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United States birth rate (births per 1000 population). [26] The United States Census Bureau defines the demographic birth boom as between 1946 and 1964 [27] (red). In the years after WWII, the United States, as well as a number of other industrialized countries, experienced an unexpected sudden birth rate jump.
The United States population almost quadrupled during the 20th century—at a growth rate of about 1.3% a year—from about 76 million in 1900 to 281 million in 2000. [25] It is estimated to have reached the 200 million mark in 1967, and the 300 million mark on October 17, 2006.
Most Asian Americans [5] historically lived in the Western United States. [11] [12] The Hispanic and Asian population of the United States has rapidly increased in the late 20th and 21st centuries, and the African American percentage of the U.S. population is slowly increasing as well since reaching a low point of less than ten percent in 1930. [5]
As the United States has grown in area and population, new states have been formed out of U.S. territories or the division of existing states. The population figures provided here reflect modern state boundaries. Shaded areas of the tables indicate census years when a territory or the part of another state had not yet been admitted as a new state.
The Thirteen Colonies (shown in red) in 1775, with modern borders overlaid. This is a list of colonial and pre-Federal U.S. historical population, as estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau based upon historical records and scholarship. [1]
A Population History of North America (2000) Klein, Herbert S. A population history of the United States (Cambridge University Press, 2012) ) excerpt [permanent dead link ] Smith, Daniel Scott. "The demographic history of colonial New England." The journal of economic history 32.01 (1972): 165–183. Online; Smith, Daniel Scott, and Michael ...
Settlement schemes in the United States (3 C, 25 P) Pages in category "Demographic history of the United States" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Demographic history of the United States (3 C, 22 P) I. Immigration to the United States (16 C, 161 P) M. ... Foreign-born population of the United States; G.