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United States
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This post is written with the intent to offer the reader an opportunity to become more knowledgeable of the United States and to relate the people and culture with the language. Statistics are provided to help you become acquainted with the population residing in the United States as compiled by the US Census Bureau. Subsequent series will be on typical experiences of living in the United States. Total population 304,059,728 (2008)/ 308,745,538 (2010)
Afghan 87,907
Albanian 201,118
Alsatian 14,337
American 17,927,125
Arab: 1,549,725
Egyptian 179,592
Iraqi 69,277
Jordanian 59,233
Lebanese 501,907
Moroccan 77,468
Palestinian 85,745
Syrian 149,541
Arab 260,427
Other Arab 189,300
Armenian 464,264
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 90,342
Australian 98,586
Austrian 771,531
Basque 57,599
Belgian 394,987
Brazilian 351,914
British 1,113,762
Bulgarian 94,288
Cajun 106,295
Canadian 716,075
Carpatho Rusyn 5,394
Celtic 59,007
Croatian 427,217
Cypriot 7,643
Czech 1,593,535
Czechoslovakian 320,210
Danish 1,458,787
Dutch 4,928,607
Eastern European 408,913
English 27,516,394
Estonian 29,045
European 3,006,134
Finnish 687,682
French (not Basque) 9,446,760
French Canadian 2,079,170
German 50,271,790
German Russian 14,308
Greek 1,350,600
Guyanese 214,529
Hungarian 1,538,824
Icelander 55,166
Iranian 439,913
Irish 36,278,332
Israeli 146,551
Italian 17,748,513
Latvian 93,498
Lithuanian 712,165
Luxemburger 46,935
Macedonian 48,841
Maltese 50,691
New Zealander 16,300
Northern European 226,503
Norwegian 4,643,339
Pennsylvania German 338,845
Polish 9,887,099
Portuguese 1,419,428
Romanian 468,804
Russian 3,129,738
Scandinavian 562,936
Scotch-Irish 3,538,444
Scottish 5,827,046
Serbian 180,464
Slavic 138,422
Slovak 808,191
Slovene 177,978
Soviet Union 1,934
Sub-Saharan African: 2,890,967
Cape Verdean 99,003
Ethiopian 165,419
Ghanian 88,068
Kenyan 41,632
Liberian 46,356
Nigerian 265,507
Senegalese 12,151
Sierra Leonean 17,570
Somalian 82,716
South African 53,277
Sudanese 36,150
Ugandan 8,731
Zimbabwean 6,177
African 1,858,001
Other Subsaharan African 117,047
Swedish 4,390,058
Swiss 997,233
Turkish 189,640
Ukrainian 998,246
Welsh 1,980,323
West Indian (No Hispanic) 2,532,380
Bahamian 44,952
Barbadian 54,587
Belizean 51,406
Bermudan 5,972
British West Indian 84,921
Dutch West Indian 71,326
Haitian 805,691
Jamaican 949,844
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 197,592
U.S. Virgin Islander 16,020
West Indian 272,883
Other West Indian 4,807
Yugoslavian 343,422
Other groups 112,172,354
unclass.not reported 35,056,693
Income Percentages ($USD)
10k-14,999 7.4% 15k-24,999 5.6 25k-34,999 10.8 35k-49,999 14.3 50k-74,999 18.7 75k-99,999 12.3 100k-149,999 12.1 150k-199,999 4.2 200k over 4.0 Average Income: $70,096/year / Average Weekly Income: $617.00 (2009) Average Hourly Wage: $18.62 / Federal Minimum Hourly Wage: $7.25
Unemployment rate: 9.4% (National) Total Private Sector Jobs: 108.5 million Federal Civilian Employees: 2.2 million Bachelor Degrees: 27.5% (2005-2009) Prices: College Expenses: Public (4 year college): $9,000 (average tuition & fees) Private (4 year college): $35,000 (average tuition & fees) Junior College (2 year college): $2,713 (average tuition & fees) Grade School through High School: No charge for public schools
Average Home Price: $216,700 / Home Ownership: 67.4% (2009) Average New Car Price: $26,477 (2008) / Average Used Car Price: $7,986 Apartment Rent: $800/month (estimated) Gallon (3.785 liter) Milk: $3.00 Eggs (1 dozen): $2.00 Bread (1 loaf): $2.50 Rice: (white large grain raw): $0.75/lb Drinking Water: $1.00 (1 gallon/3.785liters) Gasoline: $3.16 Average (1 gallon/3.785 liters) Car Insurance: $100.00/month (estimated) Legal Cost to Start a Business: $100-150.00 (estimated) This is just a sampling of the statistics, it gets more detailed by States, Cities, counties, etc. but this gives you a basic idea. If anyone wants any specifics, please do a search or inform me for any assistance. The next post will have to do with information concerning the geography and organization of the country.
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