<p> USA QuickFacts</p><p>Source: USA QuickFacts, U.S. Census Bureau, accessed February 28, 2008, available from http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html.</p><p>People QuickFacts USA</p><p>Population, 2006 estimate 299,398,484 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 6.4% Population, 2000 281,421,906 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 6.8% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 24.6% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 12.4% Female persons, percent, 2006 50.7% White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 80.1% Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 12.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 4.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 14.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 66.4%</p><p>Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report Last Revised: Wednesday, 02-Jan-2008 15:10:39 EST </p>