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Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States in percentage of the population. The United States census enumerated Whites and Blacks since 1790, Asians and Native Americans since 1860 (though all Native Americans in the U.S. were not enumerated until 1890), "some other race" since 1950, and "two or more races" since 2000. [2]
The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. [1] At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories (White, Black, Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories.
5.1 marriages/1,000 population per year (provisional data for 2020). [91] 6.1 marriages/1,000 population per year (provisional data for 2019). [91] *Rates are based on provisional counts of marriages by state of occurrence In 2009, Time magazine reported that 40% of births were to unmarried women. [93]
The Population of the United States 3rd Edition (1997) compendium of data; Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, and Alan L. Olmstead, eds. The Historical Statistics of the United States (Cambridge UP: 6 vol; 2006) vol 1 on population; available online; massive data compendium; the online version in Excel
Own work, data taken from National Population by Characteristics: 2010-2019, 1st Jan 2020 edition under Monthly Postcensal Resident Population plus Armed Forces Overseas from the U.S Census Bureau: Author: Tweedle
Title page of 1790 United States census. The 1790 United States census was the first census in the history of the United States. The population of the United States was recorded as 3,929,214 as of Census Day, August 2, 1790, as mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the US Constitution and applicable laws.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. Citizens and nationals of the United States This article is about the people of the United States of America. For a background on their demonym, see American (word). For other uses, see American (disambiguation) and The Americans (disambiguation). For the legal term, see United States ...
Texas has the largest African American population by state. Followed by Texas is Florida, with 3.8 million, and Georgia, with 3.6 million. [111] Mississippi is the state with the highest African American share of the population at 39%.