Birth and Death Rates
The growth rate is 0.739% as estimated from 2013-2010 by the US Census
The birth rate is 13.5 births/1,000 population, estimated as of 2010. This was the lowest in a century. There were 4,136,000 births in 2009.
In 2009, Time magazine reported that 40% of births were to unmarried women. The following is a breakdown by race for unwed births:
| Ethnic Group | Percentage of births | Ethnic Group | Percentage of births |
| African American | 72% | Whites | 29% |
| Native Americans | 66% | Asians | 17% |
| Hispanics | 53% |
Death rate was estimated at 8.38 deaths/1,000 population as of July, 2010.
Infant mortality rate
total: 6.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
Sex ratios
at birth: 1.048 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
E Population by Religion
The United States Constitution ensures the right to religious freedom and prevents the development of an official state religion. The lack of official involvement in religion means that no questions about religion are asked in the census and, as a result, limited and sometimes questionable data is available.
The survey below, the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) 2008, was a random digit-dialed telephone survey of 54,461 American residential households in the contiguous United States.
It reported that the vast majority of Americans are believers in a single religion - according to a 2007 survey, 78% of respondents identified themselves as Christians. Just over half (51.3%) of all Americans are Protestants, and almost a quarter (23.9%) are Catholic. Other Christian denominations make up 3.3% of the population.
Jews (1.7%), Buddhists (0.7%) and Muslims (0.6%) are the next largest religious groups in the US and 16.1% of Americans declared themselves to have no religion.
NB! Some American religious denominations:
| Religious Denomination | Number or Percentage | Features |
| The Amish | 249,000 | are a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships. The Amish are known for simple living, plain dress, and reluctance to adopt many conveniences of modern technology. The history of the Amish church began in 1693 in Switzerland within a group of Swiss Anabaptists led by Jakob Ammann . Those who followed him became known as Amish. In the early 18th century, many Amish immigrated to Pennsylvania for a variety of reasons. Today, the most traditional descendants of the Amish continue to speak Pennsylvania German, also known as "Pennsylvania Dutch". They value rural life, manual labor and humility. |
| The Mennonites | 110,696 | are a Christian group based around the church communities of Anabaptist denominations named after Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings, Simons articulated and formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders. The teachings of the Mennonites were founded on their belief in both the mission and ministry of Jesus Christ. Over the years, Mennonites have become known as one of the historic peace churches because of their commitment to pacifism. In the US they appeared in the early 18th century together with Amish and settled in Pennsylvania. |
| The Mormons | 3,158 (1,4%) | are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movemment. Today Mormons are understood to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The center of Mormon cultural influence is in Utah. Mormons self-identify as Christian, though some of their beliefs differ from mainstream Christianity. Mormons believe in the Bible, as well as other books of scripture, such as the Book of Mormon. Central to Mormon faith is the belief that God speaks to his children and answers their prayers. Mormons dedicate large amounts of time and resources to serving in their church. Mormons have a health code that excludes alcoholic beverages, tobacco, coffee, tea, and other addictive substances. They tend to be very family-oriented, and have strong connections across generations and with extended family, reflective of their belief that families can be sealed together beyond death and throughout eternity. |
F Languages
The USA doesn’t have official language (although legal documents are normally written in English)! American English is just the commonly spoken language with only 28 states recognizing it officially. Hawaii is the only US state to have two official languages - English and Hawaiian. According to the latest census (2010) English is used only by 80% of the population. The second widely spoken language is Spanish, spoken by 12,3 % of the population. It’s native to the immigrants from Latin America. Asian languages are used by 2,3%. Native American languages are the main language of 0.9% of residents. There is a wide variety of different Native American languages, many of which are on the endangered list. The most widely spoken is Southern Quechua, used by around 7 million people.