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The section "Vital Statistics" is misnamed, as the data contained pertains to a population instead of a sample of a population- so it's parameters, not stats.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:191:200:43aa:1bd:220c:ab0e:8875 ( talk • contribs) 11:28, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
This article uses July 1, 2021, and I would like to update it to January 1, 2022. The population as of January 1, 2022 is 332,403,650 according to the US Census Bureau. I do not want to edit it without discussing because the last time I did that, it didn't end well. I also have a population pyramid, but it might be copyrighted as I have found it on the Internet. Allan Polatcan ( talk) 15:43, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
It doesn't reflect the real composition. Whites are 57.8% of the total, whereas this image shows about 80%. What is this, the 50s? According to the image, the least white age bracket is still 71% white (age 0), which is mathematically impossible. Can anyone explain the discrepancy? MrThe1And0nly ( talk) 09:58, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
I noticed that the numbers in the section "Dependency ratio" seemed unreasonable, so I followed the references and confirmed that they should be percentages. However, ref 32 ( https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-national-detail.html ) does not provide the ratios. It gives a link to an XL spreadsheet with populations in different categories, which can be combined to calculate the ratios. Is this OK?
Note, too, that the cited page and data have been updated for 2022, so its values are no longer exactly the same as those in the Wikipedia page.
Also, I don't see the country rankings in ref 42 ( https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/dependency-ratios/ ). Maybe an older version of the page included them?
Fcy ( talk) 18:00, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
American women are remarkable , but it’s hard to believe there are 1,663.5 births per every woman.
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The section "Vital Statistics" is misnamed, as the data contained pertains to a population instead of a sample of a population- so it's parameters, not stats.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:191:200:43aa:1bd:220c:ab0e:8875 ( talk • contribs) 11:28, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
This article uses July 1, 2021, and I would like to update it to January 1, 2022. The population as of January 1, 2022 is 332,403,650 according to the US Census Bureau. I do not want to edit it without discussing because the last time I did that, it didn't end well. I also have a population pyramid, but it might be copyrighted as I have found it on the Internet. Allan Polatcan ( talk) 15:43, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
It doesn't reflect the real composition. Whites are 57.8% of the total, whereas this image shows about 80%. What is this, the 50s? According to the image, the least white age bracket is still 71% white (age 0), which is mathematically impossible. Can anyone explain the discrepancy? MrThe1And0nly ( talk) 09:58, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
I noticed that the numbers in the section "Dependency ratio" seemed unreasonable, so I followed the references and confirmed that they should be percentages. However, ref 32 ( https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-national-detail.html ) does not provide the ratios. It gives a link to an XL spreadsheet with populations in different categories, which can be combined to calculate the ratios. Is this OK?
Note, too, that the cited page and data have been updated for 2022, so its values are no longer exactly the same as those in the Wikipedia page.
Also, I don't see the country rankings in ref 42 ( https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/dependency-ratios/ ). Maybe an older version of the page included them?
Fcy ( talk) 18:00, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
American women are remarkable , but it’s hard to believe there are 1,663.5 births per every woman.
☆
Bri (
talk) 02:55, 30 March 2024 (UTC)