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UNITED STATES
Population estimates, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 323,127,513
People
Population
Population estimates, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 323,127,513
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2016) 308,758,105
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2016, (V2016) 4.7%
Population, Census, April 1, 2010 308,745,538
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 6.2%
Persons under 5 years, percent, April 1, 2010 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 22.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, April 1, 2010 24.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 15.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, April 1, 2010 13.0%
Female persons, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 50.8%
Female persons, percent, April 1, 2010 50.8%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 76.9%
White alone, percent, April 1, 2010(a) 72.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 13.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, April 1, 2010(a) 12.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, April 1, 2010(a) 0.9%
Asian alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 5.7%
Asian alone, percent, April 1, 2010(a) 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, April 1, 2010(a) 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 2.6%
Two or More Races, percent, April 1, 2010 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(b) 17.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, April 1, 2010(b) 16.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 61.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, April 1, 2010 63.7%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2011-2015 20,108,332
Foreign born persons, percent, 2011-2015 13.2%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 135,697,926
Housing units, April 1, 2010 131,704,730
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2011-2015 63.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2011-2015 $178,600
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2011-2015 $1,492
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2011-2015 $458
Median gross rent, 2011-2015 $928
Building permits, 2016 1,206,642
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2011-2015 116,926,305
Persons per household, 2011-2015 2.64
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2011-2015 85.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2011-2015 21.0%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2011-2015 86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2011-2015 29.8%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2011-2015 8.6%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent
10.5%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2011-2015 63.3%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2011-2015 58.5%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 708,138,598
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 2,040,441,203
Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 5,696,729,632
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 5,208,023,478
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 4,219,821,871
Total retail sales per capita, 2012(c) $13,443
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2011-2015 25.9
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2015 dollars), 2011-2015 $53,889
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2015 dollars), 2011-2015 $28,930
Persons in poverty, percent
13.5%
Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2015 7,663,938
Total employment, 2015 124,085,947
Total annual payroll, 2015 ($1,000) 6,253,488,252
Total employment, percent change, 2014-2015 2.5%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2015 24,331,403
All firms, 2012 27,626,360
Men-owned firms, 2012 14,844,597
Women-owned firms, 2012 9,878,397
Minority-owned firms, 2012 7,952,386
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012 18,987,918
Veteran-owned firms, 2012 2,521,682
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012 24,070,685
Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2010 87.4
Land area in square miles, 2010 3,531,905.43
FIPS Code 00
Value Notes

    This geographic level of poverty and health estimates are not comparable to other geographic levels of these estimates

    Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. Click the Quick Info icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error.

    The vintage year (e.g., V2016) refers to the final year of the series (2010 thru 2016). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.

    Fact Notes
    • (a)Includes persons reporting only one race
    • (b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories
    • (c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
    Value Flags
    • DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
    • FFewer than 25 firms
    • FNFootnote on this item in place of data
    • NANot available
    • SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
    • XNot applicable
    • ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
    • -Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.

    QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area SHealth Insurance Estimates, 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.