But based on the numbers of people I know who have it, some tested, a large majority not, I guess at least 8-10x official numbers. My own stats would suggest .5-1% of the entire population of the US have it, or have already had it. I actually suspect that to be a lower bound.

I have seen a couple of people interviewed and only one person got tested but everyone else in the house was sick. So like 3 to 5 other people in the house with just one tested. So I am guessing the actual numbers with the 30 to 50% who never show symptoms and perhaps only about 30% getting tested who do show symptoms, that the number could be 5 to 10 times the known cases. That might be close to 2 million but who knows. Your 1% of the US is probably about right.

Especially with how many media and politicians are getting it.

is if the numbers are that much larger, than the death rate (not the overall toll, unfortunately) could be much lower, which would be a very good thing