| People QuickFacts |
USA |
 Population, 2006 estimate |
299,398,484 |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
6.4% |
| Population, 2000 |
281,421,906 |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 |
6.8% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
24.6% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
12.4% |
| Female persons, percent, 2006 |
50.7% |
| White persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
80.1% |
| Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
12.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
1.0% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
4.4% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.2% |
| Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 |
1.6% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) |
14.8% |
| White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 |
66.4% |
| 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 |
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| Housing units, 2006 |
126,316,181 |
| 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 |
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| Households, 2000 |
105,480,101 |
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.59 |
| Median household income, 2004 |
$44,334 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 |
$21,587 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
12.7% |
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