| People QuickFacts | USA |
Population, 2010 |
308,745,538 |
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 |
9.7% |
Population, 2000 |
281,421,906 |
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 |
6.5% |
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 |
24.0% |
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 |
13.0% |
Female persons, percent, 2010 |
50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
72.4% |
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
12.6% |
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.9% |
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
4.8% |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.2% |
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 |
2.9% |
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) |
16.3% |
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 |
63.7% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, 2005-2009 |
83.8% |
Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009 |
12.4% |
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5 , 2005-2009 |
19.6% |
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25 , 2005-2009 |
84.6% |
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25 , 2005-2009 |
27.5% |
Veterans, 2005-2009 |
22,894,578 |
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 , 2005-2009 |
25.2 |
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Housing units, 2010 |
131,704,730 |
Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 |
66.9% |
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 |
25.9% |
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 |
$185,400 |
Households, 2005-2009 |
112,611,029 |
Persons per household, 2005-2009 |
2.60 |
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 |
$27,041 |
Median household income, 2009 |
$50,221 |
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009 |
14.3% |