aKsvMxSIFmGp_cIpM1YXu9pT9_TJ1wBQxr0WnNVnD5l-nPgJSmPob2MVt6Pqb9fP240KL2AytiVGwPKukloXW-hJjWGGLFpdkJZhmYzbJgXLlEBKZsuzCFcfjDIEGc2G_fzE7oVcfCLQHbBwQPaE1OC8NV6NlZdiR1gHUzuaPwRmURnkM1ERA8tDyRhcfSbdbbm5LYDCWcwHgc_7wIp-u_tbrGzrf-84bfH1tg_ITmlNFuuSpW8cyPGh3MU7vp5HUocl1ZoOLq2yA7tPMUCgK6slOX9Mjsh9Z_H0H7YipeolAjqnHmaqpuEBC75TftZLZgidU1g4QW9hXgONU4dkXBJO8VX5WlTUsEJ2KwTbBeC5zNUi62RG-QVEyb-o7kkzv_a00CoUl6bPJCvSK5IaEg../download}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|states
!scope="col"|2030
!scope="col"|2040
|-
|{{flag|Alabama}}
|5,029,833
|5,056,796
|-
|{{flag|Alaska}}
|792,188
|819,954
|-
|{{flag|Arizona}}
|8,238,407
|9,166,279
|-
|{{flag|Arkansas}}
|3,155,798
|3,217,535
|-
|{{flag|California}}
|43,751,116
|46,467,001
|-
|{{flag|Colorado}}
|6,766,983
|7,692,907
|-
|{{flag|Connecticut}}
|3,601,202
|3,542,707
|-
|{{flag|Delaware}}
|1,082,192
|1,164,344
|-
|{{flag|District of Columbia}}
|888,891
|1,058,820
|-
|{{flag|Florida}}
|25,372,664
|28,886,983
|-
|{{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)}}
|11,835,126
|12,820,271
|-
|{{flag|Hawaii}}
|1,548,831
|1,619,703
|-
|{{flag|Idaho}}
|2,008,329
|2,227,842
|-
|{{flag|Illinois}}
|12,709,901
|12,397,564
|-
|{{flag|Indiana}}
|6,978,254
|7,095,000
|-
|{{flag|Iowa}}
|3,317,412
|3,392,783
|-
|{{flag|Kansas}}
|3,011,782
|3,032,653
|-
|{{flag|Kentucky}}
|4,648,190
|4,714,761
|-
|{{flag|Louisiana}}
|4,945,783
|5,062,780
|-
|{{flag|Maine}}
|1,344,841
|1,326,159
|-
|{{flag|Maryland}}
|6,553,548
|6,842,902
|-
|{{flag|Massachusetts}}
|7,420,882
|7,742,628
|-
|{{flag|Michigan}}
|10,068,941
|9,960,115
|-
|{{flag|Minnesota}}
|6,070,551
|6,364,886
|-
|{{flag|Mississippi}}
|3,003,963
|2,962,160
|-
|{{flag|Missouri}}
|6,318,126
|6,359,970
|-
|{{flag|Montana}}
|1,163,353
|1,236,304
|-
|{{flag|Nebraska}}
|2,089,841
|2,190,918
|-
|{{flag|Nevada}}
|3,591,043
|4,058,371
|-
|{{flag|New Hampshire}}
|1,385,799
|1,393,451
|-
|{{flag|New Jersey}}
|9,363,317
|9,470,012
|-
|{{flag|New Mexico}}
|2,132,823
|2,127,318
|-
|{{flag|New York}}
|20,638,066
|20,873,488
|-
|{{flag|North Carolina}}
|11,673,849
|12,658,927
|-
|{{flag|North Dakota}}
|923,452
|1,060,457
|-
|{{flag|Ohio}}
|11,837,405
|11,751,540
|-
|{{flag|Oklahoma}}
|4,253,604
|4,439,038
|-
|{{flag|Oregon}}
|4,738,074
|5,164,041
|-
|{{flag|Pennsylvania}}
|12,946,245
|12,809,150
|-
|{{flag|Rhode Island}}
|1,068,663
|1,055,318
|-
|{{flag|South Carolina}}
|5,792,247
|6,352,502
|-
|{{flag|South Dakota}}
|973,361
|1,043,032
|-
|{{flag|Tennessee}}
|7,395,106
|7,823,662
|-
|{{flag|Texas}}
|34,738,482
|40,015,913
|-
|{{flag|Utah}}
|3,786,963
|4,344,339
|-
|{{flag|Vermont}}
|617,969
|601,865
|-
|{{flag|Virginia}}
|9,331,666
|9,876,728
|-
|{{flag|Washington}}
|8,746,493
|9,776,126
|-
|{{flag|West Virginia}}
|1,746,577
|1,661,849
|-
|{{flag|Wisconsin}}
|5,971,617
|5,997,137
|-
|{{flag|Wyoming}}
|605,972
|615,787
|}

==Race and ethnicity==
{{Main|Race and ethnicity in the United States}}
{{Further|Americans|Racism in the United States|Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States}}
[[File:Complete history of the Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States in percentage of the population.svg|thumb|449x449px]]
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Hispanics and Non-Hispanics in the United States ([[2020 United States census]])<ref name="2020USCensus">{{cite web|url=https://census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007112207/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|label1 = Non-Hispanic Americans
|value1 = 81.27
|color1 = #9467bd
|label2 = [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic Americans]]
|value2 = 18.73
|color2 = #ff7f0e
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''United States of America – Racial and Ethnic Composition'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP2>{{cite web|title=P004HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE [73] - United States|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=010XX00US|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - United States|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPLNAT2010.P2?q=p2&g=010XX00US|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - United States|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=010XX00US|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|194,552,774
|196,817,552
|191,697,647
|{{percentage|194552774|281421906|2}}
|{{percentage|196817552|308745538|2}}
|{{percentage|191697647|331449281|2}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|33,947,837
|37,685,848
|39,940,338
|{{percentage|33947837|281421906|2}}
|{{percentage|37685848|308745538|2}}
|{{percentage|39940338|331449281|2}}
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|2,068,883
|2,247,098
|2,251,699
|{{percentage|2068883|281421906|2}}
|{{percentage|2247098|308745538|2}}
|{{percentage|2251699|331449281|2}}
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|10,123,169
|14,465,124
|19,618,719
|3.60%
|{{percentage|14465124|308745538|2}}
|{{percentage|19618719|331449281|2}}
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|353,509
|481,576
|622,018
|{{percentage|353509|281421906|2}}
|{{percentage|481576|308745538|2}}
|{{percentage|622018|331449281|2}}
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|467,770
|604,265
|1,689,833
|{{percentage|467770|281421906|2}}
|0.20%
|{{percentage|1689833|331449281|2}}
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|4,602,146
|5,966,481
|13,548,983
|{{percentage|4602146|281421906|2}}
|{{percentage|5966481|308745538|2}}
|{{percentage|13548983|331449281|2}}
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|35,305,818
|50,477,594
|62,080,044
|{{percentage|35305818|281421906|2}}
|{{percentage|50477594|308745538|2}}
|{{percentage|62080044|331449281|2}}
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''281,421,906'''
|'''308,745,538'''
|'''331,449,281'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}

;Hispanic and Non-Hispanic racial groups (2020 census):
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Racial Non-Hispanic groups in the United States ([[2020 United States census]])<ref name="2020USCensus">{{cite web|url=https://census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007112207/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|value1 = 71.16
|color1 = #1f77b4
|label2 = [[African Americans|African]]
|value2 = 14.83
|color2 = #2ca02c
|label3 = [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|value3 = 7.28
|color3 = Yellow
|label4 = [[Multiracial Americans|Multiracial]]
|value4 = 5.03
|color4 = Grey
|label5 = [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]]
|value5 = 0.84
|color5 = #d62728
|label6 = [[Pacific Islander Americans|Islander]]
|value6 = 0.23
|color6 = Pink
|label7 = Others
|value7 = 0.63
|color7 = Black
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="float: ;"
|-
! colspan="8" |Non-Hispanic Americans in 2020
|- 
! Year
! Population
! <small>% of<br />Non-Hispanics</small>
! <small>% of<br />the USA</small>
! <small>Percent Change</small>
|- 
||[[Non-Hispanic Whites|White]] (alone)||191,697,647||71.16%||57.83%||{{decrease}} -2.6%
|-
|-
||[[African Americans|African]] (alone)||39,940,338||14.83%||12.05%||{{increase}} 6.0%
|-
|-
||[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (alone)||19,618,719||7.28%||5.92%||{{increase}} 35.6%
|-
|-
||[[Multiracial Americans|Multiracial]]||13,548,983||5.03%||4.09%||{{increase}} 127.1%
|-
|-
||[[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] (alone)||2,251,699||0.84%||0.67%||{{increase}} 0.2%
|-
|-
||[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (alone)||622,018||0.23%||0.19%||{{increase}} 29.2%
|-
|-
||Some Other Race (alone)||1,689,833||0.63%||0.51%||{{increase}} 179.7%
|-
|-
||'''Total'''||'''269,369,237'''||'''100%'''||'''81.27%'''
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align:left;" |<small>Source: 2020 United States census<ref name="2020USCensus">{{cite web|url=https://census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007112207/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref></small>
|}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Racial Hispanic groups in the United States ([[2020 United States census]])<ref name="2020USCensus">{{cite web|url=https://census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007112207/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Multiracial Americans|Multiracial]]
|value1 = 32.70
|color1 = Grey
|label2 = [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White]]
|value2 = 20.26
|color2 = #1f77b4
|label3 = [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]]
|value3 = 2.38
|color3 = #d62728
|label4 = [[Black Hispanic and Latino Americans|African]]
|value4 = 1.87
|color4 = #2ca02c
|label5 = [[Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans|Asian]]
|value5 = 0.43
|color5 = Yellow
|label6 = [[Pacific Islander Americans|Islander]]
|value6 = 0.11
|color6 = Pink
|label7 = Others
|value7 = 42.25
|color7 = Black
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="float: ;"
|-
! colspan="8" |Hispanic Americans in 2020
|- 
! Year
! Population
! <small>% of<br />Hispanics</small>
! <small>% of<br />the USA</small>
! <small>Percent Change</small>
|-
||[[Multiracial Americans|Multiracial]]||20,299,960||32.70%||6.12%||{{increase}} 567.2%
|-
|- 
||[[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White]] (alone)||12,579,626||20.26%|||3.80%||{{decrease}} -52.9%
|-
|-
||[[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] (alone)||1,475,436||2.38%||0.45%||{{increase}} 115.3%
|-
|-
||[[Black Hispanic and Latino Americans|African]] (alone)||1,163,862||1.87%||0.35%||{{decrease}} -6.2%
|-
|-
||[[Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans|Asian]] (alone)||267,330||0.43%||0.08%||{{increase}} 27.8%
|-
|-
||[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (alone)||67,948||0.11%||0.02%||{{increase}} 16.3%
|-
|-
||Some Other Race (alone)||26,225,882||42.25%||7.91%||{{increase}} 41.7%
|-
|-
||'''Total'''||'''62,080,044'''||'''100%'''||'''18.73%'''
|
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align:left;" |<small>Source: 2020 United States census<ref name="2020USCensus">{{cite web|url=https://census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007112207/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref></small>
|}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Racial groups in the United States (2020 census) including racial identification of Hispanic<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |website=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=December 2, 2021 |quote=}}</ref>
|label1 = [[White Americans]]
|value1 = 61.6
|color1 = #1f77b4
|label2 = [[Black Americans]]
|value2 = 12.4
|color2 = #2ca02c
|label5 = [[Asian Americans]]
|value5 = 6.0
|color5 = Yellow
|label3 = [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Two or more races]]
|value3 = 10.2
|color3 = #8c564b
|label6 = [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]
|value6 = 1.1
|color6 = #d62728
|label4 = [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some other race]]
|value4 = 8.4
|color4 = #9467bd
|label7 = [[Pacific Islander Americans]]
|value7 = 0.2
|color7 = #98df8a
}}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Racial and ethnic groups in the United States (2020 census)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1014710483/2020-census-data-us-race-ethnicity-diversity |title=What The New Census Data Shows About Race Depends On How You Look At It |first1=Connie Hanzhang |last1=Jin |first2=Ruth |last2=Talbot |first3=Hansi |last3=Lo Wang |date=August 13, 2021 |website=NPR}}</ref>
|footer = *{{abbr|NHL|Non-Hispanic or Latino}}<br>**{{abbr|OAR|Of Any Race}}
|label1 = [[Non-Hispanic whites|White Americans]]*
|value1 = 57.8
|color1 = #1f77b4
|label2 = [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic Americans]]**
|value2 = 18.7
|color2 = #ff7f0e
|label3 = [[Black Americans]]*
|value3 = 12.1
|color3 = #2ca02c
|label4 = [[Asian Americans]]*
|value4 = 5.9
|color4 = Yellow
|label5 = [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Two or more races]]*
|value5 = 4.1
|color5 = #8c564b
|label6 = [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]*
|value6 = 0.7
|color6 = #d62728
|label7 = [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some other race]]*
|value7 = 0.5
|color7 = #9467bd
|label8 = [[Pacific Islander Americans]]*
|value8 = 0.2
|color8 = #98df8a
}}
[[File:US Race by Hispanic origin demographics from 1940 to 2020.gif|thumb|U.S. race by Hispanic origin demographics from 1940 to 2020]]
[[File:Ethnic Origins in the United States.png|thumb|Ethnic origins in the United States]]
[[File:US Race by Hispanic origin age demographics from 1990 to 2020.gif|thumb|Ethno-racial makeup of the United States by single year ages from 1990 to 2020]]
[[File:Ethno-racial makeup of the United States by single year ages in 2020.svg|thumb|Ethno-racial makeup of the United States by single year ages in 2020]]
{{multiple image
| align             = right
| width             = 175
| direction         = vertical
| image1            = US counties by nonwhite population.png
| caption1          = Counties in the United States by percentage of the population which is non-Hispanic or Latino and/or non-white according to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] [[American Community Survey]] 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates.<ref name="DP05 ACS 2013–17 5Y Estimate">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_DP05&prodType=table |title=DP05 – ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates |website=[[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214010714/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_DP05&prodType=table |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Counties with larger populations of Hispanic/Latino and/or non-white than the United States as a whole are in full purple.
| image2            = US states by nonwhite population.png
| caption2          = States in the United States by Hispanic/Latino and/or non-white population according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates.<ref name="DP05 ACS 2013–17 5Y Estimate" /> States with larger Hispanic/Latino and/or non-white populations than the United States as a whole are in full purple.
}}

===Race===
[[File:Population pyramid of the United States by race-ethnicity in 2020.svg|thumb|Population pyramid by race/ethnicity in 2020]]
The [[United States Census Bureau]] collects racial data in accordance with guidelines provided by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and these data are based on self-identification. Many other countries count multiple races based on origin while America compiles multiple dozens of ethnicity groups into skin color grouping them together.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/planning-management/release/faqs-race-ethnicity.html | title=2020 Census Frequently Asked Questions About Race and Ethnicity }}</ref> The racial classifications and definitions used by the U.S. Census Bureau are:<ref name=CensusProfile>{{cite web |title=2010 Census Demographic Profile Summary File |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/doc/dpsf.pdf |website=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref>
* [[White Americans|White]]: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.<ref name=USCensusBureau:Race>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about.html |title=About Race |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> It includes people who indicate their race as "White" or report entries such as English, Iranian (Azerbaijani, Kurd and Lur), Irish, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lebanese, Arab, Moroccan, or Caucasian.
* [[African Americans|Black or African American]]: a person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.<ref name=USCensusBureau:Race /> It includes people who indicate their race as "Black, African Am." or report entries such as African American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian.
* [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian or Alaska Native]]: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.<ref name=USCensusBureau:Race /> This category includes people who indicate their race as "American Indian or Alaska Native" or report entries such as Navajo, Blackfeet, Inupiat, Yup'ik, Central American Indian groups, or South American Indian groups.
* [[Asian Americans|Asian]]: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of East Asia, Southeast Asia, or South Asia, such as Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.<ref name=USCensusBureau:Race />
* [[Pacific Islander Americans|Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander]]: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.<ref name=USCensusBureau:Race />
* Some other race: includes all other responses not included in the "White", "Black or African American", "American Indian or Alaska Native", "Asian", and "Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander" racial categories described above includes Asians from West Asia or Russia (non-European Russia) and White Africans.
* [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]]: people may choose to provide two or more races either by checking two or more race response check boxes, providing multiple responses, or some combination of check boxes and other responses.

Data about race and ethnicity are self-reported to the Census Bureau. Since the 2000 census, Congress has authorized people to identify themselves according to more than one racial classification by selecting more than one category. Only one ethnicity may be selected, however, because the Census Bureau recognizes only two ethnicities{{snd}}"Hispanic or Latino" and "Not Hispanic or Latino"{{snd}}which are mutually exclusive since you can be one or the other, but not both. The singular term Hispanic has been supplanted as a federally-recognized ethnicity by the combined "Hispanic or Latino," defined by the Census Bureau as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.<ref>{{cite web |title=Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/fedreg_1997standards |website=The White House |access-date=14 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

According to the Census Bureau website, the racial composition of the United States in 2021 was:<ref>{{cite web |title=Population Distribution by Race/Ethnicity |url=https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/distribution-by-raceethnicity/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D |website=[[Kaiser Family Foundation]]| date=October 28, 2022 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Race (2021)!! Population!!Share of population
|- style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Total || 323,175,700 ||100.0%
|-
| (Non-Hispanic) [[White Americans|White]], percent || 187,925,100 || 58.2%
|-
| (Non-Hispanic) [[African Americans|Black or African American]], percent || 37,520,800 || 11.6%
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]], percent|| 61,241,900 || 19.0%
|-
| (Non-Hispanic) [[Asian Americans|Asian]], percent || 18,558,600 || 5.7%
|-
| (Non-Hispanic) American Indian and Alaska Native, percent
| 1,667,100 || 0.5%
|-
| (Non-Hispanic) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 541,200 || 0.2%
|- 
| Two or more Races, percent || 15,711,100 ||4.9%
|}

According to the 2022 [[American Community Survey]], the racial composition of the United States in 2022 was:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02001 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02003&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B03002 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B03002&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType%7Cpercentage |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Race !! Population (2022 est.) !! Share of total <br /> population
|- style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Total || 333,287,550 || 100%
|- style="background:#e6f3ff"
| One race || 291,505,262 || 87.5%
|-
|   [[White Americans|White]] || 202,889,020 || 60.2%
|-
|   [[African Americans|Black or African American]]|| 40,603,656 || 12.2%
|-
|   American Indian and Alaska Native || 3,205,331 || 1%
|-
|   [[Asian Americans|Asian]]|| 19,696,980 || 5.9%
|-
|   Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 665,807 || 0.2%
|-
|   Other races || 24,444,482 || 7.3%
|- style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Two or more races || 41,782,288 || 12.5%
|-
|   White and Black or African American || 3,831,683 || 1.1%
|-
|   White and American Indian and Alaska Native || 3,012,849 || 0.9%
|-
|   White and Asian || 2,865,504 || 0.9%
|-
|   Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native || 464,679 ||0.1%
|-
|  White and Some Other Race
|26,317,236
|7.9%
|- style="background:#e6f3ff"
|   [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino (of any race)]]|| 63,553,640 || 19.1%
|-
|   Mexican || 37,414,772 || 11.2%
|-
|  Central American
|6,531,267
|2%
|-
|   Puerto Rican || 5,905,178 || 1.8%
|-
|  South American
|4,666,970
|1.4%
|-
|   Cuban || 2,435,573 || 0.7%
|-
|  Dominican
|2,396,784
|0.7%
|-
|   Other Hispanic or Latino || 4,203,095 || 1.3%
|-
|-style="background:#e6f3ff"
|   Not Hispanic or Latino || 269,733,920 || 80.9%
|-
|   [[Non-Hispanic whites|White (non-Hispanic)]] || 192,153,070 || 57.7%
|-
|   Black or African American (non-Hispanic) || 39,582,960 || 11.9%
|-
|   American Indian and Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) || 1,750,489 || 0.5%
|-
|   Asian (non-Hispanic) || 19,415,252 || 5.8%
|-
|   Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) || 590,339 || 0.2%
|-
|   Some other race (non-Hispanic) || 1,912,680 || 0.6%
|-
|   Two or more races || 14,329,127 || 4.3%
|}

<gallery mode="nolines" widths="250" heights="212" caption="United States in racial groups (of one race)">
File:White_Americans_2020_County.png|alt=|[[White Americans]]
File:Black_Americans_2020_County.png|alt=|[[African Americans]]
File:Asian_Americans_2020_County.png|alt=|[[Asian Americans]]
</gallery>

<gallery mode="nolines" widths="250" heights="212" caption="United States in ethnic groups">
File:Non-Hispanic White Americans 2020 County.png|alt=|[[Non-Hispanic whites|Non-Hispanic White Americans]]
File:Hispanic Americans 2020 County.png|alt=|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic Americans]]
</gallery>

;Distribution of Total Population by Race, 1900 to 2020 (in %):
Hispanic are shown like part of the races. Source: [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]].<ref name= "2002pubs">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/censr-4.pdf |title=Demographic Trends in the 20th Century. Census 2000 Special Reports |work=[[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], [[United States Department of Commerce|U.S. Department of Commerce]] |date=November 2002 |first1=Frank |last1=Hobbs |first2=Nicole |last2=Stoops |pages=56, 77}}</ref><ref name= "census.gov"/>
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! scope="col" |Years
! scope="col" |1900
! scope="col" |1910
! scope="col" |1920
! scope="col" |1930
! scope="col" |1940
! scope="col" |1950
! scope="col" |1960
! scope="col" |1970
! scope="col" |1980
! scope="col" |1990
! scope="col" |2000*
! scope="col" |2010*
! scope="col" |2020*
|-
|White
|87.9
|88.9
|89.7
|89.8
|89.8
|89.5
|88.6
|87.5
|83.0
|80.3
|75.1
|72.4
|61.6
|-
|Black or African American
|11.6
|10.7
|9.9
|9.7
|9.8
|10.0
|10.5
|11.1
|11.7
|12.1
|12.3
|12.6
|12.4
|-
|American Indian and Alaska Native
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|0.8
|0.8
|0.9
|0.9
|1.1
|-
|Asian and Native Hawaiian<br />and other Pacific Islander
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|1.5
|2.9
|3.8
|5.0
|6.2
|-
|Some other race
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|3.0
|3.9
|5.5
|6.2
|8.4
|-
|Two or more races
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|2.4
|2.9
|10.2
|-
|Sum (%)
|99.5
|99.6
|99.6
|99.5
|99.6
|99.5
|99.1
|98.6
|100
|100
|100
|100
|100
|}
<sup>*</sup>Data are shown for the White, Black or African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and Some other race alone populations.

;Median age by each race alone and ethnicity, 2021:
Source: United States Census Bureau.<ref name="factfinder.census.gov">{{Cite web   |title=National Population by Characteristics: 2020-2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-national-detail.html |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
! scope="col" |Race
! scope="col" |Median age (both sexes) (years)
! scope="col" |Median age (male) (years)
! scope="col" |Median age (female) (years)
|-
|Total Population 
|38.8
|37.7
|39.8
|-
|White (Non-Hispanic)
|43.8
|42.6
|45.0
|-
|Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
|34.5
|32.9
|36.1
|-
|American Indian and Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic)
|32.1
|31.8
|32.5
|-
|Asian (Non-Hispanic)
|37.7
|36.5
|38.9
|-
|Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (Non-Hispanic)
|32.7
|32.5
|32.9
|-
|Two or More Races
|29.5 (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/06/nearly-a-third-reporting-two-or-more-races-under-18-in-2020.html|title=2020 Census Shows Increase in Multiracial Population in All Age Categories|last1=Rico|first1=Brittany|last2=Jacobs|first2=Paul|last3=Coritz|first3=Alli|date=1 June 2023|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>
|20.4
|21.8
|-
|Hispanic alone
|30.5
|30.2
|30.8
|-
|Not Hispanic
|41.0
|39.8
|42.1
|}

;Median age by race alone or in combination and ethnicity, 2021 
Source: United States Census Bureau.<ref name="factfinder.census.gov"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
! scope="col" |Race
! scope="col" |Median age (both sexes) (years)
! scope="col" |Median age (male) (years)
! scope="col" |Median age (female) (years)
|-
|White (include White Hispanics)
|39.8
|38.9
|40.8
|-
|Black or African American
|32.7
|31.2
|34.2
|-
|American Indian and Alaska Native
|31.6
|30.9
|32.2
|-
|Asian
|35.4
|34.1
|36.6
|-
|Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
|29.8
|29.3
|30.3
|-
|White (excludes White Hispanics)
|42.8
|41.7
|44.0
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Most common age by race/ethnicity, 2018'''<ref name="pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/30">{{cite news |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/30/most-common-age-among-us-racial-ethnic-groups/ |title=The most common age among whites in U.S. is 58 – more than double that of racial and ethnic minorities |website=[[Pew Research Center]] |first=Katherine |last=Schaeffer |date=July 30, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! Race/ethnicity !! White !! Black or<br />African American !! Hispanic !! Asian !! American Indian and<br />Alaska Native !! Native Hawaiian and<br />Pacific Islander !!Multiracial
|-
|Most common age|| 58 yo|| 27 yo|| 11 yo|| 29 yo|| 26 yo|| 28 yo|| 3 yo
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+'''Racial breakdown of population by state (plus D.C. and Puerto Rico), 2015<ref name="ACS">{{cite web |title=ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates – 2011–2015 |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP05/0100000US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213004951/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP05/0100000US |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=August 26, 2017 |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>'''
!State or territory
!Population
(2015 est.)
!White
!Black or
African American
!American Indian
and Alaska Native
!Asian
!Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander
!Some other race
!Two or more races
|-
|[[Alabama]]
|4,830,620
|68.8%
|26.4%
|0.5%
|1.2%
|0.1%
|1.3%
|1.7%
|-
|[[Alaska]]
|733,375
|66.0%
|3.4%
|13.8%
|5.9%
|1.2%
|1.3%
|8.4%
|-
|[[Arizona]]
|6,641,928
|78.4%
|4.2%
|4.4%
|3.0%
|0.2%
|6.5%
|3.2%
|-
|[[Arkansas]]
|2,958,208
|78.0%
|15.5%
|0.6%
|1.4%
|0.2%
|2.1%
|2.1%
|-
|[[California]]
|38,421,464
|61.8%
|5.9%
|0.7%
|13.7%
|0.4%
|12.9%
|4.5%
|-
|[[Colorado]]
|5,278,906
|84.2%
|4.0%
|0.9%
|2.9%
|0.1%
|4.3%
|3.5%
|-
|[[Connecticut]]
|3,593,222
|77.3%
|10.3%
|0.2%
|4.2%
|0.0%
|5.1%
|2.8%
|-
|[[Delaware]]
|926,454
|69.4%
|21.6%
|0.3%
|3.6%
|0.0%
|2.3%
|2.7%
|-
|[[District of Columbia]]
|647,484
|40.2%
|48.9%
|0.3%
|3.7%
|0.0%
|4.2%
|2.7%
|-
|[[Florida]]
|19,645,772
|76.0%
|16.1%
|0.3%
|2.6%
|0.1%
|2.5%
|2.4%
|-
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|10,006,693
|60.2%
|30.9%
|0.3%
|3.6%
|0.0%
|2.8%
|2.1%
|-
|[[Hawaii]]
|1,406,299
|25.4%
|2.0%
|0.2%
|37.7%
|9.9%
|1.1%
|23.7%
|-
|[[Idaho]]
|1,616,547
|91.7%
|0.6%
|1.3%
|1.3%
|0.1%
|2.4%
|2.6%
|-
|[[Illinois]]
|12,873,761
|72.3%
|14.3%
|0.2%
|5.0%
|0.0%
|5.8%
|2.2%
|-
|[[Indiana]]
|6,568,645
|84.2%
|9.2%
|0.2%
|1.9%
|0.0%
|2.3%
|2.2%
|-
|[[Iowa]]
|3,093,526
|91.2%
|3.2%
|0.3%
|2.0%
|0.1%
|1.3%
|2.0%
|-
|[[Kansas]]
|2,892,987
|85.2%
|5.8%
|0.8%
|2.6%
|0.1%
|2.2%
|3.3%
|-
|[[Kentucky]]
|4,397,353
|87.6%
|7.9%
|0.2%
|1.3%
|0.0%
|0.9%
|2.1%
|-
|[[Louisiana]]
|4,625,253
|62.8%
|32.1%
|0.6%
|1.7%
|0.0%
|1.0%
|1.8%
|-
|[[Maine]]
|1,329,100
|95.0%
|1.1%
|0.6%
|1.1%
|0.0%
|0.2%
|2.0%
|-
|[[Maryland]]
|5,930,538
|57.6%
|29.5%
|0.3%
|6.0%
|0.0%
|3.6%
|3.0%
|-
|[[Massachusetts]]
|6,705,586
|79.6%
|7.1%
|0.2%
|6.0%
|0.0%
|4.2%
|2.9%
|-
|[[Michigan]]
|9,900,571
|79.0%
|14.0%
|0.5%
|2.7%
|0.0%
|1.1%
|2.6%
|-
|[[Minnesota]]
|5,419,171
|84.8%
|5.5%
|1.0%
|4.4%
|0.0%
|1.5%
|2.7%
|-
|[[Mississippi]]
|2,988,081
|59.2%
|37.4%
|0.4%
|1.0%
|0.0%
|0.9%
|1.2%
|-
|[[Missouri]]
|6,045,448
|82.6%
|11.5%
|0.4%
|1.8%
|0.1%
|1.1%
|2.4%
|-
|[[Montana]]
|1,014,699
|89.2%
|0.5%
|6.5%
|0.7%
|0.1%
|0.5%
|2.5%
|-
|[[Nebraska]]
|1,869,365
|88.1%
|4.7%
|0.9%
|2.0%
|0.1%
|1.9%
|2.2%
|-
|[[Nevada]]
|2,798,636
|69.0%
|8.4%
|1.1%
|7.7%
|0.6%
|8.8%
|4.4%
|-
|[[New Hampshire]]
|1,324,201
|93.7%
|1.3%
|0.2%
|2.4%
|0.0%
|0.5%
|1.8%
|-
|[[New Jersey]]
|8,904,413
|68.3%
|13.5%
|0.2%
|9.0%
|0.0%
|6.4%
|2.5%
|-
|[[New Mexico]]
|2,084,117
|73.2%
|2.1%
|9.1%
|1.4%
|0.1%
|10.9%
|3.3%
|-
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|19,673,174
|64.6%
|15.6%
|0.4%
|8.0%
|0.0%
|8.6%
|2.9%
|-
|[[North Carolina]]
|9,845,333
|69.5%
|21.5%
|1.2%
|2.5%
|0.1%
|3.0%
|2.4%
|-
|[[North Dakota]]
|721,640
|88.7%
|1.6%
|5.3%
|1.2%
|0.0%
|0.8%
|2.2%
|-
|[[Ohio]]
|11,575,977
|82.4%
|12.2%
|0.2%
|1.9%
|0.0%
|0.8%
|2.5%
|-
|[[Oklahoma]]
|3,849,733
|73.1%
|7.2%
|7.3%
|1.9%
|0.1%
|2.6%
|7.8%
|-
|[[Oregon]]
|3,939,233
|85.1%
|1.8%
|1.2%
|4.0%
|0.4%
|3.4%
|4.1%
|-
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|12,779,559
|81.6%
|11.0%
|0.2%
|3.1%
|0.0%
|2.0%
|2.1%
|-
|[[Puerto Rico]]
|3,583,073
|69.7%
|8.4%
|0.3%
|0.3%
|0.0%
|12.0%
|9.3%
|-
|[[Rhode Island]]
|1,053,661
|81.1%
|6.5%
|0.5%
|3.2%
|0.0%
|5.8%
|2.8%
|-
|[[South Carolina]]
|4,777,576
|67.2%
|27.5%
|0.3%
|1.4%
|0.1%
|1.5%
|2.0%
|-
|[[South Dakota]]
|843,190
|85.0%
|1.6%
|8.6%
|1.2%
|0.0%
|0.9%
|2.6%
|-
|[[Tennessee]]
|6,499,615
|77.8%
|16.8%
|0.3%
|1.6%
|0.1%
|1.5%
|2.0%
|-
|[[Texas]]
|26,538,614
|74.9%
|11.9%
|0.5%
|4.2%
|0.1%
|6.0%
|2.5%
|-
|[[Utah]]
|2,903,379
|87.6%
|1.1%
|1.1%
|2.2%
|0.9%
|4.5%
|2.6%
|-
|[[Vermont]]
|626,604
|94.9%
|1.1%
|0.3%
|1.4%
|0.0%
|0.3%
|1.9%
|-
|[[Virginia]]
|8,256,630
|69.0%
|19.2%
|0.3%
|6.0%
|0.1%
|2.2%
|3.2%
|-
|[[Washington (state)|Washington]]
|6,985,464
|77.8%
|3.6%
|1.3%
|7.7%
|0.6%
|3.8%
|5.2%
|-
|[[West Virginia]]
|1,851,420
|93.6%
|3.3%
|0.2%
|0.7%
|0.0%
|0.2%
|2.0%
|-
|[[Wisconsin]]
|5,742,117
|86.5%
|6.3%
|0.9%
|2.5%
|0.0%
|1.7%
|2.1%
|-
|[[Wyoming]]
|579,679
|91.0%
|1.1%
|2.2%
|0.9%
|0.1%
|2.1%
|2.7%
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+'''Racial and Ethnic breakdown of population by state (plus D.C. and Puerto Rico), 2022'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B03002 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B03002 |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>
|-
! State or territory !! Population<br />(2022 est.) !! White (Non Hispanic) !! Black or<br />African American (Non Hispanic) !! American Indian<br />and Alaska Native (Non Hispanic) !! Asian (Non Hispanic) !! Native Hawaiian and<br />Other Pacific Islander (Non Hispanic) !! Some other race (Non Hispanic) !! Two or more races (Non Hispanic)
!Hispanic or Latino
|-
|[[Alabama]]|| 5,074,296|| 64.1%|| 25.6%|| 0.3%|| 1.5%|| 0.0%|| 0.4%|| 3.3%
|4.9%
|-
|[[Alaska]]|| 733,583|| 57.4%|| 2.8%|| 12.7%|| 6.1%|| 2.0%|| 0.5%|| 10.7%
|7.7%
|-
|[[Arizona]]|| 7,359,197|| 51.8%|| 4.4%|| 3.3%|| 3.5%|| 0.2%|| 0.5%|| 3.9%
|32.5%
|-
|[[Arkansas]]|| 3,045,637|| 67.5%|| 14.3%|| 0.4%|| 1.6%|| 0.5%|| 0.4%|| 7.0%
|8.4%
|-
|[[California]]|| 39,029,344|| 33.7%|| 5.2%|| 0.3%|| 15.3%|| 0.3%|| 0.6%|| 4.3%
|40.3%
|-
|[[Colorado]]|| 5,839,926|| 65.0%|| 3.8%|| 0.4%|| 3.1%|| 0.1%|| 0.5%|| 4.6%
|22.5%
|-
|[[Connecticut]]|| 3,626,205|| 62.0%|| 9.8%|| 0.1%|| 4.8%|| 0.0%|| 0.8%|| 4.4%
|18.2%
|-
|[[Delaware]]|| 1,018,396|| 58.9%|| 21.6%|| 0.1%|| 4.1%|| 0.0%|| 0.5%|| 4.5%
|10.3%
|-
|[[District of Columbia]]|| 671,803|| 36.7%|| 41.7%|| 0.2%|| 4.1%|| 0.1%|| 0.6%|| 5.0%
|11.7%
|-
|[[Florida]]|| 22,244,824|| 50.8%|| 14.6%|| 0.1%|| 2.8%|| 0.0%|| 0.7%|| 3.9%
|27.1%
|-
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]|| 10,912,876|| 49.6%|| 30.7%|| 0.1%|| 4.4%|| 0.1%|| 0.5%|| 4.2%
|10.4%
|-
|[[Hawaii]]|| 1,440,196|| 20.7%|| 1.6%|| 0.1%|| 34.6%|| 9.3%|| 0.4%|| 22.1%
|11.1%
|-
|[[Idaho]]|| 1,939,033|| 79.0%|| 0.6%|| 0.8%|| 1.3%|| 0.2%|| 0.5%|| 4.2%
|13.5%
|-
|[[Illinois]]|| 12,582,032|| 58.5%|| 13.2%|| 0.1%|| 5.9%|| 0.0%|| 0.4%|| 3.6%
|18.3%
|-
|[[Indiana]]|| 6,833,037|| 76.0%|| 9.2%|| 0.1%|| 2.5%|| 0.0%|| 0.5%|| 3.9%
|7.8%
|-
|[[Iowa]]|| 3,200,517|| 82.8%|| 3.7%|| 0.2%|| 2.3%|| 0.3%|| 0.3%|| 3.6%
|6.8%
|-
|[[Kansas]]|| 2,937,150|| 73.1%|| 5.0%|| 0.4%|| 2.9%|| 0.1%|| 0.5%|| 4.9%
|13.0%
|-
|[[Kentucky]]|| 4,512,310|| 82.2%|| 7.6%|| 0.1%|| 1.4%|| 0.1%|| 0.3%|| 4.2%
|4.2%
|-
|[[Louisiana]]|| 4,590,241|| 56.7%|| 30.9%|| 0.4%|| 1.8%|| 0.0%|| 0.4%|| 4.0%
|5.7%
|-
|[[Maine]]|| 1,385,340|| 90.2% || 1.6%|| 0.4%|| 1.2%|| 0.0%|| 0.4%|| 4.2%
|2.1%
|-
|[[Maryland]]|| 6,164,660|| 47.1%|| 29.2%|| 0.1%|| 6.5%|| 0.0%|| 0.8%|| 4.7%
|11.4%
|-
|[[Massachusetts]]|| 6,981,974|| 67.0%|| 6.6%|| 0.1%|| 7.2%|| 0.0%|| 1.2%|| 4.9%
|13.0%
|-
|[[Michigan]]|| 10,034,118|| 72.6%|| 13.1%|| 0.3%|| 3.3%|| 0.0%|| 0.5%|| 4.5%
|5.7%
|-
|[[Minnesota]]|| 5,717,184|| 76.2%|| 6.9%|| 0.7%|| 5.2%|| 0.0%|| 0.6%|| 4.5%
|5.8%
|-
|[[Mississippi]]|| 2,940,057|| 55.3%|| 36.5%|| 0.4%|| 0.9%|| 0.0%|| 0.3%|| 3.3%
|3.3%
|-
|[[Missouri]]|| 6,177,957|| 76.6%|| 10.6%|| 0.2%|| 2.1%|| 0.1%|| 0.4%|| 5.1%
|4.7%
|-
|[[Montana]]|| 1,122,867|| 83.5%|| 0.3%|| 5.2%|| 0.7%|| 0.1%|| 0.8%|| 4.9%
|4.4%
|-
|[[Nebraska]]|| 1,967,923|| 75.8%|| 4.5%|| 0.5%|| 2.5%|| 0.1%|| 0.4%|| 3.9%
|12.3%
|-
|[[Nevada]]|| 3,177,772|| 44.4%|| 9.0%|| 0.6%|| 8.8%|| 0.6%|| 0.6%|| 5.7%
|30.3%
|-
|[[New Hampshire]]|| 1,395,231|| 86.6%|| 1.3%|| 0.1%|| 2.6%|| 0.1%|| 0.5%|| 4.4%
|4.5%
|-
|[[New Jersey]]|| 9,261,699|| 51.5%|| 12.0%|| 0.1%|| 10.0%|| 0.0%|| 1.0%|| 3.6%
|21.9%
|-
|[[New Mexico]]|| 2,113,344|| 34.8%|| 1.7%|| 8.1%|| 1.7%|| 0.0%|| 0.4%|| 3.1%
|50.2%
|-
|[[New York (state)|New York]]|| 19,677,152|| 52.9%|| 13.4%|| 0.2%|| 9.0%|| 0.0%|| 1.1%|| 3.7%
|19.7%
|-
|[[North Carolina]]|| 10,698,973|| 60.7%|| 20.1%|| 0.9%|| 3.2%|| 0.1%|| 0.5%|| 4.1%
|10.4%
|-
|[[North Dakota]]|| 779,261|| 82.0%|| 3.3%|| 4.3%|| 1.6%|| 0.4%|| 0.4%|| 3.7%
|4.4%
|-
|[[Ohio]]|| 11,756,058|| 76.1%|| 11.9%|| 0.1%|| 2.5%|| 0.0%|| 0.4%|| 4.5%
|4.4%
|-
|[[Oklahoma]]|| 4,019,800|| 62.6%|| 6.7%|| 6.8%|| 2.3%|| 0.1%|| 0.3%|| 9.1%
|12.1%
|-
|[[Oregon]]|| 4,240,137|| 71.6%|| 1.8%|| 0.7%|| 4.5%|| 0.4%|| 0.6%|| 6.0%
|14.4%
|-
|[[Pennsylvania]]|| 12,972,008|| 73.1%|| 10.1%|| 0.1%|| 3.8%|| 0.0%|| 0.5%|| 3.8%
|8.6%
|-
|[[Puerto Rico]] || 3,221,789 || 0.6%|| 0.1%|| 0.0%|| 0.1%|| 0%|| 0.1%|| 0.1%
|99.0%
|-
|[[Rhode Island]]|| 1,093,734|| 68.2%|| 4.7%|| 0.1%|| 3.4%|| 0.0%|| 0.9%|| 5.2%
|17.6%
|-
|[[South Carolina]]|| 5,282,634|| 62.5%|| 24.9%|| 0.2%|| 1.7%|| 0.0%|| 0.6%|| 3.6%
|6.5%
|-
|[[South Dakota]]|| 909,824|| 79.9%|| 2.0%|| 7.1%|| 1.4%|| 0.1%|| 0.3%|| 4.5%
|4.7%
|-
|[[Tennessee]]|| 7,051,339|| 71.9%|| 15.5%|| 0.1%|| 1.9%|| 0.1%|| 0.4%|| 4.0%
|6.3%
|-
|[[Texas]]|| 30,029,572|| 38.9%|| 11.7%|| 0.2%|| 5.4%|| 0.1%|| 0.4%|| 3.2%
|40.2%
|-
|[[Utah]] || 3,380,800|| 75.6%|| 1.0%|| 0.7%|| 2.4%|| 1.1%|| 0.4%|| 3.5%
|15.1%
|-
|[[Vermont]] || 647,064|| 90.2%|| 1.0%|| 0.2%|| 1.8%|| 0.0%|| 0.4%|| 4.2%
|2.3%
|-
|[[Virginia]] || 8,683,619|| 58.7%|| 18.4%|| 0.1%|| 6.9%|| 0.1%|| 0.7%|| 4.7%
|10.4%
|-
|[[Washington (state)|Washington]] || 7,785,786 || 63.5%|| 3.8%|| 0.9%|| 9.7%|| 0.7%|| 0.7%|| 6.7%
|14.0%
|-
|[[West Virginia]] || 1,775,156 || 89.8%|| 3.3%|| 0.1%|| 0.7%|| 0.0%|| 0.3%|| 3.8%
|1.9%
|-
|[[Wisconsin]] || 5,892,539 || 79.0%|| 5.9%|| 0.6%|| 2.9%|| 0.0%|| 0.3%|| 3.7%
|7.6%
|-
|[[Wyoming]] || 581,381 || 81.4%|| 0.7%|| 1.6%|| 0.6%|| 0.1%|| 0.9%|| 3.9%
|10.8%
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+'''Racial breakdown of population in the Insular Areas, 2010'''<ref name="ASAmericanFactFinder">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DPAS_ASDP1&prodType=table |title=American Samoa 2010 Demographic Profile |website=American FactFinder |access-date=July 1, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503200517/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DPAS_ASDP1&prodType=table |archive-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Guam_CNMI">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DPGU_GUDP1&prodType=table |title=Guam 2010 Demographic Profile |website=American FactFinder |access-date=July 1, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413071617/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DPGU_GUDP1&prodType=table |archive-date=April 13, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DPMP_MPDP1&prodType=table |title=Northern Mariana Islands 2010 Demographic Profile |website=American FactFinder |access-date=July 1, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106145130/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DPMP_MPDP1&prodType=table |archive-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/virgin-islands/ |title=The World Factbook: U.S. Virgin Islands |website=CIA |access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
! Territory !! Population<br />(2010 est.) !! White !! Black or<br />African American !! American Indian<br />and Alaska Native !! Asian !! Native Hawaiian and<br />Other Pacific Islander !! Some other race !! Two or more races
|-
|[[American Samoa]]|| 55,519 || 0.9%|| 0.0%|| — || 3.6% || 92.6%|| 0.1% || 2.7%
|-
|[[Guam]]|| 159,358|| 7.1% || 1.0%|| — || 32.2%|| 49.3%|| 0.3%|| 9.4%
|-
|[[Northern Mariana Islands]] || 53,883 || 2.1% || 0.1% || — || 49.9% || 34.9% || 0.2% || 12.7%
|-
|[[U.S. Virgin Islands]] || 106,405 || 15.6% || 76.0% || — || 1.4% || 0.0% || 4.9% || 2.1%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''U.S. Births by race/ethnicity in 2018'''<ref name="bloomberg.com/news">{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-15/u-s-2018-births-fall-to-lowest-level-in–32-years-cdc-data |title=U.S. Births Fell to Lowest Level in 32 Years in 2018 |website=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=May 15, 2019 |first=Marie |last=Patino}}</ref>
|-
! Year !! White Alone!! Black Alone !!Hispanic!! Native American Alone!! Asian Alone!! Pacific Islander Alone
|-
|2018|| 51.6%|| 14.6%||23.4%|| 0.8%||6.4%||0.3%
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Percentage distribution of the U.S. resident population 5 to 17 years old, by race/ethnicity: 2000 and 2017'''<ref name="nces.ed.gov">{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/programs/raceindicators/indicator_RAA.asp |author=National Center for Education Statistics |title=Indicator 1: Population Distribution |date=February 2019|author-link=National Center for Education Statistics}}</ref>
|-
! Year !! White !! Black or<br />African American !! Hispanic !! Asian !! Pacific Islander !! American Indian<br />Alaska Native !! Two or more races
|-
|2000|| 60%|| 15%|| 16%|| 3%|| — || 1%|| 2%
|-
|2017|| 51%|| 14%|| 25%|| 5%|| — || 1%|| 4%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Percentage distribution of the U.S. resident population 18 to 24 years old, by race/ethnicity: 2000 and 2017'''<ref name="nces.ed.gov"/>
|-
! Year !! White !! Black or<br />African American !! Hispanic !! Asian !! Pacific Islander !! American Indian<br />Alaska Native !! Two or more races
|-
|2000|| 62%|| 14%|| 18%|| 4%|| — || 1%|| 1%
|-
|2017|| 54%|| 14%|| 22%|| 6%|| — || 1%|| 3%
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Percentage of population between non-Hispanic whites and Minority by age group, 2013'''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/26/falloff-in-births-slows-shift-to-a-majority-minority-youth-population/ |title=Falloff in births slows shift to a majority-minority youth population |website=[[Pew Research Center]] |first=D'Vera |last=Cohn |date=June 26, 2014}}</ref>
|-
! Age group !!85+!! 80–84!!75–79!!70–74!!65–69!!60–64!!55–59!!50–54!!45–49!!40–44!!35–39!!30–34!!25–29!!20–24!!15–19!!10–14!!5–9!!<5
|-
|non-Hispanic white
| 83%
| 81%
| 79%
| 78%
| 77%
| 74%
| 72%
| 69%
| 65%
| 61%
| 58%
| 57%
| 57%
| 56%
| 55%
| 54%
| 52%
| 50%
|-
|Minority
|17%
|19%
|21%
|22%
|23%
|26%
|28%
|31%
|35%
|39%
|42%
|43%
|43%
|44%
|45%
|46%
|48%
|50%
|}

===Hispanic or Latino origin===
[[File:CensusViewer US 2010 Census Latino Population as Heatmap by Census Tract.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|CensusViewer US 2010 Census Latino Population as a heatmap by census tract]]
{{Main|Hispanic and Latino Americans}}

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines "Hispanic or Latino" as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. People who identify with the terms "Hispanic" or "Latino" are those who classify themselves in one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the decennial census questionnaire and various Census Bureau survey questionnaires – "Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano" or "Puerto Rican" or "Cuban" – as well as those who indicate that they are "another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin."<ref>{{cite web |title=About Hispanic Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 26, 2017}}</ref> People who identify their origin as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.<ref name=CensusProfile/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Hispanic or Latino and Race !! Population (2022 est.) !! Percentage of total <br /> population
|- style="background:#e6f3ff"
| United States population || 333,287,550 || 100%
|- style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 63,553,640 || 19.1%
|-
|   White || 10,735,941 || 3.2%
|-
|   Black or African American || 1,020,695 || 0.3%
|-
|   American Indian and Alaska Native || 1,454,842 || 0.4%
|-
|   Asian || 181,231 || 0.1%
|-
|   Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 75,468 || 0.0%
|-
|   Some other race || 22,531,802 || 6.8%
|-
|   Two or more races || 27,453,162 || 8.2%
|- style="background:#e6f3ff"
| Not Hispanic or Latino || 269,733,920 || 80.9%
|}

;Population distribution by Hispanic origin 1970–2020 (in %):
Source: [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], decennial census of population, 1970 (5-percent
sample), 1980 to 2020.<ref name= "census.gov"/>
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! scope="col" |Years
! scope="col" |1970
! scope="col" |1980
! scope="col" |1990
! scope="col" |2000
! scope="col" |2010
! scope="col" |2020
|-
|Not Hispanic or Latino
|95.5
|93.6
|91.0
|87.5
|83.7
|81.3
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|4.5
|6.4
|9.0
|12.5
|16.3
|18.7
|-
|Total (%)
|100
|100
|100
|100
|100
|100
|}

;Median age of each race alone, 2021 (Hispanic):
Source: United States Census Bureau.<ref name="factfinder.census.gov"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
! scope="col" |Race
! scope="col" |Median age (both sex) (years)
! scope="col" |Median age (male) (years)
! scope="col" |Median age (female) (years)
|-
|Total (Hispanic)
|30.5
|30.2
|30.8
|-
|White
|31.2
|30.9
|31.5
|-
|Black or African American
|27.1
|26.1
|28.2
|-
|American Indian and Alaska Native
|28.4
|29.0
|27.8
|-
|Asian
|26.9
|26.2
|27.7
|-
|Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
|27.8
|28.3
|27.2
|-
|Two or More Races
|21.5
|21.1
|22.0
|}

;Median age of each race alone or in combination, 2021 (Hispanic):
Source: United States Census Bureau.<ref name="factfinder.census.gov"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
! scope="col" |Race
! scope="col" |Median age (both sex) (years)
! scope="col" |Median age (male) (years)
! scope="col" |Median age (female) (years)
|-
|White
|30.9
|30.6
|31.1
|-
|Black or African American
|25.3
|24.3
|26.3
|-
|American Indian and Alaska Native
|27.6
|27.8
|27.3
|-
|Asian
|23.0
|22.3
|23.7
|-
|Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
|24.8
|24.9
|24.7
|}

Note: Hispanic origin is considered an ethnicity, not a race. Hispanics may be of any race.

===Indigenous peoples===
{{Main|Native Americans in the United States}}
As of 2020, there are 9,666,058 people identifying as [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] and [[Alaska Native]] people in the United States, including those identifying with more than one race,<ref name="2020census">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncai.org/policy-research-center/research-data/prc-publications/Overview_of_2020_AIAN_Redistricting_Data_FINAL_8_13_2021.pdf |title=Overview of 2020 AIAN Redistricting Data: 2020 |access-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126061718/https://www.ncai.org/policy-research-center/research-data/prc-publications/Overview_of_2020_AIAN_Redistricting_Data_FINAL_8_13_2021.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> representing around 3% of the U.S. population. This number includes not only groups indigenous to the United States, but any [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous people of the Americas]],<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=A Look at the Largest American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and Villages in the Nation, Tribal Areas and States |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/10/2020-census-dhc-a-aian-population.html |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> including [[Mesoamerica]]n peoples such as the [[Maya peoples|Maya]], as well as [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Canadian]] and [[Indigenous peoples of South America|South American natives]]. In 2022, 634,503 Indigenous people in the United States identified with Central American Indigenous groups, 875,183 identified with the [[Indigenous peoples of Mexico|Indigenous people of Mexico]], and 47,518 identified with Canadian [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02017 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02017&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> Of the 3.2 million Americans who identified as American Indian or Alaska Native alone in 2022, around 45% were of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] ethnicity,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B03002 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B03002&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02001 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02001&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> with this number growing as increasing numbers of Indigenous people from Latin American countries immigrate to the US and more Latinos self-identify with indigenous heritage. Of groups Indigenous to the contiguous United States, the largest self-reported tribes are [[Cherokee]] (1,449,888), [[Navajo]] (434,910), Choctaw (295,373), [[Blackfeet Nation|Blackfeet]] (288,255), and [[Sioux]] (220,739). Additionally, 205,954 identify with an [[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]] tribe. There are 573 [[List of Native American Tribal Entities|federally recognized tribal governments]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Federal Register |url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-01-29/pdf/2016-01769.pdf |access-date=September 14, 2016}}</ref> in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02017 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02017&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>

The US Census Bureau classifies Native Hawaiians separately from American Indians and Alaska Natives, grouping them with [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islanders]] instead. According to 2022 estimates, 714,847 Americans identified with Native Hawaiian ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02019 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02019&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>

===Other groups===
There were 16.1 million [[veteran]]s in 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census profile: United States |url=http://censusreporter.org/profiles/01000US-united-states/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Census Reporter |language=en}}</ref> with only 6.2% of Americans having served in the [[Armed Forces]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Christian |last=Davenport |title=A disconnect at Magruder |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/19/AR2010041903879.html| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|location=Washington, DC|page=B1 |date=April 20, 2010}}</ref>

In 2010, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' estimated that there were 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country.<ref>{{cite news |first=Spencer S. |last=Hsu |title=Senate Democrats' plan highlights nation's shift to the right on immigration |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/01/AR2010050100990.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|location=Washington, DC|page=A3 |date=May 2, 2010}}</ref> As of 2017, Pew Research reported that there an estimated 10.5 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/13/how-european-and-u-s-unauthorized-immigrant-populations-compare/ |title=How European and U.S. unauthorized immigrant populations compare |website=Pew Research Center|date=November 13, 2019 |language=en-US |access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref>

In 2022, an estimated 1,849,176 adults were imprisoned in the US.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B26103 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B26103&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><!--soft copy source is different from hard copy source but is the identical article-->

===Projections===
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:1em auto 1em auto; width:300px;"
|+U.S. Census Population projections (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=2023 National Population Projections Tables: Main Series |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/demo/popproj/2023-summary-tables.html |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>
! || 2023 || 2060
|-
| [[White American]]s<sup>1</sup> || 75.5% || 72.3%
|-
|> <small>[[Non-Hispanic Whites]]</small> || <small>''58.9%''</small> || <small>''44.9%''</small>
|-
|[[Black American]]s<sup>1</sup> || 13.6% || 14.8%
|-
|[[Asian American]]s<sup>1</sup> || 6.3% || 9.4%
|-
|[[Multiracial American]]s<sup>1</sup> || 3.0% || 6.1%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]<sup>1</sup>
|1.3%
|1.4%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islanders]]<sup>1</sup>
|0.3%
|0.4%
|-
|''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics/Latinos]]'' (of any race) || ''19.1%'' || ''26.9%''
|-
|
|-class="sortbottom"
|colspan="3"|<sup>1</sup> ''Including Hispanics''
|}
A report by the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] projects a decrease in the ratio of non-Hispanic Whites between 2023 and 2060, a decline from 58.9% of the population to 44.9%. [[Non-Hispanic Whites]] are projected to no longer make up a majority of the population by 2050, but will remain the largest single ethnic group. Non-Hispanic whites made up 85% of the population in 1960.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-02-11-population-study_N.htm |title=U.S. Hispanic population to triple by 2050 |work=USA Today |date=February 11, 2008}}</ref>

While non-Hispanic whites are projected to become a minority, the total White population (including Hispanics), will remain a majority from 2023 to 2060, falling from 75.5% to 72.3% of the population who are white alone according to the projections.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=2023 National Population Projections Tables: Main Series |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/demo/popproj/2023-summary-tables.html |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> However, these projections are not directly comparable to other Census Bureau data, as they are based on a modified race dataset,<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 3, 2024 |title=Methodology, Assumptions, and Inputs for the 2023 National Population Projections |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popproj/technical-documentation/methodology/methodstatement23.pdf |website=US Census Bureau}}</ref> which does not include the "[[Some Other Race|some other race]]" category used in census surveys.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-08 |title=The Population Estimates "Blended Base:" What it is and Why it Matters |url=https://www.ctdata.org/blog/pop-est-blended-base |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=CTData |language=en-US}}</ref> Individuals identifying as “some other race” alone or in combination made up 16.2% of the population in 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02013 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02013&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> and they are reclassified into recognized race categories in the dataset used for the projections.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census Bureau discusses new "blended base" methodology for annual Population Estimates - EconSpark |url=https://www.aeaweb.org/forum/3816/census-discusses-blended-methodology-population-estimates#:~:text=Specifically,%20the%20census%20includes%20%E2%80%9CSome,Office%20of%20Management%20and%20Budget). |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=www.aeaweb.org}}</ref> As a result, there is a significant discrepancy between the share of the white alone population in 2023 according to the projections (75.5%), and the estimated share of white alone (60.9%), as reported by the American Community Survey in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02001 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02001&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>

The report foresees the Hispanic or Latino population rising from 19.1% today to 26.9% by 2060, the Black percentage barely rising from 13.6% to 14.8%, and Asian Americans upping their 6.3% share to 9.4%. The United States had a population of 333 million people in July 2023, and is projected to reach 355  million by 2040 and 364 million in 2060.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=2023 National Population Projections Tables: Main Series |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/demo/popproj/2023-summary-tables.html |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref><ref name=popproj/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hfEKtmHabcnFBA-xANi-gzFX9PqwD92HNIPO1 |title=White Americans no longer a majority by 2042 |first=Stephen |last=Ohlemacher |date=August 13, 2008 |website=Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824192354/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hfEKtmHabcnFBA-xANi-gzFX9PqwD92HNIPO1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 24, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303524.html |title=U.S. to Grow Grayer, More Diverse |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 13, 2008 |access-date=May 8, 2013 |first=N.C. |last=Aizenman}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Passel |first=Jeffrey |url=http://pewresearch.org/pubs/729/united-states-population-projections |title=Immigration to Play Lead Role In Future U.S. Growth |website=Pew Research Center |date=February 11, 2008 |access-date=May 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103044422/http://pewresearch.org/pubs/729/united-states-population-projections |archive-date=January 3, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is further projected that all of the increase in population from 2023 to 2060 will be due to [[Immigration to the United States|immigrants]].

Of the nation's children in 2060, 64% are expected to be of a minority ethnicity, up from 51% today. Approximately 32% are projected to be Hispanic or Latino (up from 26% in 2023), and 36% are projected to be single-race, non-Hispanic Whites (down from 49% in 2023). Racial and ethnic minorities surpassed non-Hispanic whites as the largest group of U.S. children under 5 years old in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-25/american-babies-are-no-longer-mostly-non-hispanic-white |title=The Majority of American Babies Are Now Minorities |website=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] |date=July 25, 2015}}</ref>

The fastest growing racial group in America is [[Asian Americans]] with a growth rate of 35%, however the multi-racial mixed Asian group is growing even faster, with a growth rate of 55%. Multi-racial Asians are therefore the fastest growing demographic group in America.<ref name="Foster-Frau 2021 h651">{{cite news | last=Foster-Frau | first=Silvia | title='We're talking about a big, powerful phenomenon': Multiracial Americans drive change | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2021-10-08 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/08/mixed-race-americans-increase-census/ | access-date=2023-06-19}}</ref><ref name="Lemi 2021 b965">{{cite news | last=Lemi | first=Danielle Casarez | title=Analysis - U.S. census racial categories have shifted over centuries. How will the jump in multiracials affect politics? | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2021-09-23 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/23/us-census-racial-categories-have-shifted-over-centuries-how-will-jump-multiracials-affect-politics/ | access-date=2023-06-19}} "Asian Americans — the fastest-growing racial group in America — grew 35.5 percent, while Asian plus another race grew 55.5 percent."</ref>

In 2020, it was reported that 51.0% of births were to non-Hispanic white mothers.<ref name="cdc.gov" /> In 2021, the percentage increased to 51.5%.<ref name="cdc.gov">{{cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=Joyce A. |last2=Hamilton |first2=Brady E. |last3=Driscoll |first3=Anne K. |last4=Osterman |first4=Michelle J. K. |last5=Valenzuela |first5=Claudia P. |date=February 7, 2022 |title=Births: Final Data for 2020 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-17.pdf |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports |publisher=CDC |volume=70 |pages=12 |pmid=35157571 |number=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Births: Provisional Data for 2021 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr020.pdf |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref> However, by 2022 the rate of births to white mothers had declined by 3%, dropping to 50% of all total births. In the same period, the rate of births to Asian and Hispanic women increased by 2% and 6%, respectively.<ref name="America 2023 t227" /><ref name="Press 2023 m067" />

<gallery mode="nolines" widths="250" heights="212" caption="Population pyramids of racial groups (of one race)">
File:White Americans population pyramid in 2020.svg|alt=|[[White Americans]]
File:Black Americans population pyramid in 2020.svg|alt=|[[African Americans]]
File:Two_or_more_races_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg|alt=|[[Multiracial Americans]]
File:Asian Americans population pyramid in 2020.svg|alt=|[[Asian Americans]]
File:American Indian and Alaskan Native population pyramid in 2020.svg|alt=|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]
</gallery>

<gallery mode="nolines" widths="250" heights="212" caption="Population pyramids of ethnic groups">
File:Non-Hispanic White Americans population pyramid in 2020.svg|alt=|[[Non-Hispanic whites|Non-Hispanic White Americans]]
File:Non-Hispanic Black Americans population pyramid in 2020.svg|alt=|Non-Hispanic African Americans
File:Hispanic Americans population pyramid in 2020.svg|alt=|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic Americans]]
</gallery>

;Pew Research Center projections:
The [[United Nations]] projects a population of just over 400 million in 2060.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:1em auto 1em auto; width:300px;"
|+[[Pew Research Center]] projections (2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2008/02/11/us-population-projections-2005-2050/ |title=U.S. Population Projections: 2005–2050 |first1=Jeffrey S. |last1=Passel |first2=D'Vera |last2=Conh |date=February 11, 2008 |website=Pew Research Center}}</ref>
! ||1960|| 2005 || 2050
|-
| [[White American]]s || 85% || 67% || 47%
|-
|-
| [[Hispanic American]]s || 3.5% || 14%|| 29%
|-
|[[Black American]]s || 11% || 13% || 14%
|-
|[[Asian American]]s || 0.6% || 5% || 9%
|-
|-class="sortbottom"
|colspan="4"|Note: All races modified and not Hispanic; American Indian/Alaska Native not shown.
|}

The country's racial profile will be vastly different, and although whites will remain the single largest ethnic group in the U.S., they will no longer be a majority excluding [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanics]] by 2055 according to [[Pew Research Center]]. Growth in the Hispanic and Asian populations is predicted to almost triple over the next 40 years. By 2055, the breakdown is estimated to be 48% non-Hispanic white, 24% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 14% Asian.<ref name="WPR 2018"/>

{{as of|2015}}, 14% of the United States' population is foreign born, compared to just 5% in 1965. Nearly 39 million immigrants have come to the U.S. since 1965, with most coming from Asia and Latin America. The 2015 Census Report predicts that the percentage of the U.S. population that is foreign-born will continue to increase, reaching 19% by 2060. This increase in the foreign-born population will account for a large share of the overall population growth.<ref name="WPR 2018"/>

The average person in the U.S. of 2060 is likely to be older than the average person of 2018 today, and it is projected that almost one in four people will be 65 or older.<ref name="WPR 2018"/>

====U.S. Census Census Bureau projections====

;Percent minority 1970–2042 (2008 projections):<ref name= "census.gov"/>
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1970!!1980!!1990!!2000!!2010!!2020!!2030!!2040!!2042
|-
| align="left"|Percent minority (%)||16.5||20.4||24.4||30.9||36.3||39.9||44.5||49.2||50.1
|}
Note: "Minority" refers to people who reported their ethnicity and race as something other than non-Hispanic White alone in the decennial census.

;Total US population:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Projection (Census Bureau)<ref name="popproj">{{cite web |title=International Database (IDB) |url=https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb/#/country?COUNTRY_YR_ANIM=2021&COUNTRY_YEAR=2022&FIPS_SINGLE=US |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>
(thousands)
!Projection (UN)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://population.un.org/wpp/DataQuery/ |title=United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019 |date=2019 |access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref>
(thousands)
!Actual result
|-
|2010||310,233|| 309,011 ||308,745,538
|-
|2020||332,639|| 331,003 ||331,449,281
|-
|2030||373,504|| 349,642
|-
|2040||405,655|| 366,572
|-
|2050||439,010|| 379,419
|}

===Self-reported ancestry===
[[File:Most common ancestry in the United States by county.png|thumb|400x400px|Most common ancestry group in the United States by county]]
This table displays all self-reported [[Ancestries of Americans|ancestries]] with over 50,000 members, alone or in combination, according to estimates from the 2022 American Community Survey. The total population of the US according to the survey was 333,287,550, and 251,732,240 people reported an ancestry. Of these, 175,054,020 reported a single ancestry, and 76,678,224 reported two or more ancestries'''.'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B04007 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B04007&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> Hispanic groups are not distinguished between total and partial ancestry:
{|class="wikitable sortable" font-size:75%"
|-
!Ancestry<ref>{{cite web |title=Grid View: Table B04006 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B04006&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Grid View: Table B03001 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B03001&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02018 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02018&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02019 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02019&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>
!Number in 2022 (Alone)<ref>{{cite web |title=Grid View: Table B04004 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B04004&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>||Number as of 2022 (Alone or in any combination)||% Total 
|-
|[[African Americans|Black or African American]]
<small>(Including Afro-Caribbean and sub-Saharan African)</small>
|40,603,656
|47,859,760
|14.4%
|-
|[[German Americans|German]]
|13,241,923
|41,137,168
|12.3%
|-
|[[Mexican Americans|Mexican]]
|—
|37,414,772
|11.2%
|-
|[[English Americans|English]]
|12,331,696
|31,380,620
|9.4%
|-
|[[Irish Americans|Irish]]
|8,649,243
|30,655,612
|9.2%
|-
|[[American ancestry|American]] 
<small>(Mostly [[Old Stock Americans|old-stock]] white 
Americans of British 
descent)</small>
|14,929,899
|17,786,214
|5.3%
|-
|[[Italian Americans|Italian]]
|5,766,634
|16,009,774
|4.8%
|-
|[[Polish Americans|Polish]]
|2,658,632
|8,249,491
|2.5%
|-
|[[French Americans|French]] 
<small>(Not including [[French Canadians|French Canadian]])</small>
|1,360,631
|6,310,548
|1.9%
|-
|[[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]]
|—
|5,905,178
|1.8%
|-
|[[Chinese Americans|Chinese]]
<small>(Not including [[Taiwanese Americans|Taiwanese]])</small>
|4,258,198
|5,465,428
|1.6%
|-
|[[Scottish Americans|Scottish]]
|1,555,579
|5,352,344
|1.6%
|-
|[[Indian Americans|Indian]]
|4,534,339
|4,946,306
|1.5%
|-
|Broadly "[[European Americans|European]]"
<small>(No country specified)</small>
|3,718,055
|4,819,541
|1.4%
|-
|[[Filipino Americans|Filipino]]
|2,969,978
|4,466,918
|1.3%
|-
|[[Swedish Americans|Swedish]]
|740,478
|3,936,772
|1.2%
|-
|[[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian]]
|1,224,373
|3,317,462
|1.0%
|-
|[[Dutch Americans|Dutch]]
|858,809
|3,019,465
|0.9%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Indigenous American]]
<small>(No tribe specified)</small>
|493,837
|2,550,528
|0.8%
|-
|[[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scotch-Irish]]
|940,337
|2,524,746
|0.8%
|-
|[[Salvadoran Americans|Salvadoran]]
|—
|2,480,509
|0.7%
|-
|[[Cuban Americans|Cuban]]
|—
|2,435,573
|0.7%
|-
|[[Dominican Americans|Dominican]]
|—
|2,396,784
|0.7%
|-
|[[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]]
|1,887,550
|2,301,868
|0.7%
|-
|Other [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] 
<small>(Including [[Hispanos of New Mexico|Hispano]], [[Californios|Californio]],</small> 
<small>[[Tejanos|Tejano]], [[Isleños|Isleño]], and unspecified</small>
<small>Hispanic origins)</small>
|—
|2,276,867
|0.7%
|-
|[[Arab Americans|Arab]]
<small>(Including [[Lebanese Americans|Lebanese]] (583,719), [[Egyptian Americans|Egyptian]] (334,574), [[Syrian Americans|Syrian]] (203,282), [[Palestinian Americans|Palestinian]] (171,969), [[Iraqi Americans|Iraqi]] (164,851), [[Moroccan Americans|Moroccan]] (140,196), [[Jordanian Americans|Jordanian]] (86,926), and all other Arab ancestries)</small>
|1,502,360
|2,237,982
|0.7%
|-
|[[Russian Americans|Russian]]
|747,866
|2,099,079
|0.6%
|-
|[[Korean Americans|Korean]]
|1,501,587
|2,051,572
|0.6%
|-
|[[Spanish Americans|Spanish]]
<small>(Including responses of "Spaniard," "Spanish," and "Spanish American." Many [[Hispanos of New Mexico|Hispanos]] of [[New Mexico]] identify as Spanish/Spaniard)</small>
|—
|1,926,228
|0.6%
|-
|[[Guatemalan Americans|Guatemalan]]
|—
|1,878,599
|0.6%
|-
|Broadly “[[African Americans|African]]”
<small>(Not further specified)</small>
|1,297,668
|1,721,108
|0.5%
|-
|[[French Canadians|French Canadian]]
|694,089
|1,626,456
|0.5%
|-
|[[Japanese Americans|Japanese]]
|717,413
|1,587,040
|0.5%
|-
|[[Welsh Americans|Welsh]]
|293,551
|1,521,565
|0.5%
|-
|[[Colombian Americans|Colombian]]
|—
|1,451,271
|0.4%
|-
|[[Cherokee]]
|239,224
|1,449,888
|0.4%
|-
|[[Portuguese Americans|Portuguese]]
|543,531
|1,350,442
|0.4%
|-
|[[Hungarian Americans|Hungarian]]
|390,561
|1,247,165
|0.4%
|-
|[[Jamaican Americans|Jamaican]]
|903,516
|1,234,336
|0.4%
|-
|[[Honduran Americans|Honduran]]
|—
|1,219,212
|0.4%
|-
|[[Greek Americans|Greek]]
|486,878
|1,200,706
|0.4%
|-
|Broadly [[British Americans|“British]]” 
<small>(Not further specified)</small>
|503,077
|1,196,265
|0.4%
|-
|[[Czech Americans|Czech]]
|340,768
|1,188,711
|0.4%
|-
|[[Ukrainian Americans|Ukrainian]]
|565,431
|1,164,728
|0.3%
|-
|[[Haitian Americans|Haitian]]
|937,373
|1,138,855
|0.3%
|-
|[[Danish Americans|Danish]]
|268,019
|1,127,518
|0.3%
|-
|Broadly "[[Eastern Europe]]an" 
<small>(Not further specified)</small>
|566,715
|951,384
|0.3%
|-
|Broadly "[[Nordic and Scandinavian Americans|Scandinavian]]"
<small>(Not further specified)</small>
|372,673
|935,153
|0.3%
|-
|[[Indigenous peoples of Mexico|Indigenous Mexican]]
|548,717
|875,183
|0.3%
|-
|[[Ecuadorian Americans|Ecuadorian]]
|—
|870,965
|0.3%
|-
|[[Swiss Americans|Swiss]]
|196,120
|847,247
|0.3%
|-
|[[Venezuelan Americans|Venezuelan]]
|—
|814,080
|0.2%
|-
|[[Peruvian Americans|Peruvian]]
|—
|751,519
|0.2%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]]
|185,466
|714,847
|0.2%
|-
|[[Nigerian Americans|Nigerian]]
|532,438
|712,294
|0.2%
|-
|Indigenous Central American 
<small>([[Maya peoples|Mayan]], etc)</small>
|315,313
|634,503
|0.2%
|-
|[[Pakistani Americans|Pakistani]]
|560,494
|625,570
|0.2%
|-
|[[Finnish Americans|Finnish]]
|189,603
|606,028
|0.2%
|-
|[[Slovak Americans|Slovak]]
|186,902
|602,949
|0.2%
|-
|[[Lithuanian Americans|Lithuanian]]
|167,355
|598,508
|0.2%
|-
|Broadly "[[Asian Americans|Asian]]"
<small>(Not further specified)</small>
|218,730
|591,806
|0.2%
|-
|[[Austrian Americans|Austrian]]
|123,987
|584,517
|0.2%
|-
|[[Brazilian Americans|Brazilian]]
|389,082
|546,757
|0.2%
|-
|[[Canadian Americans|Canadian]]
|249,309
|542,459
|0.2%
|-
|[[Iranian Americans|Iranian]]
|392,051
|519,658
|0.2%
|-
|[[Nicaraguan Americans|Nicaraguan]]
|—
|488,080
|0.1%
|-
|[[Armenian Americans|Armenian]]
|282,012
|458,841
|0.1%
|-
|Other [[sub-Saharan Africa]]n
<small>All sub-Saharan African origins other those already listed + [[Ugandan Americans|Ugandan]] (35,849), [[Senegalese Americans|Senegalese]] (31,462), and [[Zimbabwean Americans|Zimbabwean]] (17,991)</small>
|325,963
|452,003
|0.1%
|-
|[[Romanian Americans|Romanian]]
|251,069
|450,751
|0.1%
|-
|[[Navajo]]
|328,434
|434,910
|0.1%
|-
|Broadly "[[Northern Europe]]an"
<small>(No country specified)</small>
|273,675
|434,292
|0.1%
|-
|[[Croatian Americans|Croatian]]
|128,623
|389,272
|0.1%
|-
|[[Ethiopian Americans|Ethiopian]]
|348,332
|387,880
|0.1%
|-
|[[Cambodian Americans|Cambodian]]
|280,862
|376,096
|0.1%
|-
|[[Hmong Americans|Hmong]]
|335,612
|362,244
|0.1%
|-
|[[Thai Americans|Thai]]
|197,158
|328,176
|0.1%
|-
|[[Taiwanese Americans|Taiwanese]]
|263,772
|324,389
|0.1%
|-
|[[Belgian Americans|Belgian]]
|96,361
|316,493
|0.1%
|-
|[[Argentine Americans|Argentine]]
|—
|304,541
|0.09%
|-
|[[Choctaw]]
|90,321
|295,373
|0.09%
|-
|[[Bangladeshi Americans|Bangladeshi]]
|256,681
|272,338
|0.08%
|-
|Central Asian 
<small>Not including [[Kazakh Americans|Kazakh]] (21,913) or [[Uzbek Americans|Uzbek]] (52,304)</small>
|186,393
|269,255
|0.08%
|-
|[[Samoan Americans|Samoan]]
|123,150
|264,392
|0.08%
|-
|[[Nepalese Americans|Nepali]]
|247,639
|260,323
|0.08%
|-
|Other [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
<small>(Pacific Islander origin without a specified [[Melanesians|Melanesian]], [[Polynesians|Polynesian]], or [[Micronesians|Micronesian]] group)</small>
|43,135
|251,806
|0.08%
|-
|[[Guyanese Americans|Guyanese]]
|182,088
|250,467
|0.08%
|-
|Broadly "[[West Indian]]"
<small>(No country specified)</small>
|130,229
|245,867
|0.07%
|-
|[[Laotian Americans|Laotian]]
|173,524
|245,220
|0.07%
|-
|[[Burmese Americans|Burmese]]
|225,591
|244,086
|0.07%
|-
|[[Trinidadians and Tobagonians|Trinidadian]]
|167,746
|243,541
|0.07%
|-
|[[Panamanian Americans|Panamanian]]
|—
|242,035
|0.07%
|-
|[[Turkish Americans|Turkish]]
|168,354
|239,667
|0.07%
|-
|[[Pennsylvania Dutch|Pennsylvania German]]
|155,563
|228,634
|0.07%
|-
|"[[Czechoslovakia]]n"
<small>(Not further specified)</small>
|79,992
|227,217
|0.07%
|-
|[[Albanian Americans|Albanian]]
|182,625
|223,984
|0.07%
|-
|[[Sioux]]
|100,575
|220,739
|0.07%
|-
|[[Ghanaian Americans|Ghanian]]
|179,527
|217,322
|0.07%
|-
|[[Ojibwe|Chippewa/Ojibwe]]
|87,888
|206,224
|0.06%
|-
|[[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]] 
<small>(Including all tribes)</small>
|107,877
|205,954
|0.06%
|-
|[[Chilean Americans|Chilean]]
|—
|199,948
|0.06%
|-
|"[[Yugoslav Americans|Yugoslavian]]"
<small>(Not further specified)</small>
|129,759
|198,687
|0.06%
|-
|[[Apache]]
|73,085
|191,823
|0.06%
|-
|[[Serbian Americans|Serbian]]
|96,388
|191,538
|0.06%
|-
|[[Afghan Americans|Afghan]]
|169,255
|189,493
|0.06%
|-
|[[Costa Rican Americans|Costa Rican]]
|—
|186,159
|0.06%
|-
|[[Somali Americans|Somali]]
|151,206
|164,723
|0.05%
|-
|[[Indonesian Americans|Indonesian]]
|84,074
|155,173
|0.05%
|-
|[[Slovene Americans|Slovene]]
|48,809
|153,589
|0.05%
|-
|[[Chamorro people|Chamorro]]
<small>(10,194 additionally reported their ancestry as "[[Guamanian]]" alone, and 25,888 reported "Guamanian" alone or in combination)</small>
|74,138
|152,006
|0.05%
|-
|[[Israeli Americans|Israeli]]
|80,336
|144,202
|0.04%
|-
|[[Bolivian Americans|Bolivian]]
|—
|142,108
|0.04%
|-
|Broadly "[[Slavs|Slavic]]"
<small>(No country specified)</small>
|57,491
|140,956
|0.04%
|-
|[[Kenyan Americans|Kenyan]]
|98,938
|122,131
|0.04%
|-
|[[Muscogee|Creek/Muscogee]]
|36,446
|119,850
|0.04%
|-
|"[[British West Indies|British West Indian]]"
<small>(No country/territory specified)</small>
|74,833
|109,344
|0.03%
|-
|[[Iroquois|Iroqouis]]
|30,095
|107,839
|0.03%
|-
|[[Bulgarian Americans|Bulgarian]]
|75,386
|106,896
|0.03%
|-
|[[Cape Verdean Americans|Cape Verdean]]
|71,306
|104,710
|0.03%
|-
|[[South African Americans|South African]]
|64,890
|98,309
|0.03%
|-
|[[Assyrian Americans|Assyrian]]
|64,349
|93,542
|0.03%
|-
|[[Liberian Americans|Liberian]]
|76,087
|92,651
|0.03%
|-
|[[Latvian Americans|Latvian]]
|33,742
|91,859
|0.03%
|-
|[[Cajuns|Cajun]]
|59,046
|91,706
|0.03%
|-
|[[Indigenous peoples of South America|Indigenous South American]]
|28,813
|91,508
|0.03%
|-
|[[Australian Americans|Australian]]
|37,180
|88,999
|0.03%
|-
|[[Lumbee]]
|58,226
|81,645
|0.02%
|-
|[[Puebloans|Pueblo]]
|49,201
|81,419
|0.02%
|-
|Other [[Micronesians|Micronesian]]
<small>(All Micronesian groups other</small>
<small>than Chamorro/Guamanian, [[Chuukese people|Chuukese]] (12,567), or Marshallese)</small>
|62,829
|79,879
|0.02%
|-
|[[Tongan Americans|Tongan]]
|41,530
|79,826
|0.02%
|-
|[[Uruguayan Americans|Uruguayan]]
|—
|77,180
|0.02%
|-
|[[Sri Lankan Americans|Sri Lankan]]
|58,210
|75,808
|0.02%
|-
|[[Chickasaw]]
|23,670
|72,601
|0.02%
|-
|[[Sudanese Americans|Sudanese]]
|64,586
|71,788
|0.02%
|-
|[[Yaqui]]
|35,442
|71,063
|0.02%
|-
|[[Belizean Americans|Belizean]]
|42,028
|67,329
|0.02%
|-
|[[Macedonian Americans|Macedonian]]
|39,586
|65,107
|0.02%
|-
|[[Basque Americans|Basque]]
|24,219
|62,731
|0.02%
|-
|[[Barbadian Americans|Barbadian]]
|37,974
|62,356
|0.02%
|-
|[[Bahamian Americans|Bahamian]]
|31,777
|56,928
|0.02%
|-
|[[Icelandic Americans|Icelandic]]
|18,978
|53,415
|0.02%
|-
|[[Fijian Americans|Fijian]]
|35,788
|53,250
|0.02%
|-
|[[Uzbek Americans|Uzbek]]
|25,849
|52,304
|0.02%
|-
|[[Mongolian Americans|Mongolian]]
|—
|51,954
|0.02%
|-
|[[Marshallese Americans|Marshallese]]
|43,548
|51,119
|0.02%
|}

==Religion==
{{Main|Religion in the United States}}

===Religious affiliations===
{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Religion in the United States (2023)<ref name="Pew2023">{{cite web |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/ |title=Measuring Religion in Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel |website=Pew Research Center |access-date=10 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208090614/https://www.pewforum.org/2021/01/14/measuring-religion-in-pew-research-centers-american-trends-panel/ |archive-date=8 February 2021 |date=14 January 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| label1 = [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestantism]]
| value1 = 39
| color1 = cornflowerblue
| label2 = [[Catholicism in the United States|Catholicism]]
| value2 = 19
| color2 = skyblue
| label3 = [[Mormon]]
| value3 = 2
| color3 = lightblue
| label4 = Other Christian
| value4 = 2
| color4 = powderblue
| label10 = [[Irreligion in the United States|Unaffiliated]]
| value10 = 29
| color10 = dimgrey
| label5 = [[Judaism in the United States|Jewish]]
| value5 = 2
| color5 = forestgreen
| label6 = [[Islam in the United States|Muslim]]
| value6 = 1
| color6 = gold
| label7 = [[Buddhism in the United States|Buddhist]]
| value7 = 1
| color7 = darkorange
| label8 = [[Hinduism in the United States|Hindu]]
| value8 = 1
| color8 = firebrick
| label9 = [[Religion in the United States|Other religion]]
| value9 = 3
| color9 = indigo
| label11 = [[participation bias|Refused]]
| value11 = 1
| color11 = black
}}

The table below is based mainly on selected data as reported to the [[United States Census Bureau]]. It only includes the voluntary self-reported membership of religious bodies with 750,000 or more. The definition of a member is determined by each religious body.<ref>Table No. 68. Religious Bodies{{snd}}Selected Data (p. 59), {{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/pop.pdf |title=Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004–2005 (tables 67–69) |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> {{as of|2004|alt=In 2004}}, the US census bureau reported that about 13% of the population did not identify themselves as a member of any religion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/pop.pdf |title=Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004–2005 (tables 67–69) |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>{{clarify |date=June 2010|reason=In the interests of verifiability, this citation should specify more clearly where at the supporting source cited the support for the supported data is found.}}

According to data from Pew Research, Americans are significantly more religious on average than populations in other developed [[Western world|Western]] nations, with 55% of Americans reporting praying daily, compared to only 25% of Canadians, 18% of Australians, 6% of British people, and 22% of Europeans as a whole.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fahmy |first=Dalia |date=2018-07-31 |title=Americans are far more religious than adults in other wealthy nations |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/07/31/americans-are-far-more-religious-than-adults-in-other-wealthy-nations/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US}}</ref> The country has a smaller share of unaffiliated or atheist population than most other Western nations. However, this population has been growing significantly in recent decades. Surveys conducted in 2014 and 2019 by Pew indicated that the percentage of Americans unaffiliated with a religion increased from 16% in 2007 to 23% in 2014 and 26% of the population in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/ |title=America's Changing Religious Landscape |date=May 12, 2015 |series=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |website=Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life |access-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/| title=In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace |date=October 17, 2019 |website=Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life |access-date=October 19, 2019}}</ref> A Pew Research Survey performed in 2012 found that the number of Americans without a religion was approaching the number of Evangelical Protestants, and estimated that if the current growth rate in irreligion continued, around 51% of Americans will not have a religion by 2050.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics on Religion in America Report |url=http://religions.pewforum.org/reports |website=Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life}}</ref> 

According to statistical data made by the [[Pew Research Center]] in 2023 about 62% of the US population is Christian, 29% is Unaffiliated, 2% is Jewish, 1% follows Buddhism, 1% follows Hinduism, 1% follows Islam and 3% follow traditional religions and others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Religious Landscape Study |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US}}</ref> Currently, the United States has the largest Christian population in the world (approximately 210 million) and the largest [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestant Christian]] population (approximately 130 million). The country also has the second largest Jewish community in the world (after Israel) and the largest Buddhist and Hindu communities in the West, as well as the largest number of followers of Islam in North America. The country has about 99 million non-affiliates (only China and Japan have more).

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! Religious body
! Year <br /> reported
! data-sort-type="number" | Places of <br /> worship
! Membership<br />(thousands)
! Clergy
|-style="display:none;"
|!a || 0000 || −9999 || −9999 || −9999
|-
|[[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] || 1999 || no data ||2,500 || 7,741
|-
|[[African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church]] || 2002 || 3,226 || 1,431 || 3,252
|-
|[[American Baptist Association]] || 2009 || 1,600<ref name="aba_stats"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/Denoms/D_1064.asp |title=American Baptist Association – Membership Data |website=Association of Religion Data Archives |access-date=August 1, 2019 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127082832/https://thearda.com/Denoms/D_1064.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 100<ref name="aba_stats"/> || 1,740
|-
|[[Amish|Amish, Old Order]] || 1993 || 898 || 227 || 3,592
|-
|[[American Baptist Churches USA]] || 2017 || 5,057 || 1,146<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Summary-of-Denominational-Statistics-Year-End-2017.pdf |title=Summary of Denominational Statistics |date=2017 |website=American Baptist Churches U.S.A.}}</ref> || 4,145
|-
|[[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]] || 1998 || 220 || 65 || 263
|-
|[[Armenian Apostolic Church]] || 2010 || 153 || 1,000 || 200
|-
|[[Armenian Catholic Church]] || 2010 || || 36 ||
|-
|[[Assemblies of God USA|Assemblies of God]] || 2018 || 13,017<ref name="ag_stats"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ag.org/-/media/AGORG/Downloads/Statistics/Churches/Churches-and-Membership-and-Adherents-and-Ministers-1960-through-2018.pdf |title=AG Churches, Membership, Adherents and Ministers 1960–2018 |website=Assemblies of God USA}}</ref> || 1,857<ref name="ag_stats"/> || 38,199<ref name="ag_stats"/>
|-
|[[Baptist Bible Fellowship International]] || 2010 || 4,000<ref name="BBFI_stats"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/Denoms/D_1096.asp |title=Baptist Bible Fellowship International – Membership Data |website=Association of Religion Data Archives |access-date=October 28, 2019 |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921032207/https://www.thearda.com/Denoms/D_1096.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 1,100<ref name="BBFI_stats"/> || 4,190<ref name="BBFI_stats"/>
|-
|[[Baptist General Conference]] || 1998 || 876 || 141 || no data
|-
|[[Baptist Missionary Association of America]] || 2010 || 1,272<ref name="BMAA2010stats"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/denoms/D_1453.asp |title=Baptist Missionary Association of America – Membership Data |website=Association of Religion Data Archives |access-date=August 23, 2019 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111161538/https://www.thearda.com/denoms/D_1453.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 138<ref name="BMAA2010stats"/> || 1,525
|-
|[[Buddhism]] || 2001 || no data ||1,082 || no data
|-
|[[Christian and Missionary Alliance]], The || 1998 || 1,964 || 346 || 1,629
|-
|Christian Brethren ([[Plymouth Brethren]]) || 1997 || 1,150 || 100 || no data
|-
|[[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] || 2018 || 3,624 || 382<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://juicyecumenism.com/2019/08/20/christian-church-disciples/ |title=Disciples of Christ Claim Distinction of Fastest Declining Church |first=Jeffrey |last=Walton |date=August 20, 2019 |website=Juicy Ecumenism |access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> || 2,066
|-
|[[Christian churches and churches of Christ]] || 1998 || 5,579 || 1,072 || 5,525
|-
|[[Christian Congregation in the United States|Christian Congregation]], Inc., The || 1998 || 1,438 || 117 || 1,436
|-
|[[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]] || 1983 || 2,340 || 719 || no data
|-
|[[Christian Reformed Church in North America]] || 1998 || 733 || 199 || 655
|-
|[[Church of God in Christ]] || 1991 || 15,300 || 5,500 || 28,988
|-
|[[Church of God of Prophecy]] || 1997 || 1,908 || 77 || 2,000
|-
|[[Church of God (Anderson)|Church of God (Anderson, IN)]] || 1998 || 2,353 || 234 || 3,034
|-
|[[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)]] || 1995 || 6,060 || 753 || 3,121
|-
|[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] || 2014 || 14,018 || 6,466 || 38,259
|-
|[[Church of the Brethren]] || 2019 || 978<ref name="brethren_stats">{{cite web |url=https://www.brethren.org/news/2021/denominational-membership-falls-below-100000/ |title=Church of the Brethren denominational membership falls below 100,000 |website=Church of the Brethren Newsline |date=January 27, 2021 |access-date=March 9, 2021}}</ref> || 99<ref name="brethren_stats"/> || 827
|-
|[[Church of the Nazarene]] || 1998 || 5,101 || 627 || 4,598
|-
|[[Churches of Christ]] || 2019 || 11,989<ref name="ChurchesofChristStats"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.21stcc.com/pdfs/ccusa_stats_sheet.pdf |title=Churches Of Christ In The United States – Statistical Summary |website=21st Century Christian |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729184935/https://www.21stcc.com/pdfs/ccusa_stats_sheet.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 1,116<ref name="ChurchesofChristStats"/> || 14,500
|-
|[[Conservative Baptist Association of America]] || 1998 || 1,200 || 200 || no data
|-
|[[Community of Christ]] || 1998 || 1,236 || 140 || 19,319
|-
|[[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox Church]] || 2003 || 200 || 1,000 || 200
|-
|[[Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians]] || 2012 || 383 || 130 || 500
|-
|[[Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] || 1998 || 774 || 87 || 630
|-
|[[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] || 2018 || 6,423<ref name="EpiscopalChurch2018stats">{{cite web |url=https://www.episcopalchurch.org/files/documents/2018_table_of_statistics.pdf |title=Table of Statistics of the Episcopal Church From 2018 Parochial Reports |date=2018 |website=Episcopal Church |access-date=September 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905200634/https://www.episcopalchurch.org/files/documents/2018_table_of_statistics.pdf |archive-date=September 5, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || 1,676<ref name="EpiscopalChurch2018stats"/> || 8,131
|-
|[[Evangelical Covenant Church]], The || 1998 || 628 || 97 || 607
|-
|[[Evangelical Free Church of America]], The || 1995 || 1,224 || 243 || 1,936
|-
|[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] || 2018 || 9,091<ref name="elca2018stats">{{cite web |title=ELCA Facts |url=https://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/ELCA-Facts |website=Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |access-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925063917/http://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/ELCA-Facts |archive-date=September 25, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || 3,363<ref name="elca2018stats"/> || 9,646
|-
|[[Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)|Evangelical Presbyterian Church]] || 1998 || 187 || 145<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://epc.org/about/ |title=About the EPC |website=Evangelical Presbyterian Church}}</ref> || 262
|-
|[[Free Methodist Church]] of North America || 1998 || 990 || 73 || no data
|-
|[[Full Gospel|Full Gospel Fellowship]] || 1999 || 896 || 275 || 2,070
|-
|[[General Association of General Baptists]] || 1997 || 790 || 72 || 1,085
|-
|[[General Association of Regular Baptist Churches]] || 1998 || 1,415 || 102 || no data
|-
|[[U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches]] || 1996 || 368 || 82 || 590
|-
|[[Grace Gospel Fellowship]] || 1992 || 128 || 60 || 160
|-
|[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]] || 2006 || 560<ref name="GOArch_stats"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/denoms/D_862.asp |title=Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America – Membership Data |website=Association of Religion Data Archives |access-date=September 17, 2019 |archive-date=April 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425001329/https://www.thearda.com/Denoms/D_862.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 1,500<ref name="GOArch_stats"/> || 840<ref name="GOArch_stats"/>
|-
|[[Hinduism]] || 2001 || no data ||766 || no data
|-
|[[Independent Fundamental Churches of America]] || 1999 || 659 || 62 || no data
|-
|[[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel]] || 1998 || 1,851 || 238 || 4,900
|-
|[[International Council of Community Churches]] || 1998 || 150 || 250 || 182
|-
|[[International Pentecostal Holiness Church]] || 1998 || 1,716 || 177 || 1507
|-
|[[Islam]] || 2011 || no data ||2,600 || no data
|-
|[[Jainism]] || no data || no data ||50 || no data
|-
|[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] || 2014 || 13,871 || 1,243 || no data
|-
|[[Judaism]] || 2006 || 3,727 || 6,588 || no data
|-
|[[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]], The || 2017 || 6,046<ref name="LCMS2017">{{cite web |url=https://files.lcms.org/wl/?id=0P6YfWqhIvpvei9cTSh0dBsbgoWy78VV |title=Rosters and Statistics |date=November 2018 |website=The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod |access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref> || 1,969<ref name="LCMS2017"/> || 6,055<ref name="LCMS2017"/>
|-
|[[Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric]]|| 2010 || 19 || 50 || no data
|-
|[[Mennonite Church USA]] || 2005 || 943 || 114 || no data
|-
|[[National Association of Congregational Christian Churches]] || 1998 || 416 || 67 || 534
|-
|[[National Association of Free Will Baptists]] || 2007 || 2,369<ref name="NAFWB_stats"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/Denoms/D_1075.asp |title=National Association of Free Will Baptists – Membership Data |website=Association of Religion Data Archives |access-date=September 21, 2019 |archive-date=May 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505165059/http://www.thearda.com/Denoms/D_1075.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 186<ref name="NAFWB_stats"/> || 3,915<ref name="NAFWB_stats"/>
|-
|[[National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.]] || 1987 || 2,500 || 3,500 || 8,000
|-
|[[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.]] || 1992 || 33,000 || 8,200 || 32,832
|-
|[[National Missionary Baptist Convention of America]] || 2004 || 300<ref name="nmbca_stats"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bwanet.org/statistics |title=Statistics |website=Baptist World Alliance |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927141856/http://bwanet.org/statistics |archive-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref> || 400<ref name="nmbca_stats"/> || no data
|-
|[[Orthodox Church in America]] || 2010 || 750<ref name="OCA_stats"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/denoms/D_1413.asp |title=Orthodox Church in America – Membership Data |website=Association of Religion Data Archives |access-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111160254/https://www.thearda.com/denoms/D_1413.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 131<ref name="OCA_stats"/> || 970<ref name="OCA_stats"/>
|-
|[[Pentecostal Assemblies of the World]], Inc. || 1998 || 1,750 || 1,500 || 4,500
|-
|[[Pentecostal Church of God]] || 1998 || 1,237 || 104 || no data
|-
|[[United Pentecostal Church International|Pentecostal Church International, United]] || 2008 || 28,351 || 4,037 || 22,881
|-
|[[Presbyterian Church in America]] || 1997 || 1,340 || 385<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcaac.org/resources/pca-statistics-five-year-summary/ |title=PCA Statistics Five Year Summary |website=PCA Administrative Committee}}</ref> || 1,642
|-
|[[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)]] || 2018 || 9,161<ref name=PCUSA2018>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/oga/pdf/statistics/2018_comparative_summaries_of_statistics.pdf |title=Comparative Summaries of Statistics 2018 |website=Presbyterian Church USA |access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref> || 1,245<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/oga/pdf/2020_comparative_stats.pdf |title=Comparative Summaries of Statistics 2020 |website=Presbyterian Church USA}}</ref> || 19,243<ref name=PCUSA2018/>
|-
|[[Progressive National Baptist Convention]], Inc. || 2017 || 1,200<ref name="nmbca_stats"/> || 1,500<ref name="nmbca_stats"/> || no data
|-
|[[Reformed Church in America]] || 2018 || 902 || 200<ref>{{cite web |url=http://crf.rca.org/public/stats/ |title=Church Statistical Data |website=Reformed Church in America}}</ref> || 915
|-
|[[Religious Society of Friends]] || 1994 || 1,200 || 104 || no data
|-
|[[Roman Catholic Church]] || 2002 || 19,484 || 66,404 || 50,017 (1997)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_139.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031003010516/http://adherents.com/Na/Na_139.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 3, 2003 |title=Catholics |website=Adherents.com |access-date=September 19, 2011}}</ref>
|-
|[[Orthodox Church in America Romanian Episcopate|Romanian Orthodox Episcopate]] || 1996 || 37 || 65 || 37
|-
|[[The Salvation Army|Salvation Army]], The || 1998 || 1,388 || 471 || 2,920
|-
|[[Scientology]] || 2005 || 1,300 || 55<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/pop.pdf |chapter=Section 1. Population |title=Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004–2005 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |page=55 |access-date=June 29, 2008}} (Table No. 67. Self-described religious identification of adult population: 1990 and 2001; data for 2001).</ref>
|| 1
|-
|[[Serbian Orthodox Church]] || 1986 || 68 || 67 || 60
|-
|[[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] || 1998 || 4,405 || 840 || 2,454
|-
|[[Sikhism]]|| 1999 || 244 || 80 || no data
|-
|[[Southern Baptist Convention]] || 2019 || 47,530<ref name="bpnews">{{cite web |url=http://www.bpnews.net/54903/southern-baptist-convention-continues-statistical-decline-floyd-calls-for-rethinking-acp-process |title=Southern Baptist Convention continues statistical decline, Floyd calls for rethinking ACP process |website=Baptist Press |date=June 4, 2020 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> || 14,525<ref name="bpnews"/> || 71,520
|-
|[[Unitarian Universalism]] || 2001 || no data ||629 || no data
|-
|[[United Church of Christ]] || 2016 || 5,000 || 880 || 5,868
|-
|[[United House of Prayer for All People]] || no data || 100 || 25 || no data
|-
|[[United Methodist Church]], The || 2018 || 36,170 || 6,672<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umdata.org/UMFactsHome.aspx |title=UMData |website=umdata.org}}</ref> || no data
|-
|[[Wesleyan Church]], The || 1998 || 1,590 || 120 || 1,806
|-
|[[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] || 2018 || 1,281<ref name="WELS ANUAL REPORT 2019">{{cite web |url=https://wels.net/annualreport/ |title= 2019 WELS Annual Report |website=Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |access-date=July 23, 2019}}</ref> || 359<ref name="WELS ANUAL REPORT 2019"/> || 1,222
|-
|[[Zoroastrianism]] || 2006 || no data || 11 || no data
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|~z || 9999 || 99999999 || 99999999 || 99999999
|}
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<gallery widths="275px" heights="150">
File:Highest percentage against the religious national average in the United States.svg|Religious affiliation within each state that has the largest deviation compared to the national average, 2001
File:Percent Religious in the United States per State 2014.svg|Percentage of state populations that identify with a religion rather than "no religion", 2014
File:Map of US, Religions.svg|Plurality religion by state, 2001. Data is unavailable for Alaska and Hawaii.
</gallery>

According to [[Pew Research Center]] study released in 2018, by 2040, Islam will surpass Judaism to become the second largest religion in the US due to higher immigration and birth rates.<ref name=Islamization1<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/by-2040-islam-will-be-second-largest-religion-in-us-study/story-Cpqh6n33n2KlBFwbswJSvK.html |title=By 2040, Islam will be second largest religion in US: Study |date=January 12, 2018 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>

===Religions of U.S. adults===
{{Main|Religion in the United States}}
The United States government does not collect religious data in its census. The survey below, the [[American Religious Identification Survey]] (ARIS) 2008, was a random digit-dialed telephone [[statistical survey|survey]] of 54,461 American residential households in the [[contiguous United States]]. The 1990 sample size was 113,723; 2001 sample size was 50,281.

Adult respondents were asked the [[open-ended question]], "What is your religion, if any?". Interviewers did not prompt or offer a suggested list of potential answers. The religion of the spouse or partner was also asked. If the initial answer was "Protestant" or "Christian" further questions were asked to probe which particular denomination. About one-third of the sample was asked more detailed demographic questions.

'''Religious Self-Identification of the U.S. Adult Population: 1990, 2001, 2008'''<ref name=ARIS2008 /><br />Figures are not adjusted for refusals to reply; investigators suspect refusals are possibly more representative of "no religion" than any other group.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|+align=bottom | '''Source:ARIS 2008'''<ref name=ARIS2008>{{cite web |url=http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu/weblogs/AmericanReligionSurvey-ARIS/reports/ARIS_Report_2008.pdf |title=American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) 2008 |first1=Barry A. |last1=Kosmin |first2=Ariela |last2=Keysar |year=2009 |website=Trinity College |location=Hartford, Connecticut, USA |access-date=April 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407053149/http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu/weblogs/AmericanReligionSurvey-ARIS/reports/ARIS_Report_2008.pdf |archive-date=April 7, 2009}}</ref>
! Group|| 1990<br />adults<br />× 1,000|| 2001<br />adults<br />× 1,000|| 2008<br />adults<br />× 1,000|| <br />Numerical<br />Change<br />1990–<br />2008<br />as %<br />of 1990|| 1990<br />% of<br />adults|| 2001<br />% of <br />adults|| 2008<br />% of<br />adults|| change<br />in % of<br />total<br />adults<br />1990–<br />2008
|-
| align=left | Adult population, total || 175,440 || 207,983 || 228,182 || 30.1% || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Adult population, Responded || 171,409 || 196,683 || 216,367 || 26.2% || 97.7% || 94.6% || 94.8% || −2.9%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | '''Total Christian''' || 151,225 || 159,514 || 173,402 || 14.7% || 86.2% || 76.7% || 76.0% || −10.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"| '''[[Catholic]]''' || 46,004 || 50,873 || 57,199 || 24.3% || 26.2% || 24.5% || 25.1% || −1.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:5px;"| '''Non-Catholic Christian''' || 105,221 || 108,641 || 116,203 || 10.4% || 60.0% || 52.2% || 50.9% || −9.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Baptist'' || 33,964 || 33,820 || 36,148 || 6.4% || 19.4% || 16.3% || 15.8% || −3.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"| '''[[Mainline Protestant]]''' || 32,784 || 35,788 || 29,375 || −10.4% || 18.7% || 17.2% || 12.9% || −5.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Methodist'' || 14,174 || 14,039 || 11,366 || −19.8% || 8.1% || 6.8% || 5.0% || −3.1%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Lutheran'' || 9,110 || 9,580 || 8,674 || −4.8% || 5.2% || 4.6% || 3.8% || −1.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Presbyterian'' || 4,985 || 5,596 || 4,723 || −5.3% || 2.8% || 2.7% || 2.1% || −0.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Episcopalian/Anglican'' || 3,043 || 3,451 || 2,405 || −21.0% || 1.7% || 1.7% || 1.1% || −0.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''United Church of Christ'' || 438 || 1,378 || 736 || 68.0% || 0.2% || 0.7% || 0.3% || 0.1%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"| '''Christian Generic''' || 25,980 || 22,546 || 32,441 || 24.9% || 14.8% || 10.8% || 14.2% || −0.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Jehovah's Witness'' || 1,381 || 1,331 || 1,914 || 38.6% || 0.8% || 0.6% || 0.8% || 0.1%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Christian Unspecified'' || 8,073 || 14,190 || 16,384 || 102.9% || 4.6% || 6.8% || 7.2% || 2.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Non-denominational Christian'' || 194 || 2,489 || 8,032 || 4040.2% || 0.1% || 1.2% || 3.5% || 3.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Protestant – Unspecified'' || 17,214 || 4,647 || 5,187 || −69.9% || 9.8% || 2.2% || 2.3% || −7.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Evangelical/Born Again'' || 546 || 1,088 || 2,154 || 294.5% || 0.3% || 0.5% || 0.9% || 0.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"| '''Pentecostal/Charismatic''' || 5,647 || 7,831 || 7,948 || 40.7% || 3.2% || 3.8% || 3.5% || 0.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Pentecostal – Unspecified'' || 3,116 || 4,407 || 5,416 || 73.8% || 1.8% || 2.1% || 2.4% || 0.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Assemblies of God'' || 617 || 1,105 || 810 || 31.3% || 0.4% || 0.5% || 0.4% || 0.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Church of God'' || 590 || 943 || 663 || 12.4% || 0.3% || 0.5% || 0.3% || 0.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"| '''Other Protestant Denomination''' || 4,630 || 5,949 || 7,131 || 54.0% || 2.6% || 2.9% || 3.1% || 0.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Seventh-day Adventist'' || 668 || 724 || 938 || 40.4% || 0.4% || 0.3% || 0.4% || 0.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"| '''Churches of Christ''' || 1,769 || 2,593 || 1,921 || 8.6% || 1.0% || 1.2% || 0.8% || −0.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"| '''Mormon/Latter-Day Saints''' || 2,487 || 2,697 || 3,158 || 27.0% || 1.4% || 1.3% || 1.4% || 0.0%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | '''Total non-Christian religions''' || 5,853 || 7,740 || 8,796 || 50.3% || 3.3% || 3.7% || 3.9% || 0.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"| '''Jewish''' || 3,137 || 2,837 || 2,680 || −14.6% || 1.8% || 1.4% || 1.2% || −0.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"| '''Eastern Religions''' || 687 || 2,020 || 1,961 || 185.4% || 0.4% || 1.0% || 0.9% || 0.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:40px;"| ''Buddhist'' || 404 || 1,082 || 1,189 || 194.3% || 0.2% || 0.5% || 0.5% || 0.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"| '''Muslim''' || 527 || 1,104 || 1,349 || 156.0% || 0.3% || 0.5% || 0.6% || 0.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"| '''New Religious Movements & Others''' || 1,296 || 1,770 || 2,804 || 116.4% || 0.7% || 0.9% || 1.2% || 0.5%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | '''None/ No religion, total''' || 14,331 || 29,481 || 34,169 || 138.4% || 8.2% || 14.2% || 15.0% || 6.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"| ''Agnostic+Atheist'' || 1,186 || 1,893 || 3,606 || 204.0% || 0.7% || 0.9% || 1.6% || 0.9%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | '''Did Not Know/ Refused to reply''' || 4,031 || 11,300 || 11,815 || 193.1% || 2.3% || 5.4% || 5.2% || 2.9%
|}

<gallery widths="300px" heights="200">
File:US states by Catholic population.png|States in the United States by [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]] population according to the [[Pew Research Center]] 2014 Religious Landscape Survey.<ref name="Pew 2014 RLS">{{cite web |url=https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/ |title=Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics |website=[[Pew Research Center]] |access-date=October 19, 2019}}</ref> States with Catholic population greater than the United States as a whole are in full red.
File:US states by Evangelical Protestant population.png|States in the United States by [[Evangelicalism in the United States|Evangelical Protestant]] population according to the Pew Research Center 2014 Religious Landscape Survey.<ref name="Pew 2014 RLS" /> States with Evangelical Protestant populations greater than the United States as a whole are in full orange.
</gallery>

<gallery widths="300px" heights="200">
File:US states by Mainline or Black Protestant population.png|States in the United States by [[Mainline Protestant|Mainline]] or [[Black church|Black Protestant]] population according to the [[Pew Research Center]] 2014 Religious Landscape Survey.<ref name="Pew 2014 RLS"/> States with Mainline or Black Protestant population greater than the United States as a whole are in full purple.
File:US states by non-Christian population.png|States in the United States by non-Christian (e.g. [[Irreligion in the United States|Non-religious]], [[American Jews|Jewish]], [[Islam in the United States|Muslim]], [[Hinduism in the United States|Hindu]], [[Buddhism in the United States|Buddhist]]) population according to the [[Pew Research Center]] 2014 Religious Landscape Survey.<ref name="Pew 2014 RLS"/> States with non-Christian populations greater than the United States as a whole are in full blue.
</gallery>

<gallery widths="300px" heights="200">
File:US states by other Christian population.png|States in the United States by non-Protestant and non-Catholic [[Christianity in the United States|Christian]] (e.g. [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Mormon]], [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]]) population according to the [[Pew Research Center]] 2014 Religious Landscape Survey.<ref name="Pew 2014 RLS"/> States with non-Catholic/non-Protestant Christian population greater than the United States as a whole are in full green.
</gallery>

==LGBTQ population==
{{Main|LGBTQ demographics of the United States}}
The 2000 U.S. Census counted [[same-sex couples]] in an oblique way; asking the sex and the relationship to the "main householder", whose sex was also asked. Community Marketing & Insights, an organization specializing in analyzing gay demographic data, reported, based on this count in the 2000 census and in the 2000 supplementary survey, that same-sex couples comprised between 1.0% and 1.1% of U.S. couples in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaydemographics.org/USA/USA.htm |title=2000 Census information on Gay and Lesbian Couples |website=Gay Demographics.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701202424/http://www.gaydemographics.org/USA/USA.htm |archive-date=July 1, 2009}}</ref> A 2006 report issued by The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation concluded that the number of same-sex couples in the U.S. grew from 2000 to 2005, from nearly 600,000 couples in 2000 to almost 777,000 in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gates |first=Gary J. |title=Same-sex Couples and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Population: New Estimates from the American Community Survey |url=https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/SS-Couples-GLB-Pop-Oct-2006.pdf |access-date=4 March 2024 |website=UCLA}}</ref> A 2006 [[UCLA]] study reported that 4.1% of Americans aged 18–45 identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual.<ref name="ACSGates">{{cite web |url=http://www.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/publications/SameSexCouplesandGLBpopACS.pdf |title=Same-sex Couples and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Population: New Estimates from the American Community Survey |first=Gary J. |last=Gates |website=The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, UCLA School of Law |date=October 2006 |access-date=April 20, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702202709/http://www.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/publications/SameSexCouplesandGLBpopACS.pdf |archive-date=July 2, 2007}}</ref>

A 2011 report by the [[Williams Institute]] estimated that nine million adults identify as [[LGBTQ|gay, lesbian, or bisexual]], representing 3.5% of the population over 18.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gates |first1=Gary |title=How many people are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender? |url=https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-How-Many-People-LGBT-Apr-2011.pdf |website=The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law |access-date=24 February 2019}}</ref> A spokesperson said that, until recently, few studies have tried to distinguish people who had occasionally undertaken homosexual behavior or entertained homosexual thoughts, from people who identified as lesbian or gay.<ref>{{cite news |title=Research 4M adults in US identify as gay |url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/04/08/demographer_puts_gay_population_at_4m/ |newspaper=[[Florida Today]] |location=Melbourne, Florida |page=1A |date=March 1, 2011}}</ref><!--hard copy source and soft copy are different, but is the identical article which is nationwide report from same Institute as the previous statement--> (Older estimates have varied depending on methodology and timing; see [[Demographics of sexual orientation]] for a list of studies.)

==Migration==
===Immigration===
{{Main|Immigration to the United States}}

====Foreign-born population====
[[File:1990- Growth in share of population that is foreign-born - by country.svg|upright=1.3|thumb |In recent decades, the U.S. has grown from having 9% (1990) to 15% (2020) of the population being born abroad.<ref name=NYTimes_20240612>{{cite news |last1=Leonhardt |first1=David |title=The Force Shaping Western Politics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/briefing/immigration-european-us-elections.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612124539/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/briefing/immigration-european-us-elections.html |archive-date=12 June 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> The slopes of the tops of the differently-colored columns show the rate of percent increase in foreign-born people living in the respective countries.]]
[[File:Foreign born population percentage in the US.svg|thumb|upright=1.3|Foreign born population percentage in the US over time from 1850 to 2020]]

As of 2017, an estimated 44,525,458 residents of the United States were foreign-born,<ref name="factfinder.census.gov/faces"/> 13.5% of the country's total population. This demographic includes recent as well as longstanding immigrants; statistically Europeans have resided in the US longer than those from other regions with approximately 66% having arrived prior to 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/european-immigrants-united-states |title=European Immigrants in the United States – Immigration Pathways and Naturalization |date=1 August 2018 |first1=Elijah |last1=Alperin |first2=Jeanne |last2=Batalova |website=[[Migration Policy Institute]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+'''Place of birth of the foreign-born population in the United States, 2017'''<ref name="factfinder.census.gov/faces">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_B05006&prodType=table |title=Place Of Birth For The Foreign-Born Population In The United States. Universe: Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea more information. 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates |website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214061134/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_B05006&prodType=table |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! Place of birth!! Estimate !! Percentage of total foreign-born people
|-style="background-color:#B2C6FF;text-align:left"
| [[Americas]]||23,241,959||52.2%
|-
| [[Caribbean]]||4,414,943||9.9%
|-
| > [[Cuba]]||1,311,803||3.0%
|-
| > [[Dominican Republic]]||1,162,568||2.6%
|-
| [[Central America]] (including Mexico)||14,796,926||33.2%
|-
| > [[Mexico]]||11,269,913||25.3%
|-
| > [[El Salvador]]||1,401,832||3.2%
|-
| [[South America]]||3,213,187||7.2%
|-
| [[Canada]]||809,267||1.8%
|-style="background-color:#B2C6FF;text-align:left"
| [[Europe]]||4,818,662||10.8%
|-
| [[Northern Europe]]||941,796||2.1%
|-
| [[Western Europe]]||949,591||2.1%
|-
| [[Southern Europe]]||761,390||1.7%
|-
| [[Eastern Europe]]||2,153,855||4.8%
|-style="background-color:#B2C6FF;text-align:left"
| [[Asia]]||13,907,844||31.2%
|-
| [[Eastern Asia]]||4,267,303||9.6%
|-
| > [[China]]||2,639,365||5.9%
|-
| > [[Korea]]||1,064,960||2.4%
|-
| South Central Asia||4,113,013||9.2%
|-
| > [[India]]||2,348,687||5.3%
|-
| [[South Eastern Asia]]||4,318,647||9.8%
|-
| > [[Philippines]]||1,945,345||4.4%
|-
| > [[Vietnam]]||1,314,927||3.0%
|-
| [[Western Asia]]||1,159,835||2.6%
|-style="background-color:#B2C6FF;text-align:left"
| [[Africa]]||2,293,028||5.2%
|-
| [[Eastern Africa]]||693,784||1.6%
|-
| [[Middle Africa]]||163,364||0.4%
|-
| [[Northern Africa]]||359,559||0.8%
|-
| [[Southern Africa]]||116,297||0.2%
|-
| [[Western Africa]]||837,290||1.9%
|-style="background-color:#B2C6FF;text-align:left"
| [[Oceania]]||263,965||0.6%
|-
| [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] Subregion||123,080||0.3%
|-
|}

====Immigration (2023)====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; float:right;"
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#B22234; color:white;" align=center|'''Immigrants in the {{flagdeco|USA}} [[United States|{{color|#FFFFFF|United States}}]]'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Immigrant and Emigrant Populations |date=10 February 2014 |url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country-origin-and-destination |publisher=Migration Policy Institute |access-date=24 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#FFFFFF"|Country
!scope="col" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#FFFFFF"|Immigrants
|-
| {{flag|Mexico}} || 10,918,205
|-
| {{flag|India}} || 2,910,042
|-
| {{flag|China}} || 2,193,250
|-
| {{flag|Philippines}} || 2,051,900
|-
| {{flag|El Salvador}} || 1,494,869
|-
| {{flag|Cuba}} || 1,450,808
|-
| {{flag|Vietnam}} || 1,365,841
|-
| {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || 1,265,231
|-
| {{flag|Guatemala}} || 1,250,053
|-
| {{flag|Colombia}} || 1,049,821
|}
In 2017, out of the U.S. foreign-born population, some 45% (20.7 million) were naturalized citizens, 27% (12.3 million) were lawful permanent residents (including many eligible to become citizens), 6% (2.2 million) were temporary lawful residents, and 23% (10.5 million) were unauthorized immigrants.<ref name="KeyFindings">{{cite web |title=Key findings about U.S. immigrants |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/17/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/ |date=June 17, 2019 |website=Pew Research Center |first=Jynnah |last=Radford}}</ref> Among current living immigrants to the U.S., the top five countries of birth are Mexico (25% of immigrants), China (6%), India (6%), the Philippines (5%) and [[El Salvador]] (3%). Some 13% of current living immigrants come from Europe and Canada, and 10% from the Caribbean.<ref name= "KeyFindings" /> Among new arrivals, Asian immigrants have been more numerous than Hispanic immigrants since 2010; in 2017, 37.4% of immigrant arrivals were Asian, and 26.6% were Hispanic.<ref name="KeyFindings" /> Until 2017 and 2018, the United States led the world in [[refugee resettlement]] for decades, admitting more refugees than the rest of the world combined.<ref name="PewRefugees">{{cite web |title=Key facts about refugees to the U.S. |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/07/key-facts-about-refugees-to-the-u-s/ |first=Jens Manuel |last=Krogstad |date=October 7, 2019 |website=Pew Research Center}}</ref> From fiscal year 1980 until 2017, 55% of refugees came from Asia, 27% from Europe, 13% from Africa, and 4% from Latin America, fleeing war and persecution.<ref name="PewRefugees" />
* Net migration rate (2024): 3 migrants/1,000 population.<ref name="CIA"/> Country comparison to the world: 38th<ref name="CIA"/>
* Net migration rate* (2020-2021): 0.73 migrants/1,000 population.<ref>{{Cite web   |title=New Population Estimates Show COVID-19 Pandemic Significantly Disrupted Migration Across Borders |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/12/net-international-migration-at-lowest-levels-in-decades.html |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>
<nowiki>*</nowiki>(mid-year estimates)

As of 2017, 13.6% (44.4 million) of the population was foreign-born – an increase from 4.7% in 1970 but less than the 1890 record of 14.8%. Some 45% of the foreign-born population were naturalized US citizens. Around 23% (10.3 million) of the foreign-born community is [[Undocumented immigrants in the United States|undocumented]], accounting for 3.2% of the total population.<ref name="KeyFindings"/> According to the 2010 census, Latin America and the Caribbean is the largest region-of-birth group, accounting for 53% of the foreign-born population. As of 2018, this region is still the largest source of immigrants to the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf |title=Largest region-of-birth group of immigrants in US |website=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=October 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209224630/http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~gstudies/latin/curriculum/intro.htm |title=Introduction: Immigration from Latin America and Caribbean |website=Harvard University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228231041/https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~gstudies/latin/curriculum/intro.htm |archive-date=2019-02-28}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web |date=January 6, 2022 |title=Table 3. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Years 2018 to 2020 |url=https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2020 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics |publisher=Department of Homeland Security}}</ref> In 2018, there were almost 90 million immigrants and U.S. born children of immigrants ([[Second-generation immigrants in the United States|second-generation]] Americans) in the United States, accounting for 28% of the overall U.S. population.<ref>{{cite news |title=Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States |url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states |work=[[Migration Policy Institute]] |date=March 14, 2019}}</ref> In 2018, 1,096,611 immigrants were granted either permanent or temporary legal residence in the United States<ref>{{cite web |title=Table 1. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status: Fiscal Years 1820 to 2018 |url=https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2018/table1 |website=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=12 January 2020 |date=December 19, 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Inflow of New Legal Permanent Residents, Top 15 Sending Countries, 2021<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Yearbook 2021 {{!}} Homeland Security |url=https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2021 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=www.dhs.gov}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" style="width:200px;"|Country
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| 2021
|-
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 107,230
|-
| {{flag|India}}
| 93,450
|-
| {{flag|China}}
| 49,847
|-
| {{flag|Philippines}}
| 27,511
|-
| {{flag|Dominican Republic}}
| 24,553
|-
| {{flag|Cuba}}
| 23,077
|-
| {{flag|El Salvador}}
| 18,668
|-
| {{flag|Brazil}}
| 18,351
|-
| {{flag|Vietnam}}
| 16,312
|-
| {{flag|Colombia}}
| 15,293
|-
| {{flag|Venezuela}}
|14,412
|-
| {{flag|Jamaica}}
|13,357
|-
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
|13,100
|-
| {{flag|South Korea}}
|12,351
|-
| {{flag|Haiti}}
|11,456
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Inflow of New Legal Permanent Residents by Region, 2021<ref name=":0" />
|-
! scope="col" style="width:120px;"|Region
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| 2021
|-
| Americas
| 311,806
|-
| Asia
| 295,306
|-
| Africa
| 66,211
|-
| Europe
| 61,521
|-
| Oceania
| 4,147
|-
| Not Specified
| 1,011
|-
| Total
| 707,362
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Type and Major Class of Admission<ref>{{cite web |date=December 19, 2019 |title=Table 6. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Type and Major Class of Admission: Fiscal Years 2018 to 2020 |url=https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2020/table6 |access-date=7 February 2022 |website=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics|publisher=Department of Homeland Security}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" style="width:120px;"|Class of Admission (Adjustments of Status and New Arrivals)
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|2021
|-
| Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens
| 385,396
|-
| Family-sponsored preferences
| 65,690
|-
| Employment-based preferences
| 193,338
|-
| Diversity
| 15,145
|-
| Refugees
| 35,847
|-
| Asylees
| 20,550
|-
| Parolees
| 13
|-
| Children born abroad to alien residents
| 75
|-
| Certain Iraqis and Afghans employed by U.S. Government and their spouses and children
| 8,303
|-
| Cancellation of removal
| 5,017
|-
| Victims of human trafficking
| 942
|-
| Victims of crimes and their spouses and children
| 9,257
|-
| Other
| 429
|}

===Emigration and Expatriation===
{{further|Emigration from the United States}}
As of April 2015, the U.S. State Department estimated that 8.7 million American citizens live overseas. Americans living abroad are not counted in the U.S. Census unless they are federal government employees or dependents of a federal employee.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.americansabroad.org/how-are-we-counted/ |title=How Are We Counted? |website=[[American Citizens Abroad]] |date=April 2017 |access-date=22 September 2019|quote=The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) estimates that there are 4.5 million to 6.5 million overseas Americans while the State Department's most recent calculation (April 2015) of US citizens living overseas is 8.7 million{...}US citizens living outside the US who are not employed by the US Government, including dependents living with them – Not counted in the census.}}</ref> A 2010 paper estimated the number of civilian Americans living abroad to be around 4 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/files/counting%20american%20civilians%20abroad.pdf |title=These are our Numbers: Civilian Americans Overseas and Voter Turnout |first=Claire M. |last=Smith |website=[[Overseas Vote Foundation]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024051944/https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/files/counting%20american%20civilians%20abroad.pdf |archive-date=October 24, 2013}} (Originally published in ''OVF Research Newsletter'', vol. 2, issue 4, August 2010).</ref> So-called "[[accidental American]]s" are citizens of a country other than the United States who may [[Multiple citizenship|also be considered U.S. citizens]] or be eligible for [[American citizenship|U.S. citizenship]] under [[American nationality law|specific laws]] but are not aware of having such status (or became aware of it only recently).<ref name="TrowBruce2007">{{cite journal |url=http://www.abil.com/articles/TAX%20-%20U.S.%20Citizens%20%28Trow%29.pdf |first1=Steve |last1=Trow |first2=Charles |last2=Bruce |title=U.S. Citizens Who Don't Know It |journal=Legal Times |volume=30 |issue=13 |date=2007-03-26 |access-date=2014-11-03 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225193424/http://www.abil.com/articles/TAX%20-%20U.S.%20Citizens%20(Trow).pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As of 2022, 1.6 million Americans live in [[Mexico]], according to the State Department.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/more-americans-living-mexico-effects-locals-rents-rcna56662 |title=More Americans are living and working in Mexico. Where does that leave the locals? |website=[[NBC News]] website |author=Jaylinn Herrera|date=November 12, 2022}}</ref>

==Economics==
{{see also|Economy of the United States}}

===Income===
{{Main|Household income in the United States|Personal income in the United States|Affluence in the United States|Income inequality in the United States}}
In 2020, the [[median household income]] in the United States was around $67,521, 2.9 percent less than the 2019 median of $69,560.<ref>{{Cite web   |title=Income and Poverty in the United States: 2020 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2021/demo/p60-273.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> Household and personal income depends on variables such as race, number of [[income earner]]s, educational attainment and marital status.

{{Income in the US}}
<gallery widths="300px" heights="200">
File:US counties by percentage BAs.png|Counties in the United States by the percentage of the over 25-year-old population with [[bachelor's degree]]s according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates.<ref name="S1501 ACS 2013–17 5Y Estimate">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_S1501&prodType=table |title=S1501 – Educational Attainment |website=[[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190122055625/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_S1501&prodType=table |archive-date=January 22, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Counties with higher percentages of bachelor's degrees than the United States as a whole are in full orange.
File:US states by percentage BAs.png|States in the United States by the percentage of the over 25-year-old population with bachelor's degrees according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates.<ref name="S1501 ACS 2013–17 5Y Estimate" /> States with higher percentages of bachelor's degrees than the United States as a whole are in full orange.
</gallery>
<gallery widths="300px" heights="200">
File:US counties by per capita income.png|Counties in the United States by per capita income according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates.<ref name="DP03 ACS 2013–17 5Y Estimate">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_DP03&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214010758/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_DP03&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |title=DP03 – Selected Economic Characteristics |website=[[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=October 17, 2019}}</ref> Counties with per capita incomes higher than the United States as a whole are in full green.
File:US states by per capita income.png|States in the United States by per capita income according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates.<ref name="DP03 ACS 2013–17 5Y Estimate" /> States with per capita incomes higher than the United States as a whole are in full green.
</gallery>
<gallery widths="300px" heights="200">
File:US counties by median nonfamily income.png|Counties in the United States by median nonfamily household income according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates.<ref name="DP03 ACS 2013–17 5Y Estimate" /> Counties with median nonfamily household incomes higher than the United States as a whole are in full green.
File:US states by median nonfamily income.png|States in the United States by median nonfamily household income according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates.<ref name="DP03 ACS 2013–17 5Y Estimate" /> States with median nonfamily household incomes higher than the United States as a whole are in full green.
</gallery>
<gallery widths="300px" heights="200">
File:US counties by median family income.png|Counties in the United States by median family household income according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates.<ref name="DP03 ACS 2013–17 5Y Estimate" /> Counties with median family household incomes higher than the United States as a whole are in full green.
File:US states by median family income.png|States in the United States by median family household income according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates.<ref name="DP03 ACS 2013–17 5Y Estimate" /> States with median family household incomes higher than the United States as a whole are in full green.
</gallery>

===Economic class===
{{Main|Social class in the United States}}{{See also|List of United States counties by per capita income}}
Social classes in the United States lack distinct boundaries and may overlap. Even their existence (when distinguished from economic strata) is controversial. The following table provides a summary of some prominent academic theories on the stratification of American society:
{{Social class in the US}}

===Unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)===
[[File:US unemployment by state.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|U.S. unemployment by state in December 2015 (official, or U3 rate)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm |title=Current Unemployment Rates for States and Historical Highs/Lows |website=U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}}</ref>{{colbegin|colwidth=7em}}{{legend|#f4d7d7|<3.0%}}{{legend|#e9afaf|<3.5%}}{{legend|#de8787|<4.0%}}{{legend|#d35f5f|<4.5%}}{{legend|#c83737|<5.0%}}{{legend|#a02c2c|<5.5%}}{{legend|#782121|<6.0%}}{{legend|#501616|<6.5%}}{{legend|#280b0b|≥6.5%}}{{colend}}]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+ U.S. Unemployment Rate by Year (U3 Rate)
! Year !! Unemployment Rate  
|-
| {{as of|2020|7}} ||<span style="color: #FF0000; text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #000000;">10.2%</span>
|-
| {{as of|2019|7}} ||<span style="color: #32CD32; text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #000000;">3.7%</span>  
|-
| {{as of|2018|7}} || 3.7%  
|-
| {{as of|2017|7}} || 4.3% <ref name="situation"/>  
|-
| {{as of|2016|7}} || 4.9% <ref name="situation">{{cite web |url=http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000 |title=Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate |website=U.S. Dept. of Labor |access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref>  
|-
| {{as of|2015|7}} || 5.3% <ref name="situation-2015">{{cite web |url=http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm |title=Employment Situation Summary |website=U.S. Dept. of Labor |date=July 2, 2015 |access-date=December 26, 2015}}</ref>  
|-
| {{as of|2014|7}} || 6.2% <ref name="situation"/>  
|}

The [[Unemployment#United States Bureau of Labor statistics|U6]] unemployment rate {{as of|2017|4|lc=y}} was 8.6 percent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm |title=Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization |website=U.S. Bureau of Labor |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> The U6 unemployment rate counts not only people without work seeking full-time employment (the more familiar U3 rate), but also counts "marginally attached workers and those working part-time for economic reasons." Some of these part-time workers counted as employed by U6 could be working as little as an hour a week. And the "marginally attached workers" include those who have become discouraged and stopped looking, but still want to work. The age considered for this calculation is 16 years and over.

Urban Americans have more job opportunities than those in more rural areas. From 2008 to 2018, 72% of the nation's employment growth occurred in cities with more than one million residents, which account for 56% of the overall population.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1146/annurev-polisci-050718-033649|doi-access=free |title=Economic Geography, Politics, and Policy|year=2020 |last1=Rickard |first1=Stephanie J.|journal=Annual Review of Political Science|volume=23|pages=187–202}}</ref>

==Generational cohorts==
A definitive recent study of US generational cohorts was done by Schuman and Scott (2012) in which a broad sample of adults of all ages was asked, "What world events are especially important to you?"<ref>Schuman, H. and Scott, J. (1989), Generations and collective memories, ''American Sociological Review'', vol. 54, 1989, pp. 359–81.</ref> They found that 33 events were mentioned with great frequency. When the ages of the respondents were correlated with the expressed importance rankings, seven (some put 8 or 9) distinct cohorts became evident.

Today the following descriptors are frequently used for these cohorts:
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Generational Cohorts
! Generation !! Birth Years !! Notes !! Citation
|-
| [[Lost Generation]] || c. 1883 – 1900 || Came of age during World War I; known for disillusionment and questioning of [[Traditionalist conservatism|traditional values]]. || <ref>Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Lost Generation." Encyclopedia Britannica, December 9, 2024. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lost-Generation.</ref>
|-
| [[Greatest Generation]] || c. 1901 – 1927 || Also called the "Depression cohort"; fought in World War II. || <ref>{{cite web |last=Frommer |first=Fred |title=Greatest Generation |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica |date=May 30, 2024 |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Greatest-Generation |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[Silent Generation]] || c. 1928 – 1945 || Grew up during the [[Great Depression]] and World War II; includes most who fought in the [[Korean War]]. || <ref>{{cite web |last=Wallenfeldt |first=Jeff |title=Silent Generation |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica |date=October 9, 2024 |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Silent-Generation |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[Baby boomers]] || 1946 – 1964 || The large generation of children born after World War II to the Greatest and Silent Generations; also called "boomers". || <ref>{{cite web |last=Bump |first=P. |title=baby boomer |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica |date=January 18, 2025 |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/baby-boomers |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[Generation X]] || c. 1965 – 1980 || Sometimes called the "baby bust" generation due to declining birth rates after the [[baby boom]]. || <ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C2WmSCOBR2IC&dq=%22Generation+X%22+%22baby+bust%22&pg=PA307 |editor-last=Jackson |editor-first=Ronald L. II |date=2010 |title=Encyclopedia of Identity, Volume 1 |page=307 |publisher=Sage Publications |isbn=978-1-4129-5153-1}}</ref>
|-
| [[Millennials]] || c. 1981 – 1996 || Also known as "Generation Y". || <ref>{{cite web |author=Alicja Zelazko |title=Millennial |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica |date=February 2, 2025 |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/millennial |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[Generation Z]] || c. 1997 – 2012 || Also called "zoomers", "iGeneration," or "digital natives". || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Generation-Z |title=Generation Z |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[Generation Alpha]] || Early 2010s – mid-2020s || First generation fully raised in a digital world; children of millennials. || <ref>{{cite web |title=Understanding Generation Alpha |url=https://mccrindle.com.au/article/topic/generation-alpha/generation-alpha-defined/ |website=McCrindle Research |date=6 July 2022 |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
|}

===U.S. demographic birth cohorts===<!-- This section is linked from [[Generation X]] -->
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 | x= 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
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 | y1= <!-- 1935–1950 --> 18.7, 18.4, 18.7, 19.2, 18.8, 19.4, 20.3, 22.2, 22.8, 21.2, 20.4, 24.1, 26.6, 24.9, 24.5, 24.1,<!-- 1951–1970 --> 24.8, 25.0, 25.2, 24.8, 25.0, 25.1, 25.3, 24.4, 24.0, 23.7, 23.3, 22.4, 21.7, 21.1, 19.4, 18.4, 17.8, 17.6, 17.9, 18.4,<!-- 1971–1990 --> 17.2, 15.6, 14.8, 14.8, 14.6, 14.6, 15.1, 15.0, 15.6, 15.9, 15.8, 15.9, 15.6, 15.6, 15.8, 15.6, 15.7, 16.0, 16.4, 16.7, <!-- 1991–2010 --> 16.2, 15.8, 15.4, 15.0, 14.6, 14.4, 14.2, 14.3, 14.2, 14.4, 14.1, 14.0, 14.1, 14.0, 14.0, 14.3, 14.3, 14.0, 13.5, 13.0, <!-- 2011–2030 --> 12.7, 12.6, 12.4, 12.5, 12.4, 12.2, 11.8, 11.6, 11.4, 10.9, 11.0
 | y1Title=Crude birth rate
 | y2= <!-- 1935–1950 --> 10.9, 11.5, 11.2, 10.6, 10.6, 10.8, 10.5, 10.3, 10.7, 10.2, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 9.8, 9.7, 9.6, <!-- 1951–1970 --> 9.6, 9.6, 9.1, 9.3, 9.3, 9.3, 9.5, 9.5, 9.4, 9.5, 9.3, 9.5, 9.6, 9.4, 9.5, 9.5, 9.4, 9.7, 9.5, 9.4, <!-- 1971–1990 --> 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.1, 8.8, 8.8, 8.6, 8.7, 8.5, 8.8, 8.6, 8.5, 8.6, 8.6, 8.8, 8.8, 8.8, 8.9, 8.7, 8.6, <!-- 1991–2010 --> 8.6, 8.5, 8.7, 8.7, 8.7, 8.6, 8.5, 8.5, 8.6, 8.5, 8.5, 8.5, 8.4, 8.2, 8.3, 8.1, 8.0, 8.1, 7.9, 8.0, <!-- 2011–2030 --> 8.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.7, 8.7, 8.7, 10.2, 10.4
 | y2Title=Crude death rate
 | y3= <!-- 1935–1950 --> 7.7, 6.8, 7.5, 8.6, 8.2, 8.6, 9.8, 11.9, 12.1, 11.0, 10.4, 14.1, 16.6, 15.1, 14.8, 14.5,<!-- 1951–1970 --> 15.2, 15.4, 16.1, 15.5, 14.3, 15.8, 15.8, 14.9, 14.7, 14.1, 14.0, 12.9, 12.1, 11.7, 9.9, 8.9, 8.4, 7.9, 8.4, 9.0,<!-- 1971–1990 --> 7.9, 6.2, 5.3, 5.7, 5.8, 5.8, 6.5, 6.3, 7.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 6.9, 6.9, 7.0, 6.9, 7.0, 7.9, 7.7, 8.1, <!-- 1991–2010 --> 7.7, 7.4, 6.7, 6.4, 6.0, 5.9, 5.7, 5.8, 5.6, 5.9, 5.6, 5.5, 5.5, 5.9, 5.7, 6.2, 6.3, 5.9, 5.6, 5.0, <!-- 2011–2030 --> 4.6, 4.5, 4.2, 4.3, 4.0, 3.7, 3.1, 2.9, 2.7, 0.7, 0.6
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Subdivided groups are present when peak boom years or inverted peak bust years are present, and may be represented by a [[Normal distribution|normal]] or [[inverted bell curve|inverted bell]]-shaped curve (rather than a straight curve). The boom subdivided cohorts may be considered as "pre-peak" (including peak year) and "post-peak". The year 1957 was the baby boom peak with 4.3 million births and 122.7 fertility rate. Although post-peak births (such as trailing edge boomers) are in decline, and sometimes referred to as a "bust", there are still a ''relatively'' large number of births. The dearth-in-birth bust cohorts include those up to the valley birth year, and those including and beyond, leading up to the subsequent normal birth rate. The baby boom began around 1943 to 1946.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/baby-boomers-1 | title=Baby Boomers - Year Range, Definition & Facts | date=June 7, 2019 }}</ref>

From the decline in U.S. birth rates starting in 1958 and the introduction of the [[combined oral contraceptive pill|birth control pill]] in 1960, the Baby Boomer normal distribution curve is [[Skewness|negatively skewed]]. The trend in birth rates from 1958 to 1961 show a tendency to end late in the decade at approximately 1969, thus returning to pre-WWII levels, with 12 years of rising and 12 years of declining birth rates. Pre-war birth rates were defined as anywhere between 1939 and 1941 by demographers such as the Taeuber's, Philip M. Hauser and [[William Fielding Ogburn]].<ref name="Tuttle1993">{{cite book |last=Tuttle |first=William M. |title="Daddy's Gone to War": The Second World War in the Lives of America's Children |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CjgLHG82ZXUC&pg=PA25 |access-date=March 17, 2014|year= 1993 |isbn=978-0-195096491|page=25|publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref>

==Mobility==
In 2021, 27.1 million Americans said they were living in a different place than a year before, compared to 29.8 million in 2020. This reflects an 8.4% mover rate, the lowest recorded in more than 70 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census Bureau Releases 2021 CPS ASEC Geographic Mobility Data |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/cps-asec-geographic-mobility.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref><!--softcopy "pretty much" resembles original hard copy which is quoted here. But it is not identical. -->

==Education==
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{{further|Educational attainment in the United States}}

==See also==
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* [[Aging of the United States]]
* [[Demographic history of the United States]]
** [[Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States]]
** [[Emigration from the United States]]
* [[History of public health in the United States ]]
* ''[[Historical Statistics of the United States]]'', the book
* [[Languages of the United States]]
* [[Maps of American ancestries]]
* [[Places in the United States with notable demographic characteristics]]

===Lists===
* [[List of metropolitan areas in the Americas]]
* [[List of U.S. states and territories by fertility rate]]
* [[List of U.S. states and territories by population]]
* [[List of U.S. states and territories by race/ethnicity]]
* [[List of U.S. states by socioeconomic factors]]
* [[Lists of U.S. cities with non-white majority populations]]

====Income====
* [[Affluence in the United States]]
* [[Household income in the United States]]
* [[List of highest-income counties in the United States]]
* [[List of lowest-income counties in the United States]]
* [[Personal income in the United States]]

====Population====
* [[List of metropolitan statistical areas]]
* [[List of United States counties and county equivalents]]
* [[Office of Management and Budget]]
** [[Statistical area (United States)]] 
***[[Combined statistical area]] ([[List of combined statistical areas|list]])
***[[Core-based statistical area]] ([[List of core-based statistical areas|list]])
****[[Metropolitan statistical area]] ([[List of metropolitan statistical areas|list]])
****[[Micropolitan statistical area]] ([[List of micropolitan statistical areas|list]])
* [[United States urban area]] ([[List of United States urban areas|list]])

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [https://www.census.gov/ United States Census Bureau]
* [http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map New York Times: "Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census"]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080421034031/http://www.beliefnet.com/politics/religiousaffiliation.html 2000 Census of Population and Housing United States], [[U.S. Census Bureau]]
* [http://www.asian-nation.org/demographics.shtml Asian-Nation: Demographics of Asian American /2006-07-04-us-population_x.htm?csp=34 Countdown to 300 million]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080421034031/http://www.beliefnet.com/politics/religiousaffiliation.html#search=%22ancestry%20census.gov%22 Census Ancestry Map]
* [https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/countymap.htm USA Today 2004 Election County by County Map]
* [http://www.google.com/publicdata/overview?ds=kf7tgg1uo9ude_ Google – public data] "Population in the U.S.A."

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