USA People QuickFacts: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United"

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People QuickFacts	USA
Population, 2014 estimate	318,857,056
Population, 2013 estimate	316,497,531
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base	308,758,105
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014	3.3%
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013	2.5%
Population, 2010	308,745,538
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013	6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013	23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013	14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2013	50.8%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a)	77.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a)	13.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2013 (a)	1.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a)	5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a)	0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b)	17.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013	62.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013	84.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013	12.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013	20.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013	28.8%
Veterans, 2009-2013	21,263,779
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013	25.5
Housing units, 2013	132,802,859
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013	64.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013	26.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013	$176,700
Households, 2009-2013	115,610,216
Persons per household, 2009-2013	2.63
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013	$28,155
Median household income, 2009-2013	$53,046
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013	15.4%

Business QuickFacts	USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012	7,431,808
Private nonfarm employment, 2012	115,938,468
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012	2.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012	22,735,915
Total number of firms, 2007	27,092,908
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007	7.1%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007	5.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007	8.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007	28.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)	5,319,456,312
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)	4,174,286,516
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)	3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita, 2007	$12,990
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)	613,795,732
Building permits, 2013	990,822

Geography QuickFacts	USA
Land area in square miles, 2010	3,531,905.43
Persons per square mile, 2010	87.4

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(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 25 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits 

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