A look at the latest US population trends

Yesterday, the US Census Bureau dropped its most recent annual population report. The main takeaway? National population growth is still historically low, but trends are returning to pre-pandemic norms.

The US gained more than 1.6 million people this past year, growing by 0.5% to reach a total population of 334,914,895, per the report. That’s a slight uptick from the 0.4% increase in 2022, and well above the 0.2% increase in 2021.

Some other takeaways:

• The South has the team on its back. The region accounted for 87% of the nation’s growth in 2023.
• Growth is happening in more states… In 2023, 42 states as well as DC had an increase in population, up from 31 states and the District of Columbia in 2022 and 34 states in 2021.
• … but not in all states. New York and California saw the largest population drops by number of people (101,984 and 75,423, respectively), while Texas saw the greatest increase (473,453).

🌍 Population growth is slowing in many places around the world. The global population is expected to virtually stop growing by the end of this century for the first time in modern history, due in large part to falling fertility rates, according to a Pew Research analysis of UN data.

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