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USA Quick Facts
 
   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
 

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