Indicator	Value
Total population	340,000,000–345,000,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 345,400,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 340,100,000 people
Median age	38.3 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	78.9–79.3 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 78.89 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 79.3 years
Ethnic groups	White 61.6%, Black or African American 12.4%, Asian 6%, Indigenous and Alaska native 1.1%, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.2%, other 8.4%, two or more races 10.2% (2020 est.); 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.); an estimated 18.7% of the total US population is Hispanic as of 2020CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	English only (official) 78.2%, Spanish 13.4%, Chinese 1.1%, other 7.3% (2017 est.); note: data represent the language spoken at home; English is the official national language as of March 2025, but English previously had official status in 32 of the 50 states; Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii, and 20 indigenous languages are official in AlaskaCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Protestant 46.5%, Roman Catholic 20.8%, Jewish 1.9%, Church of Jesus Christ 1.6%, other Christian 0.9%, Muslim 0.9%, Jehovah's Witness 0.8%, Buddhist 0.7%, Hindu 0.7%, other 1.8%, unaffiliated 22.8%, don't know/refused 0.6% (2014 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	83.3% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	0.976 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	10.6 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	9 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	80.1 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Achumawi Adai Afro-Seminole Creole Ahtena Alabama Aleut Alsea-Yaquina American Indian Pidgin English American Sign Language Apalachee Aranama Arapaho Archaic Angloromani Arikara Arizona Tewa Assiniboine Atakapa Atsugewi Awaswas Barbareño Bay Miwok Belize Kriol English Bidai Biloxi Buena Vista Yokuts Caddo Cahuilla Cajonos Zapotec Calusa Carolina Algonquian Catawba Cayuga Cayuse Central Alaskan Yupik Central Kalapuya Central Ojibwa Central Pomo Central Siberian Yupik Central Sierra Miwok Chalon Cherokee Chetco Cheyenne Chickasaw Chimakum Chimariko Chippewa Chitimacha Choctaw Chumash Clallam Clatsop-Shoalwater Chinook Coast Miwok Cocopa Coeur d'Alene Columbia-Wenatchi Comanche Copala Triqui Coquille Cowlitz Creek Creolized Grand Ronde Chinook Jargon Crow Cruzeño Cupeño Cusabo Dakota Degexit'an Dena'ina Eastern Abenaki Eastern Keres Eastern Pomo Eastern Yiddish Eel River Athabaskan El Nayar Cora English Erie Esselen Etchemin Eyak Fiji Hindi French Galice Gros Ventre Guale Gulf Coast French Gwich'in Halkomelem Han Hanis Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai Hawai'i Creole English Hawai'i Sign Language Hawaiian Heritage Michif Herschel Island Eskimo Trade Jargon Hidatsa Ho-Chunk Holikachuk Hopi Hulaulá Hupa-Chilula Huron-Wyandot Hutterite German Ineseño Iowa-Oto Ipai Island Takic Jicarilla Apache Kalispel-Pend d'Oreille Kansa Karankawa Karkin Karuk Kashaya Kathlamet Kato Kawaiisu Keresan Pueblo Indian Sign Language Kickapoo Kiowa Kiowa Apache Kitsai Klamath-Modoc Klingon Koasati Konomihu Kotava Koyukon Krio Kutenai Kwalhioqua-Clatskanie Ladino Lake Miwok Lakota Lingua Franca Nova Lipan Apache Lojban Louisiana Creole French Louisiana French Loup B Lower Chehalis Lower Tanana Luiseno-Juaneño Lumbee Láadan Mahican Makah Malecite-Passamaquoddy Mandan Maricopa Martha's Vineyard Sign Language Mattole-Bear River Meherrin Menominee Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache Meskwaki Mezquital Otomi Mi'kmaq Miami Michigamea Mikasuki Miluk Mixtepec Mixtec Mobilian Mohave Mohawk Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett Molale Mono (USA) Munsee Mutsun Nanticoke Natchez Navajo Nawathinehena Neo-Mandaic Neutral-Atiouandaronk New River Shasta Nez Perce Nipmuck Nisenan Nooksack North Alaskan Inupiatun Northeast Maidu Northeast Sahaptin Northeastern Russian River Pomo Northern Haida Northern Lushootseed Northern Paiute Northern Pomo Northern Sierra Miwok Northern Straits Salish Northern Yokuts Northern Yukian Northwest Maidu Northwest Sahaptin Nottoway Nubi Obispeño Ofo Okanagan Okwanuchu Omaha-Ponca Omomil Oneida Onondaga Osage Ottawa Pacific Gulf Yupik Palewyami Yokuts Pamunkey Panamint Parsi Patwin Pawnee Payaya Pennsylvania German Peñoles Mixtec Picuris Northern Tiwa Pidgin Chinook Jargon Pidgin Delaware Pidgin Hawaiian Piemontese Pingelapese Piro Piscataway Plains Cree Plains Indian Sign Language Plains Miwok Potawatomi Powhatan Purepecha Purisimeño Quapaw Quechan Quileute Quinault Rio Grande Tewa Romanova Rumsen Salinan San Francisco Bay Ohlone Sea Island Creole English Seneca Serrano Seward Alaska Inupiatun Shasta Shawnee Shelta Shoshoni Siksika Silacayoapan Mixtec Siuslaw Southeastern Pomo Southern Pomo Southern Puget Sound Salish Southern Sierra Miwok Southern Tiwa Southern-Coastal Tsimshian Spanish Spokane Standard Indonesian Susquehannock Taensa Takelma Talossan Tanacross Taos Northern Tiwa Tenino Tillamook Timucua Tipai-Kumeyaay-Huerteno Tlingit Tohono O'odham Tolowa-Chetco Tongva Tonkawa Towa Traveller Scottish Tualatin-Yamhill Tule-Kaweah Yokuts Tunica Tuscarora Tutelo Tututni Twana Tübatulabal Umatilla Unami Upper Chehalis Upper Chinook Upper Guinea Crioulo Upper Kuskokwim Upper Tanana Upper Umpqua Ute-Southern Paiute Valley Maidu Ventureño Wampano Wampanoag Wappo Washo Wenro Western Abenaki Western Apache Western Highland Purepecha Western Keres Western Tlacolula Valley Zapotec Wichita Wintu Wiyot Woccon Yalálag Zapotec Yamasee Yana Yaqui Yatzachi Zapotec Yoncalla Yuchi Yurok Zoogocho Zapotec Zuni Glottolog [2026]