US population today is about 310 million people.It is the third largest in the world, after China and India (1.33 billion. And 1.18 billion., Respectively).And the history of the formation of the composition of the population of the country can be attributed to a rather sad.
The fact is that during the development of these lands European race lost a large amount of the indigenous population - Indians.It is assumed that in the Americas as a result of military operations, illnesses and physical extermination of many millions could die representatives of various Indian peoples.
Experts believe that before the invasion of the Europeans in America, the number of Indians could reach 20 or even 40 million.The Spanish possessions were destroyed about 15 million. Natives, because they refused to work on the plantations.During the development of farming settlers needed new land, causing actively oppressed and migrated Indian tribes hunters.The number of the continent's Indian population has recovered to the one that was in pre-Columbian America, only in the 50s of the 20th century.Today in the US, mainly in the reserves, is home to about 200,000 Indians.It is interesting to note that the population, which owned once across America, now is not allowed especially to political and social activities in the country.
In the 16th century the population of the United States is actively replenished blacks - slaves who were imported in large quantities in this country and in the neighboring territory for more than three centuries.Today, they account for about 15% of the population and include blacks and mulattos.
After the Civil War, the results of which slavery was abolished, the population of the United States began to increase at the expense of immigrants from Asia and Europe.However, this process has slowed down in the 20th century because of several world wars.It is expected that today the majority of the population are those whose ancestors came from the Old World, Australia, Canada, in second place - the representatives of the African-American areas, on the third Asians, on the fourth - the Indians, the fifth - the peoples of the islands located in the Pacific Ocean.Rating complete the rest of the nations and races, whose share in the total population is about 1.7 percent.
should be noted that the population in the US is an approximate value, as well as its composition, as, for example, in this state, there are about 5 million unemployed people who move around the country and are not always subject to accounting.In addition, you can not exactly say that "white population" is 80%, as indicated by the official statistics, sincein the United States is an active, including illegal migration from Latin America and other regions.
US population where more than a third of a billion, as part of its population have an impressive part of the people who were not born in the territory of that State.As of mid 10-ies of the 21st century (2005), their share is about 10 percent, of which eleven million people born in Mexico, about five million were born in Europe, and about 1.5 million. Was born in India or China.The population of the United States increased by about 0.9% per year mainly by the representatives of Latin American and Afro-American peoples.
