New US population data filled with alarming, surprising findings

The data contained continued alarming trends in birthrates and some surprising regions that are gaining population.

Trump’s immigration crackdown led to drop in US growth rate last year as population hit 342 million

President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has contributed to a year-to-year drop in the U.S. growth rate as the nation's ...

U.S. Population Growth Slows Sharply as Immigration Numbers Plunge

New census estimates show the effects of falling birthrates and President Trump’s anti-immigration policies. As his term ...

Population growth is slowing, and the ripple effects could be wide

Immigration crackdowns may be slowing U.S. population growth and reshaping the economy, says Luke Pardue, policy director at the Aspen Institute Economic Strategy Group.
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We're nearing 'peak population.' These economists are worried

Over the past century, the world's human population has exploded from around 2 billion to 8 billion. Meanwhile, the average fertility rate has gradually declined. And if that trend continues as it has ...
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Fears that falling birth rates in the US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions

Pronatalism—the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed—is having a moment in the U.S. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. As birth rates decline ...