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The United States could achieve a first in 2025. The population might shrink for the first time in the nation’s history.

While the South grew the most in absolute numbers of rural population, the largest percentage growth was in the Interior Northwest, made up of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. A biker rides along the Big ...

A new projection reckons that this year, for the first time in history, the number of Americans could decline. That marks a sobering development for anyone concerned about the future of the republic.

A recent report highlighted a looming demographic crisis in the United States, as annual deaths are expected to exceed annual births by 2033. “Population growth in the U.S. is expected to stagnate ...

The U.S. population is expected to continue rising in the next three decades, though its growth pace will inevitably slow and will increasingly be supported by the number of migrants arriving in the ...

Legislation passed by House Republicans would add a citizenship question to the U.S. Census starting in 2030 and could significantly impact total population counts if enacted. The bill's sponsor told ...

Cairo, a town at the southern tip of Illinois founded in the early 19th century, was given that name because it was expected to grow into a huge metropolis. Located at the confluence of the ...

The foreign-born population in the United States hit a record 15.8% under the Biden administration. NY Post Design The government’s household survey in January of this year showed the foreign-born or ...

Tactless as it may have been, Biden was not wrong. Japan, in particular, is expected to see its population drop by a third in the next half-century. But a few months ago, the US Census Bureau released ...

Thousands of people moved to rural America last year, causing the fourth year of continual growth in rural areas, according to a Daily Yonder analysis of 2024 Census estimates. Nonmetropolitan, or ...