![]() Most people in this area of the country are Christians (65%), followed by a good chunk that is not religious (25%), and finally those who follow other religions such as Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism (collectively 10%). The biggest cities in the Northeast include New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and the nation’s capital, Washington DC. White people form about 65% of the population, followed by Hispanics (15%), Blacks (11%), Asians (7%), and people who are more than one race (2%). The Northeastern US comprises the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Image credit: Sean Pavone/Shutterstock Northeast 17.1% Further subsections exist in some of these regions, but we will look at just these four main areas as larger pieces.Īccording to, the population was distributed as follows in the US in 2019. One common method is into four sections: the northeast, midwest, south, and west. There are various ways to divide the mainland US into sections or regions. Today, there are about 574 federally recognizes Indigenous tribes in the US, the largest of which are the Navajo, Cherokee, and Sioux peoples. ![]() Historians estimate there were about 112 million people populating Indigenous groups in the Americans before Columbus arrived in 1492. These peoples were pushed out by Europeans who fought them for their land, relegating them to live on reservations of land that were often far from their original territories. Some of these groups still exist today, but many no longer live where their ancestors once did. This took some time to accomplish and involved conflict, wars, and strife.īefore Europeans came to conquer the Americas, Indigenous peoples from many tribes inhabited the land. From that point on, European populations spread westward, distributing from right to left across the land. It was not until 1607 that Jamestown, Virginia became the first British colony in the Americas. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and his men arrived in San Diego Bay in October of 1542, and Spanish settlers began living in places like Florida, Colorado, and New Mexico throughout the 1500s and 1600s. The Spanish were the first Europeans to settle the New World. Historically, European settlers coming to what would become the US came to places like California, first. Image credit: David Smart/Shutterstock How the Population First Spread Across the US The United States was born with the signing of the Consitution in 1787. This is also true in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, and parts of South America. More people live in cities and urban settings than in rural places. In the US, the opposite is true, however. In some parts of the world, more people live in the countryside than in cities. Where people choose to live depends on which part of the country they were born in, where they went to school, and where jobs are located to match their skills. How the population is now distributed in the country depends on many factors. ![]() During the previous year, 2,813,503 souls died in the country and according to the UN, 51 million people immigrated to American soil in 2019. Here are some other fast facts: in 2018 alone, 3,791,712 babies were born in the US, resulting in a birth rate of about 59 births for every 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44. ![]() Each year, millions of people are born on US soil, millions die, and scores immigrate to call the place home. Amazingly, there are currently about 331.2 million people living in the country, making it the third most populated in the world following China and India. The US is home to many, many people coming from all walks of life. The US was once inhabited by up to 60 million Indigenous peoples from different tribes.The South is the fastest growing area in the US in terms of population, while the Northeast is shrinking slightly.The South is the most populated area in the US, followed by the West, the Midwest, and the North East.3D illustration showing population density in the United States. ![]()
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