USA population

The U.S. population at the end of 2000 amounted to 281,422,000 people. Since 1990, the growth of the U.S. population has been 13%. The population of men was 49.1% whereas the female population was 50.9%. 
Birth rate: 14.3 births per 1000 people. 
Mortality rate: 8.8 deaths per 1000 people. 
Average life expectancy: 76.23 years (male - 72.95 years, female - 79.67 years). 

The racial composition of the U.S. population is diverse: 

Whites make up - 75.1% of the population(12.5% of them come from Latin America). Total: 211,460,000

African Americans - 12.3% or 34,658,000

Indians and indigenous peoples of the Far North - 0.9% - 2 million 475 thousand

Asians - 3.6% - 10 million 242 thousand (of which: China - 2 million 400 thousand, Philippines - 1 million 800 thousand, Japan - 796 thousand,

Koreans - nearly 1 million 100 thousands of Vietnamese - 1 million 122 thousand)

Hawaiians and other indigenous Pacific Islanders - 0.1% - 398 thousand

People who consider themselves to be a race - 5.5% - 15 million 359 thousand people who consider themselves to two or more races - 2.4% - 6 million 800 thousand

Hispanic - 35 million 300 thousand, they belong to different races. Among them, most Mexicans (20 million 600 thousand), Puerto Ricans (3 million 400 thousand), Cubans (1 million 240 thousand).