US Population Growth Falls <br />to Lowest Level Since 1930s, According to New Census.<br />The significant fall in population growth occurred <br />in the ten years between the Census.<br />and was the result of a declining birth rate <br />and lower levels of immigration.<br />Census data revealed that <br />there are now more American <br />adults who are over the age of 80 than <br />American children under the age of two.<br />This is a big deal. If it stays lower like this, it means the end of American exceptionalism in this regard, Ronald Lee, Demographer At UC Berkeley, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />The U.S. Census is used to apportion <br />Congressional seats in the House of Representatives <br />based on population.<br />The 2020 Census is widely regarded as the <br />most controversial in recent memory.<br />after a Trump administration initiative to add <br />a question about citizenship was denied <br />by the U.S. Supreme Court. .<br />Added to the legal ramblings were the tremendous strains <br />of conducting the Census during a global pandemic.<br />I assured the president that the census is complete and accurate, Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, <br />via 'The New York Times'
