DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE

United States of America Profile

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

$13.84 trillion (2007 est.)

GDP real growth rate

2.2% (2007 est.)

GDP per capita

$45,800 (2007 est.)

Population

303,824,640 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 20.1% (male 31,257,108/female 29,889,645)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 101,825,901/female 102,161,823)
65 years and over: 12.7% (male 16,263,255/female 22,426,914) (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

0.883% (2008 est.)

Labor Force

153.1 million (includes unemployed) (2007 est.)

Labor Force- by Occupation

farming, forestry, and fishing 0.6%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.6%, managerial, professional, and technical 35.5%, sales and office 24.8%, other services 16.5%
note: figures exclude the unemployed (2007)

Birth rate

14.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

8.27 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

2.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.9375 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 78.14 years
male: 75.29 years
female: 81.13 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.1 children born/woman (2008 est.)

Ethnic groups

81.7% White
12.9% Black
4.2% Asian
1% Amerindian and Alaska native
0.2% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander (2003 est.)
note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.)

Religions

52% Protestant
24% Roman Catholic
2% Mormon
1% Jewish
1% Muslim
10% other
10% none (2002 est.)

Languages

82.1% English
10.7% Spanish
3.8% other Indo-European
2.7% Asian and Pacific island
0.7% other (2000 census)
note: Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii

Literacy
(definition: age 15 and over can read and write)

total population: 99.9%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Sources: CIA World Fact Book.

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)	$13.84 trillion (2007 est.)
GDP real growth rate	2.2% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita	$45,800 (2007 est.)
Population	303,824,640 (July 2008 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 20.1% (male 31,257,108/female 29,889,645) 15-64 years: 67.1% (male 101,825,901/female 102,161,823) 65 years and over: 12.7% (male 16,263,255/female 22,426,914) (2008 est.)
Population growth rate	0.883% (2008 est.)
Labor Force	153.1 million (includes unemployed) (2007 est.)
Labor Force- by Occupation	farming, forestry, and fishing 0.6%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.6%, managerial, professional, and technical 35.5%, sales and office 24.8%, other services 16.5% note: figures exclude the unemployed (2007)
Birth rate	14.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate	8.27 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate	2.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.9375 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 78.14 years male: 75.29 years female: 81.13 years (2008 est.)
Total fertility rate	2.1 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Ethnic groups	81.7% White 12.9% Black 4.2% Asian 1% Amerindian and Alaska native 0.2% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander (2003 est.) note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.)
Religions	52% Protestant 24% Roman Catholic 2% Mormon 1% Jewish 1% Muslim 10% other 10% none (2002 est.)
Languages	82.1% English 10.7% Spanish 3.8% other Indo-European 2.7% Asian and Pacific island 0.7% other (2000 census) note: Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii
Literacy (definition: age 15 and over can read and write)	total population: 99.9% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)