Immigration and declines in death cause uptick in US population growth this year
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 19, 2023
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Immigration powered population gains in the United States for a second year in a row and — coupled with a drop in the number of deaths from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic — caused an uptick in the U.S. growth rate in 2023, according to estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The United States added 1.6 million people, more than two-thirds of which came from international migration, bringing the nation's population total to 334.9 million people. Population gains or losses come from births outpacing deaths, or vice . . .
