Graphs below provide the latest figure about the demographics of the US, including ethnical groups and the population, based on a census that was carried out and administered by US Census Bureau in 2006.
The table, combined with the bar chart, provides an overview of the demographics of the United States from the early
last
century to the present.
It can be seen in the table that the total US Linking Words
population
is now 300 Use synonyms
million
, 1.5 times larger than 40 years ago, 200 Use synonyms
million
. Hispanics and Asian Use synonyms
Americans
expanded much faster than other races.
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According to
the census, 44.7 Linking Words
million
Use synonyms
Americans
are currently Hispanic, more than five times higher than in 1966, Use synonyms
while
the Asian Linking Words
population
is as large as 14.3 Use synonyms
million
, a ten-fold increase over the 1966 level. Use synonyms
By comparison
, Linking Words
although
white Linking Words
Americans
are still in the majority, accounting for two-thirds of the current US Use synonyms
population
, the growth rate was lower than the general Use synonyms
population
. Afro-Use synonyms
Americans
, who made up the second largest ethnical group in 1966 with a Use synonyms
population
of 22.3 Use synonyms
million
, dropped to number three, behind whites and Hispanics. Other ethnical groups take up the remaining 1.3 Use synonyms
million
.
In the first half of the 20th century, the US Use synonyms
population
grew at different rates, ranging from Use synonyms
million
to 20 Use synonyms
million
a decade, the bar chart suggests. It accelerated since the middle of the Use synonyms
last
, adding at least 20 Linking Words
million
to the Use synonyms
overall
Linking Words
population
every ten years. The 1990s alone experienced a growth of more than 30 Use synonyms
million
.
To summarise, the US Use synonyms
population
continued to swell since the early Use synonyms
last
century and the greatest increases occurred among Hispanics and Asian Linking Words
Americans
from 1966 to 2006.Use synonyms
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