Population: 252,502,000 (July 1991), growth rate 0.8% (1991)

Birth rate: 15 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 2 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 10 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 79 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--American(s); adjective--American

Ethnic divisions: white 85%, black 12%, other 3% (1985)

Religion: Protestant 61% (Baptist 21%, Methodist 12%, Lutheran 8%, Presbyterian 4%, Episcopalian 3%, other Protestant 13%), Roman Catholic 25%, Jewish 2%, other 5%, none 7%

Language: predominantly English; sizable Spanish-speaking minority

Literacy: 97% (male 97%, female 97%) age 15 and over having completed 5 or more years of schooling (1980)

Labor force: 126,424,000 (includes armed forces and unemployed); civilian labor force 124,787,000 (1990)

Organized labor: 16,729,000 members; 16.1% of total wage and salary employment which was 103,905,000 (1990)

NOTE: The information regarding United States on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of United States People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about United States People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.