• Population.....................................................................301,139,947 (July 2007 est.)
• Population growth rate ..............................................................0.894% (2007 est.)
• Birth rate....................................................14.16 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
• Death rate...................................................8.26 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
• Net migration rate................................3.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
• Ethnic groups*..........One race: white 73.9%, black 12.4%, Asian 4.4%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.8%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.1%. Some other race 6.3%; multiracial 2.0%, Hispanic origin 14.8% (2006 est. from the American Community Survey)

* Note: Hispanic origin is listed separately because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including individuals of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the United States who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.).