Sluggish Economy And Low Immigration Push U.S. Population Growth To Slowest Rate Since 1945
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 23rd, 2011 5:36 am by HL
Sluggish Economy And Low Immigration Push U.S. Population Growth To Slowest Rate Since 1945
The sluggish economy pushed down U.S. birth rates last year and immigration reached the lowest levels since 1991, combining to lead to the slowest population growth in the U.S. since 1945, when the population actually dropped by 0.3 percent. Between April 2010 and July 2011, the U.S. population grew by 2.8 million people, or 0.7 […]
The sluggish economy pushed down U.S. birth rates last year and immigration reached the lowest levels since 1991, combining to lead to the slowest population growth in the U.S. since 1945, when the population actually dropped by 0.3 percent. Between April 2010 and July 2011, the U.S. population grew by 2.8 million people, or 0.7 percent, according to the Census Bureau. And the net increase of immigrants in the U.S. was 703,000, down from a peak of 1.2 million in 2001.