United States Census Trends In 2000

The United States conducted twenty second censes known as Census 2000 by Census Bureau for determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000. The study shows that population is 281,421,906; it is compares to 1990 Census (248,709,873) 13.2% high. This was the twenty-second federal census and the largest single civil administrative peacetime effort in the history of the United States. The U.S. resident population includes the total number of people in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Census Bureau highlighted the following facts about U.S population dynamics.

• 75.1% of respondents said they were White or Caucasian and no other race.
• Hispanics who may belong to any race accounted for 12.5% of the U.S. population, up from 9% in 1990;
• 12.3% are of Black or African-American descent.
• 21.36% (60 Million Americans) are of German descent; German-Americans.
• 3.6% of respondents are Asian.
• 2.4% of respondents are multiracial. The 2000 U.S Census was the first time survey options for multiracial Americans were provided.
• Between 1990 and 2000, the population aged 45 to 54 grew by 49% and those aged 85 and older grew 38%.
• Women outnumber men two to one amongst those aged 85 and older.
• Almost one in five adults had some type of disability in 1997 and the likelihood of having a disability increased with age.
• Families (as opposed to men or women living alone) still dominate American households, but less so than they did thirty years ago.
• Since 1993, both families and nonfamilies have seen median household incomes rise, with "households headed by a woman without a spouse present" growing the fastest.
• People in married-couple families have the lowest poverty rates.
• The poor of any age are more likely than others to lack health insurance coverage, although no coverage is needed for essential to life services or operations at any age.
• The number of elementary and high school students in 2000 fell just short of the all-time high of 49 million reached in 1970.
• Improvements in educational attainment cross racial and ethnic lines.
• The majority (52%) of U.S. households has access to computers; 41% have Internet access.