America's Population Growth Falls <br />to Century-Low Level.<br />The U.S. Census Bureau says<br />population numbers have only <br />increased by 1,552,022 since 2018.<br />That's even slower than in the 1930s when the Great Depression occurred.<br />There are a couple factors as to <br />why the population rate is declining.<br />One is that the number of immigrants moving to <br />America has fallen.<br />595,348 were recorded for 2019, <br />a drop from 2016's 1,046,709.<br />Another reason is the decline <br />in births with 42 states <br />seeing numbers fall.<br />Figures for newborns topped <br />figures for the deceased <br />by less than a million.<br />In West Virginia, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont, deaths even outnumbered births.<br />The Brookings Institution's William Frey says declining immigration numbers and a overall population could lead to big issues. .<br />You know, a lot of our decline of births, or at least slow growth of births, can be countered by immigration from abroad, William Frey, via NPR's 'Here and Now'
