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FACTS ABOUT LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
A. ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING
1. Demographic Variables
United States of America:
According to the population estimates of the US Census Bureau as of July 1, 2004, the total population of the United States is 293,655,404 (A-1).
Age Distribution of the United States according to Census 2000 (A-2):
Age Number Percentage
Under 5 years 19,175,798 6.8
5 to 9 years 20,549,505 7.3
10 to 14 years 20,528,072 7.3
15 to 19 years 20,219,890 7.2
20 to 24 years 18,964,001 6.7
25 to 34 years 39,891,724 14.2
35 to 44 years 45,148,527 16.0
45 to 54 years 37,677,952 13.4
55 to 59 years 13,469,237 4.8
60 to 64 years 10,805,447 3.8
65 to 74 years 18,390,986 6.5
75 to 84 years 12,361,180 4.4
85 years and over 4,239,587 1.5
The five states where population is primarily concentrated are California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois (A-1).
The US population's composition of the different races is as follows: 75.1% White, 12.5% Hispanic, 12.3% African American, and 3.6% Asian (A-2).
According to Census 2000, the median income of a typical American household is $41,994 (A-3).
In October 1997, 37.4 million American households, or 36.6 percent had computers. Computer presence was most likely (75.9%) in households with yearly family incomes of $75,000 or more, while only 15.6% of households with incomes below $25,000 had a computer (A-19).
The World:
According to US Census Bureau, the world population is estimated to be 6,447, 945,987 (2005).
In 2002, the world's annual average growth rate was 1.2 percent, down from a high of 2.2 percent in 1963-1954 (A-17).
The breakdown of age in world's population is as follows (A-17):
Age Percentage
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