People

Tlingit Indians, Alaska

Werner Ruckelshausen

Population: 270 311 756 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 22% (male 29 952 220; female 28 560 357)

15-64 years: 66% (male 88 113 895; female 89 399 501)

65 years and over: 12% (male 14 088 571; female 20 197 212) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.87% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 14.4 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 8.8 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: 3 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 6.44 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 76.13 years

male: 72.85 years

female: 79.58 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.07 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:

noun: American(s)

adjective: American

Ethnic groups: white 83.4% black 12.4% Asian 3.3% Amerindian 0.8% (1992)

Religions: Protestant 56% Roman Catholic 28% Jewish 2% other 4% none 10% (1989)

Languages: English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority)

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 97%

male: 97%

female: 97% (1979 est.)