There are approximately 301,139,947 people in the United States of America. The national population in 1900 was around 76,094,000.

The largest American city is New York City, with about 8,168,338 people. I tried to find the stats on the smallest town, but the results seem inconclusive with many claims to the smallest town. The people at Yahoo pointed out there are some ghost towns - would those qualify as the smallest, having no residents at all?

An American woman has an average of 2-2.1 kids each, having dropped from 3.5 in the 1950s. 2.1 children per woman is considered the minimum for maintaining a population.

44% of women aged 15-44 are childless, with the highest percentage of childless women being made up of those with incomes over $100,000.

Read more stats on child/woman stats at this report from census.gov

Try to find out what the population of your own town or city is. Consider looking at older records as well to see what the current trend is.

Posted by Bonnie under health, statistics