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USA Quick Facts from U.S. Census Bureau

People QuickFacts
USA
Population, 2005 estimate
296,410,404
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005
5.3%
Population, 2000
281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005
6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005
24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005
12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2005
50.7%

White persons, percent, 2005 (a)
80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)
12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)
1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)
4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)
0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005
1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)
14.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005
66.9%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000
80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000
49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
25.5

Housing units, 2005
124,521,886
Homeownership rate, 2000
66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000
26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
$119,600

Households, 2000
105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000
2.59
Median household income, 2003
$43,318
Per capita money income, 1999
$21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003
12.5%
Business QuickFacts
USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004
7,387,724
Private nonfarm employment, 2004
115,074,924
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004
0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2004
19,523,741

Total number of firms, 2002
22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002
5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002
0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002
4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002
0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002
6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002
28.2%

Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)
3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)
4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002
$10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)
449,498,718
Building permits, 2005
2,155,316
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)
2,143,781,7271
Geography QuickFacts
USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles)
3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000
79.6
1: Includes data not distributed by state.
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms
Data Quality StatementWhat do you think of QuickFacts?Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report Last Revised: Friday, 23-Mar-2007 11:09:01 EDT