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United States
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Population:
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Age structure:
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Population growth rate:
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Birth rate:
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Death rate:
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Net migration rate:
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Infant mortality rate:
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Life expectancy at birth:
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Total fertility rate:
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Nationality:
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Ethnic divisions:
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Religions:
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Languages:
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Literacy:
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Labor force:
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263,814,032 (July 1995 est.)
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0-14 years:
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22% (female 28,391,451; male 29,845,630)
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15-64 years:
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65% (female 86,454,415; male 85,474,002)
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65 years and over:
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13% (female 19,949,978; male 13,698,559) (July 1995 est.)
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1.02% (1995 est.)
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15.25 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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8.38 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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3.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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7.88 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
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total population:
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75.99 years
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male:
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72.8 years
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female:
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79.7 years (1995 est.)
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2.08 children born/woman (1995 est.)
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noun:
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American(s)
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adjective:
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American
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white 83.4%, black 12.4%, Asian 3.3%, Native American 0.8% (1992)
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Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989)
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English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority)
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age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (1979)
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total population:
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97%
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male:
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97%
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female:
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97%
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131.056 million (includes unemployed) (1994)
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by occupation:
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managerial and professional 27.5%, technical, sales and administrative
support 30.3%, services 13.7%, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and
crafts 25.5%, farming, forestry, and fishing 2.9%