I have heard anything from 1 in 100 working adults to 1 in 10 working adults -- does anybody have any good data?
UPDATE: Well, I found the answer. About 1 in 200:
800,000 programmers in the US[0].
150,000,000 workers in the US[1].
[0] http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2009/snapshots/12.html