United States in figures
A profile of the United States from official statistics: 46 figures in 9 sections, each with its period, its change from a year earlier, its rank among similar places where a ranking exists, and its source.
- People
- Work and income
- Economy
- Prices and housing
- Consumers
- Business and tourism
- Health
- Digital
- Energy and environment
- Sources and citations
People
Population in the United States was 341.78 million in 2025, up 0.5% from 2024.
Work and income
Unemployment rate in the United States was 4.2% in September 2026, down 0.2 percentage points from September 2025.
Median household income$80,734
Per capita personal income$77,028
Economy
GDP (US dollars) in the United States was $30.86 trillion in 2025, up 5% from 2024.
Gross domestic product (GDP), US dollars$30.86 trillion
GDP per capita, US dollars$90,295
Real GDP growth2.3%
GDP per capita, PPP (international dollars)90,027 international $
General government gross debt, national accounts136.4% of GDP
Prices and housing
Inflation rate in the United States was 3.4% in August 2026, up 0.5 percentage points from August 2025.
Median home value$332,700
Consumers
Consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures) in the United States was $20.87 trillion in 2025, up 5.3% from 2024.
Consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures)$20.87 trillion
Consumer spending on health care services$3.57 trillion
Consumer spending on housing$3.33 trillion
Time spent sleeping, hours per day9.03 hours per day
Consumer spending on restaurants and other food services$1.29 trillion
Business and tourism
Employer firms in the United States were 5.59 million in 2023, up 0.9% from 2022.
Employer firms5.59 million
Business applications531,728
Farms1.9 million
Retail and food services sales, seasonally adjusted$737.76 billion
Health
Life expectancy in the United States was 78.97 years in 2024, up 0.55 years from 2023.
Digital
Share of people using the internet in the United States was 94.7% in 2024, up 1.2 percentage points from 2023, and the 30th highest of 189 countries in 2019.
Energy and environment
Average residential electricity price in the United States was 17.3 US cents per kWh (provisional) in 2025, up 5% from 2024.
Average residential electricity price17.3 US cents per kWh
Average annual temperature54.6 °F
Sources and citations
- U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW. Retrieved 2026-10-09. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B01002: median age, total population. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b01002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/asrh/cc-est2025-agesex-all.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program resident population on 1 July divided by land area from the latest Census Gazetteer files, persons per km². https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Population Survey: unemployment rate, 16 years and over, seasonally adjusted (LNS14000000). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/ln/ln.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment-population ratio, civilian noninstitutional population aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted, CPS LNS12300000. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/ln/ln.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor force participation rate, civilian noninstitutional population aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted, CPS LNS11300000. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/ln/ln.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, all industry total, millions of current dollars. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Invokely calculation from GDP in current dollars (BEA SAGDP2 and CAGDP1) divided by mid-year population (BEA SAINC1 and CAINC1). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#gdp_per_capita_usd. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAGDP11: annual percent change in real GDP, all industry total, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) (NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Retrieved 2026-10-11. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- OECD. OECD National Accounts at a Glance: gross debt of general government, percentage of GDP (DSD_NAAG_VI@DF_NAAG_VI, LES13_FD4). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_NAAG_VI%40DF_NAAG_VI&df[ag]=OECD.SDD.NAD. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html
- World Bank, World Development Indicators. Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): all items, US city average, 12-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cu/cu.data.1.AllItems. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SARPP: regional price parities by state, all items (United States = 100). https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SARPP.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25077: median value (dollars), owner-occupied housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25077.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Annual change in the FHFA traditional purchase-only house price index, not seasonally adjusted, nation, quarterly, calculated with stored inputs. https://www.fhfa.gov/hpi/download/monthly/hpi_master.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25064.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on all goods and services, all consumer units (CXUTOTALEXPLB0101M). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, health care (line 60), millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day sleeping, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01000247, activity 010100). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food services (line 82), millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Business Formation Statistics: business applications (BA_BA), all sectors, seasonally adjusted, United States and states. https://www.census.gov/econ/bfs/csv/bfs_monthly.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- OECD. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_INTER%40DF_INBOUND&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html
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- U.S. Census Bureau. Quarterly Services Survey: total revenue of selected service industries, total (000000A), employer firms, seasonally adjusted, millions of dollars. https://www.census.gov/econ/currentdata/?programCode=QSS. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NCHS final period life expectancy at birth, total population: US 2021 to 2024 and states 2022. https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/NVSR/75-05/Table01.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-10. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (hn4x-zwk7), percent of adults aged 18 years and older who have obesity, total. https://data.cdc.gov/resource/hn4x-zwk7.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid%3D%27Q036%27+AND+stratificationid1%3D%27OVERALL%27+AND+datavaluetypeid%3D%27VALUE%27. Retrieved 2026-10-09. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). VSRR Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts (xkb8-kh2a), reported number of drug overdose deaths, 12 month-ending. https://data.cdc.gov/resource/xkb8-kh2a.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=indicator%3D%27Number+of+Drug+Overdose+Deaths%27+AND+period%3D%2712+month-ending%27. Retrieved 2026-10-09. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.
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- World Bank, World Development Indicators. Individuals using the Internet, % of population (IT.NET.USER.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales: e-commerce as a percent of total retail sales, seasonally adjusted (tsadprectbl3). https://www.census.gov/retail/mrts/www/data/delimited/tsadprectbl3.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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