An American Profile: The United States and Its People

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1 An American Profile: The United States and Its People _EM_AmPro.indd 1 12/16/8 11:1:32 PM

2 An American Profile: The United States and Its People 3 Table 1 Population, Percentage Change, and Racial Composition for the United States, Census Population of United States 3,929,214 5,38,483 7,239,881 9,638,453 12,866,2 17,69,453 23,191,876 31,443,321 39,818,449 5,189,29 62,979,766 76,212,168 92,228,496 16,21, ,22, ,164, ,325, ,323,175 23,32,31 226,542, ,718,32 281,424,63 31,55,316 Increase over Preceding Census Racial Composition, Percent Distribution* Number Percentage White Black Latino Asian 1,379,269 1,931,398 2,398,572 3,227,567 4,23,433 6,122,423 8,251,445 8,375,128 1,37,76 12,79,557 13,232,42 16,16,328 13,793,41 17,181,87 8,961,945 19,161,229 27,997,377 23,978,856 23,24,168 22,176,13 32,76,31 2,8, * Not every racial group included (e.g., no Native Americans). Persons of Latino origin may be of any race. Data for 198, 199, 2, and 26 add up to more than 1% because those who identify themselves as Latino could still be counted as White. First year for which figures include Alaska and Hawaii. (Sources: Census Bureau, Historical Statistics of the United States, updated by relevant Statistical Abstract of the United States.) Figure 1 Population Density and Distribution, % Urban* % Rural Population per square mile * The Bureau of the Census defines urban as communities of 2,5 or more inhabitants. First year for which figures include Alaska and Hawaii. (Sources: Census Bureau, Historical Statistics of the United States, updated by relevant Statistical Abstract of the United States.) _EM_AmPro.indd 3 12/16/8 11:1:32 PM

3 4 An American Profile: The United States and Its People Figure 2 Changing Characteristics of the U.S. Population Birthrates per thousand women ages Globally, Rate Median age of population (years) 4 Globally, Age Household size Average number of household members Globally, (Sources: B. R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics, 4th ed. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 23; The Economist, Pocket World in Figures, 28 ed. London: Profile Books Ltd., 27; CIA World Factbook; Historical Statistics of the United States; and Statistical Abstract of the United States, relevant years.) _EM_AmPro.indd 4 12/16/8 11:1:32 PM

4 An American Profile: The United States and Its People 5 Life expectancy at birth 8 Globally, Age Infant mortality 15 Globally, 28 Per 1, live births Total White Black Median age at first marriage 3 28 Age Male 22 Female _EM_AmPro.indd 5 12/16/8 11:1:32 PM

5 6 An American Profile: The United States and Its People Figure 3 Energy Use Energy Sources Among Countries Natural Gas 5.32%, % Oil 3.55% 36.47%, 24 Oil 1.3% 5.4% 1.53% 3.24% 54.47% 79.5%, 196, 24 Oil 9.18%.9% Oil 17.6% 32.21% 26.37% 27.45% 5.65% 22.79% 8.78%, 24, % 9.48% 12.69% Oil 5.39% 69.5% Oil 31.6% 38.85% 1.66% 11.25% 4.1% 2.27% 1.6%, 196 Oil 15.4%, % Oil 1.25% 34.6% 81.9% 4.59% 1.25% (Source: The World Bank.) _EM_AmPro.indd 6 12/16/8 11:1:32 PM

6 An American Profile: The United States and Its People 7 United States, 196 United States, 25 Oil 6.42% Oil 3.35%.7% Natural Gas 21.14% 53.91% 19.61% 17.64% 5.4% 18.44% 6.54% Energy Consumption Among Countries 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, United States 1, kwh per capita 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, CO 2 Emissions Among Countries 2 18 United States Metric tons per capita _EM_AmPro.indd 7 12/16/8 11:1:32 PM

7 8 An American Profile: The United States and Its People Figure 4 Characteristics of the U.S. Labor Force, Total labor force (age 16 or over, employed and unemployed seeking work) 16 Gender composition of labor force, (percentage of men and women in civilian labor force) 1 Top three occupational categories (rank based on total numbers) for workers age 14 and older Millions of persons Percentage Men Women farm manual* white collar service Rank *Manual workers = operators, fabricators, and laborers plus precision production, craft, and repair. White-collar workers = managerial and professional plus technical, sales, and administrative support. (Sources: Historical Statistics of the United States and Statistical Abstract of the United States, relevant years, and Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Handbook of Labor Statistics, relevant years.) Figure 5 Leading Economic Sectors (various years) Construction 7.9 Mining Percentage of value 1899 added contributed Construction 12.6 Manufacturing 32.1 Agriculture 59.3 Mining 4.6 Agriculture 33.3 Manufacturing 49.3 Government 8.7 Agriculture 7.6 Trade Agriculture.9 26 Communication 1.6 Mining 1.9 Services Utilities 2. Government 8.9 Transportation 5.7 Transportation Communication 4.4 Manufacturing 28. Construction 4.4 Finance, insurance, and real estate 1.8 Mining 3.2 Construction 4.9 Manufacturing 12.2 Trade 12.6 Services 25.6 Finance, insurance, and real estate 21. Sources: Historical Statistics of the United States, Statistical Abstract of the United States, relevant years, and Bureau of Economic Analysis.) _EM_AmPro.indd 8 12/16/8 11:1:33 PM

8 An American Profile: The United States and Its People 9 Figure 6 Gross Domestic Product Per Capita by Country, 28 United States United Kingdom $1,7 $73 $7,18 $36,83 $35,39 $35,15 $41,64 (Source: The Economist, Pocket World in Figures, 28 ed. London: Profile Books Ltd., 27.) Figure 7 Comparative Tax Burdens (percentage of gross domestic product paid as taxes in major industrial countries, 26) Sweden Belgium Italy Netherlands 39.5% United Kingdom 37.4% Germany 35.7% United States 28.2% 27.4% 44.8% 44.5% 42.7% 5.1% (Sources: Statistical Abstract of the United States, relevant years, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.) Figure 8 The Federal Budget Dollar and How It Is Spent, by Major Category Health.9 Education 1.1 Interest 7.5 Income Security* National Defense 49 Other 21.7 Health 1 Education 5.4 Interest National Income Defense Security* Other 16.4 Other 8.8 Interest 8.5 National Defense 19.7 Education 4.5 Health 21.9 Income Security* 36.6 *Includes Social Security payments to the elderly and disabled, unemployment compensation, and welfare. Note the shifting emphasis in the budget from defense spending to health and income security, and to interest payments on the national debt. (Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States, relevant years.) _EM_AmPro.indd 9 12/16/8 11:1:33 PM

9 1 An American Profile: The United States and Its People Figure 9 The U.S. Balance of Trade, Billions of dollars Status of the balance of trade (Sources: Historical Statistics of the United States and Statistical Abstract of the United States, relevant years.) Figure 1 Tariff Levies on Dutiable Imports, (ratio of duties to value of dutiable imports) Percentage Tariff of Abominations Compromise Tariff, 1833 Tariff of 1842 Walker Tariff, 1846 Tariff of 1857 Morrill Tariff, 1861 McKinley Tariff, 189 Wilson-Gorman Tariff, 1894 Dingley Tariff, 1897 Payne-Aldrich Tariff, 199 Underwood Tariff, 1913 Emergency Tariff, 1921 Fordney-McCumber Tariff, 1922 Smoot-Hawley Tariff, 193 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, 1934 General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade, Trade Expansion Act Kennedy Round, 1967 Trade Reform Act, 1974 Trade & Tariff Act, 1984 North American Free Trade Agreement, (Sources: Historical Statistics of the United States, Statistical Abstract of the United States, relevant years, and United States International Trade Commission.) _EM_AmPro.indd 1 12/16/8 11:1:33 PM

10 An American Profile: The United States and Its People 11 Figure 11 Gross Domestic Product in Current and Chained 2 Dollars* 14, 13, 12, 11, 1, U.S. dollars (in billions) 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Chained 2 dollars Current dollars 1, * Chained dollars based on U.S. Department of Commerce measure for expressing real dollars adjusted to inflation. Uses year 2 as base year. (Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States, relevant years.) _EM_AmPro.indd 11 12/16/8 11:1:33 PM

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