• Population.....................................................................307,212,123 (July 2009 est.)
• Population growth rate ..............................................................0.975% (2009 est.)
• Birth rate....................................................13.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
• Death rate...................................................8.38 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)
• Net migration rate................................4.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
• Ethnic groups*..........white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July 2007 estimate)

* Note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean persons of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin including those of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican Republic, Spanish, and Central or South American origin living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.); about 15.1% of the total US population is Hispanic.