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Under the law, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, [127] the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States has increased, [128] from 9.6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007. [129] Around a million people legally immigrated to the United States per year in the 1990s, up from 250,000 per year in the 1950s. [130]
The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. [1] At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories (White, Black, Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories.
[37] [38] [39] The Census Bureau reports the number of people in the United States who reported "American" and no other ancestry increased from 12.4 million in 1990 to 20.2 million in 2000. [40] This increase represents the largest numerical growth of any ethnic group in the United States during the 1990s. [2]
By 2100, the population is expected to have grown by about 9.7% above 2022 levels. But changes to immigration levels between now and 2100 may swing U.S. population numbers by up to 209 million people.
The US population is projected to peak in 2080, then start declining, according to a new analysis by the US Census Bureau. Projections released Thursday predict the country’s population will ...
English Americans (historically known as Anglo-Americans) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.Country-wide, as of 2024, there are about 25.5 million U.S. residents who declare English ancestry, 7.4% of the U.S. population (many combined with another heritage) representing (19.8%) of the White American population.
Title page of 1790 United States census. The 1790 United States census was the first census in the history of the United States. The population of the United States was recorded as 3,929,214 as of Census Day, August 2, 1790, as mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the US Constitution and applicable laws. [13]
Those figures could vary slightly, as the Census Bureau reported last week that 3.3% of the Black population was undercounted in the 2020 census, a rate higher than in 2010.