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United States Population (view source)
Revision as of 19:28, September 22, 2017
, 19:28, September 22, 2017United state prison population rate.
The major racial groups in the United States are: [[European American|Whites]] 78%, [[African Americans]] 12%, [[Mestizo]]s (people of mixed Spanish and Indian descent) 6%, [[Asian]]s just under 4% and [[Native American]]s less than 1%. Approximately 15% of Americans are [[Latinos]], although they may be of any race.<ref> http://www.census.gov/</ref>
The major racial groups in the United States are: [[European American|Whites]] 78%, [[African Americans]] 12%, [[Mestizo]]s (people of mixed Spanish and Indian descent) 6%, [[Asian]]s just under 4% and [[Native American]]s less than 1%. Approximately 15% of Americans are [[Latinos]], although they may be of any race.<ref> http://www.census.gov/</ref>
==United States Prison Population==
The [[United States]] has the highest incarceration in the world which has more than 700 U.S adults per 100,000 an the prison population is more than 2,000,000 which makes up 25 percent of the world's population.<ref>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/</ref>
<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/04/30/does-the-united-states-really-have-five-percent-of-worlds-population-and-one-quarter-of-the-worlds-prisoners/?utm_term=.23c67b752b9c</ref>
<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/07/07/yes-u-s-locks-people-up-at-a-higher-rate-than-any-other-country/?utm_term=.33560a158553</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
* [[Population density]]
* [[Population density]]