Demographics of the United States
The United States is the most populous country in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere, with a projected population of 342,034,432 on July 1, 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. With about 4% of the world's population, it is the third most populous country. The U.S. population grew 2.6% between the 2020 federal census of 331,449,281 residents and the 2024 official annual estimate of 340,110,998.
Extends: [Demographics of the United States](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Demographics of the United States), [Human reproduction in the United States](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Human reproduction in the United States)
Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Text | United States |
| Image | Text | File:USA Population Pyramid.svg |
| [Image Size](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Image Size) | Text | 350 |
| Caption | Text | Population pyramid, United States |
| [Size Of Population](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Size Of Population) | Text | 342,034,432 (2025 projection) 340,110,998 (2024 official estimate) 331,449,281 (2020 census) |
| Density | Text | 86.16 /sqmi |
| Growth | Text | 1% (2024) |
| Birth | Text | 10.7 births/1,000 population (2023) |
| Death | Text | 9.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023) |
| Life | Text | 78.4 years (2023) |
| [Life Male](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Life Male) | Text | 75.8 years (2023) |
| [Life Female](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Life Female) | Text | 81.1 years (2023) |
| Fertility | Text | 1.6 children born/woman (2024) |
| [Infant Mortality](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Infant Mortality) | Text | 5.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2020) |
| [Net Migration](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Net Migration) | Text | 3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024) |
| [Under 18 Years](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Under 18 Years) | Text | 21.5% (2024 est.) |
| [Age 65 Years](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Age 65 Years) | Text | 18% (2023 est.) |
| [Total Mf Ratio](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Total Mf Ratio) | Text | 0.98 male(s)/female (2023 est.) |
| [Sr At Birth](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Sr At Birth) | Text | 1.045 male(s)/female (2022) |
| [Sr Under 15](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Sr Under 15) | Text | 1.05 male(s)/female (2023 est.) |
| [Sr 65 Years Over](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Sr 65 Years Over) | Text | 0.82 male(s)/female (2023 est.) |
| Nation | Text | American |
| [Major Ethnic](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Major Ethnic) | Text | * Whites (61.63%) ** Britons (8.42%) *** English (7.70%) *** Scots (0.44%) *** Scots-Irish (0.11%) *** Welsh (0.08%) *** Others (0.09%) ** Germans (4.69%) *** Pennsylvania Germans (0.03%) *** Oth... |
| [Minor Ethnic](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Minor Ethnic) | Text | * Blacks (12.40%) ** Black Hispanics (0.35%) ** Haitians (0.28%) ** Jamaicans (0.24%) ** Nigerians (0.15%) ** American black (11.38%) * Mixed (10.21%) ** Mixed Hispanics (6.12%) ** Others (4.09... |
| Official | Text | English, official language, Executive Order 14224, English, U.S. territories, Hawaiian, Hawaii, 20 Native languages, Alaska, Sioux, South Dakota, Samoan, American Samoa, Chamorro, Guam, Carolinian,... |
| Spoken | Text | Primary language at home: English, 78.5% Spanish, 13.2% Other Indo-European, 3.7% Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.3% Other, 0.8% |
| Footnote | Text | American Community Survey |