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Total count of people is wrong
It says 331.4 million but the census contains non citizens as per US law the census has to contain all non citizens so it should be changed to 320.5 million
Not all US Nationals are Citizens
In the opening paragraph it is stated that US federal law equates nationality with citizenship. This is not true as jus soli for American Samoan-born people only provides US nationality but not US citizenship. 2600:387:15:371A:0:0:0:8 (talk) 04:05, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
Request to merge with Demographics of the United States
This article should be merged with Demographics of the United States? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States 208.73.92.94 (talk) 21:18, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose Is there even an explanation for this suggestion? CAVincent (talk) 22:09, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Yes because Americans is a nationality as opposed to an ethnic group. For information about Americans please visit Demographics of the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States ~2026-14844-51 (talk) 14:38, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
Change American population to 341.8 million?
The 2025 Census Bureau Estimate puts the US population at 341,784,857. The Demographics of the United States article uses this updated version too. Change population size to the updated 341.8 million? lenaraea (talk) 16:31, 23 February 2026 (UTC)