The United States has a total resident population of 308,162,000. It is a very urbanized population, with 81% residing in cities and suburbs as of mid-2005 (the worldwide urban rate was 49%). California and Texas are the most populous states, as the mean center of United States population has consistently shifted westward and southward. The total fertility rate in the United States estimated for 2008 is 2.1 children per woman, which is roughly th...
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The United States has a total resident population of 308,162,000. It is a very urbanized population, with 81% residing in cities and suburbs as of mid-2005 (the worldwide urban rate was 49%). California and Texas are the most populous states, as the mean center of United States population has consistently shifted westward and southward. The total fertility rate in the United States estimated for 2008 is 2.1 children per woman, which is roughly the replacement level. However, U.S. population growth is among the highest in industrialized countries, since the vast majority of these have below-replacement fertility rates and the U.S. has higher levels of immigration. Accordingly, the United States Census Bureau shows an increase of 0.95% between November 2007 and November 2008 for the resident population. Nonetheless, though high by industrialized country standards, this is below the world average annual rate of 1.19%. People under 20 years of age made up over a quarter of the U.S....
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