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<text id=94CT1482><title>United States—People</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: United States<nl>People</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 260,713,585 (July 1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 0.99% (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 15.2 births/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 8.68 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 3.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 8.11 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 75.9 years <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 72.58 years <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 79.39 years (1994 est.) </list> <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.06 children born/woman (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> American(s) <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> American </list> <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> white 83.4%, black 12.4%, Asian 3.3%, Native American 0.8% (1992) <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989) <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority) <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over having completed 5 or more years of schooling (1991) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 97% <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 97% <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 97% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 129.525 million (includes armed forces and unemployed); civilian labor force 128.040 million) (1993) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> managerial and professional 27.1%; technical, sales and administrative support 30.9%; services 13.8%; manufacturing, mining, transportation, and crafts 25.5%; farming, forestry, and fishing 2.8% </list></list></body></article></text>