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The Population - Coggle Diagram
The Population
Population by race and origin
White: 75.1%
Black: 12.3%
Asian origin: 3%
Native American: 1%
Mixture of two or more races: 2.4%
Some other race: 5.5%
Hispanics
Hispanics make up 12.5% of the present U.S. population.
Hispanics include whites, blacks, and Native Americans.
Foreign-born population
31 million people were born in another country.
Largest foreign-born group:
Mexico: 27.6%
Second largest:
Philippines: 4.3%
Geographical distribution
Population distribution
58% of the population live in the South and West.
The East is more densely populated.
People in the South and West are distributed over a larger area.
Metropolitan and rural areas
Metropolitan and rural areas
Only 20% live in rural areas.
Five most populous states: California, New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois
U.S. citizens abroad
About 3,800,000 U.S. citizens live abroad.
The U.S. population
This represents an increase of almost 33 million people since the 1990 census.
The United States is the third most populous country in the world.
According to the most recent government census, the population is 281,421,906 people.
Three ways of looking at the population
By geographical distribution
By age and sex
By race and origin
Distribution by age and sex
Women and men
There are more than 5 million more women than men.
More males than females are born each year.
Males have a progressively higher death rate as they get older.
Life expectancy
Women: 80.4 years
Men: 74.5 years
Average age
Average age increased:
33.1 years in 1990
35.3 years in 2000
Causes:
decreasing birth rate
increasing life expectancy