United States Population

The total population in the United States was estimated at 325.7 million people in 2017, according to the latest census figures. Looking back, in the year of 1900, the United States had a population of 76.1 million people.

Population in the United States is expected to be 327.00 Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Population is projected to trend around 334.93 Million in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.70	3.70	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	155.00	237.00	1115.00	-834.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	161.00	251.00	1089.00	-821.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	-6.00	-14.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	27.00	26.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	206.00	233.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1661.00	1636.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	179.00	225.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	156795.00	156562.00	156795.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	5975.00	6075.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.20	0.10	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.40	34.50	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.90	62.90	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.77	0.84	2.80	0.74	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.10	8.30	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	109.05	108.81	109.60	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	105.69	105.10	105.69	26.03	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	7320.00	7070.00	7320.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	7079.00	6960.00	7293.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	53073.00	75644.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	22.95	22.88	22.95	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.60	4.79	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.82	21.67	21.82	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.80	0.60	1.60	0.20	percent	[+]
Population	325.72	323.41	325.72	76.09	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Employment Rate	60.60	60.60	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	129755.00	129212.00	129755.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	27039.00	27297.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	2380.00	2270.00	2380.00	2160.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1660.00	1560.00	1660.00	1450.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4520.00	4330.00	4950.00	4330.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1960.00	1760.00	2340.00	1760.00	USD/Month	[+]

The population of the United States represents 4.52 percent of the world´s total population which arguably means that one person in every 22 people on the planet is a resident of United States. This page provides - United States Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Population - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	325.72	323.41	325.72	76.09	1900 - 2017	Million	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
China	1390.08	Dec/17	1383	1390 : 552	Million
India	1283.60	Dec/17	1269	1284 : 359	Million
Euro Area	340.72	Dec/17	340	341 : 260	Million
United States	325.72	Dec/17	323	326 : 76.09	Million
Indonesia	261.90	Dec/17	259	262 : 88.69	Million
Brazil	207.66	Dec/17	206	208 : 72.74	Million
Russia	146.90	Dec/18	147	149 : 120	Million
Japan	126.71	Dec/17	127	128 : 83.2	Million
Mexico	123.52	Dec/17	122	124 : 38.68	Million
Germany	82.85	Dec/18	82.52	82.85 : 72.54	Million
Turkey	80.81	Dec/17	79.81	80.81 : 28.23	Million
France	67.19	Dec/18	66.95	67.19 : 45.46	Million
United Kingdom	66.19	Dec/18	65.81	66.19 : 52.2	Million
Italy	60.48	Dec/18	60.59	60.8 : 50.03	Million
South Africa	57.73	Jun/18	56.84	57.73 : 17.46	Million
South Korea	51.45	Dec/17	51.25	51.45 : 25.01	Million
Spain	46.66	Dec/18	46.53	46.82 : 30.33	Million
Argentina	44.05	Dec/17	43.59	44.05 : 20.68	Million
Canada	36.96	Dec/17	36.89	36.96 : 17.91	Million
Saudi Arabia	32.61	Dec/17	31.74	32.61 : 4.04	Million
Australia	24.70	Dec/17	24.13	24.7 : 10.39	Million
Netherlands	17.12	Dec/18	17.08	17.12 : 11.42	Million
Switzerland	8.48	Dec/18	8.42	8.48 : 5.3	Million
Singapore	5.61	Dec/17	5.6	5.61 : 1.65	Million