United States 
Facts
Population:
278,058,881 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
21.12% (male 30,034,674; female 28,681,253)
15-64 years:
66.27% (male 91,371,753; female 92,907,199)
65 years and over:
12.61% (male 14,608,948; female 20,455,054) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.9% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
14.2 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
8.7 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
3.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.71 male(s)/female
total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
6.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
77.26 years
male:
74.37 years
female:
80.05 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.06 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.61% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
850,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
20,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
American(s)
adjective:
American
Ethnic groups:
white 83.5%, black 12.4%, Asian 3.3%, Amerindian 0.8% (1992)
note:
a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (especially of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.)
Religions:
Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989)
Languages:
English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority)
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97%
male:
97%
female:
97% (1979 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $9.963 trillion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $36,200 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
2%
industry:
18%
services:
80% (1999)
Population below poverty line:
12.7% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
1.8%
highest 10%:
30.5% (1997)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.4% (2000)
Labor force:
140.9 million (includes unemployed) (2000)
Labor force - by occupation:
managerial and professional 30.2%, technical, sales and administrative support 29.2%, services 13.5%, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and crafts 24.6%, farming, forestry, and fishing 2.5% (2000)
note:
figures exclude the unemployed
Unemployment rate:
4% (2000)
Budget:
revenues:
$1.828 trillion
expenditures:
$1.703 trillion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999)
Industries:
leading industrial power in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining
Industrial production growth rate:
5.6% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
3.678 trillion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
69.64%
hydro:
8.31%
nuclear:
19.8%
other:
2.25% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
3.45 trillion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
14 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
43 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, other grains, corn, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish
Exports:
$776 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products
Exports - partners:
Canada 23%, Mexico 14%, Japan 8%, UK 5%, Germany 4%, France, Netherlands (2000)
Imports:
$1.223 trillion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages
Imports - partners:
Canada 19%, Japan 11%, Mexico 11%, China 8%, Germany 5%, UK, Taiwan (2000)
Debt - external:
$862 billion (1995 est.)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $6.9 billion (1997)
Currency:
US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
USD
Exchange rates:
British pounds per US dollar - 0.6764 (January 2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997), 0.6403 (1996); Canadian dollars per US dollar - 1.5032 (January 2001), 1.4851 (2000), 1.4857 (1999), 1.4835 (1998), 1.3846 (1997), 1.3635 (1996); French francs per US dollar - 5.65 (January 1999), 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997), 5.1155 (1996), 4.9915 (1995), 5.5520 (1994); Italian lire per US dollar - 1,668.7 (January 1999), 1,763.2 (1998), 1,703.1 (1997), 1,542.9 (1996), 1,628.9 (1995), 1,612.4 (1994); Japanese yen per US dollar - 117.10 (January 2001), 107.77 (2000), 113.91 (1999), 130.91 (1998), 120.99 (1997), 108.78 (1996); German deutsche marks per US dollar - 1.69 (January 1999), 1.9692 (1998), 1.7341 (1997), 1.5048 (1996), 1.4331 (1995), 1.6228 (1994); euros per US dollar - 1.06594 (January 2001), 1.08540 (2000), 0.93863 (1999)
note:
financial institutions in France, Italy, and Germany and eight other European countries started using the euro on 1 January 1999 with the euro replacing the local currency in consenting countries for all transactions in 2002
Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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