PEOPLE

Population: 3,958,128 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 20.5% (male 415,141/female 396,782)
15-64 years: 66% (male 1,254,416/female 1,358,229)
65 years and over: 13.5% (male 229,727/female 303,833) (2008 est.)

Median age: total: 35.6 years
male: 33.8 years
female: 37.3 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.369% (2008 est.)

Birth rate: 12.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate: 7.88 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 8.65 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.58 years
male: 74.64 years
female: 82.73 years (2008 est.)

Ethnic groups: white (mostly Spanish origin) 80.5%, black 8%, Amerindian 0.4%, Asian 0.2%, mixed and other 10.9%

Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%

Languages: Spanish and English