This statistic shows the results of a 2011 survey among American adults on how many people they think live in the United States as of 2011. The respondents were sorted by age and educational background. 28 percent of all respondents believe that approximately 1 billion people live in the United States as of 2011.
What do you think - approximately how many people live in the United States today?
(2011, by age and education)
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