New projections warn of a much-more-congested future if immigration policies aren't changed.
Published:
Thu, Sep 27th 2018 @ 1:45 pm EDT by Roy Beck
The Census Bureau's projections of where U.S. population size is headed are dire. But a new chart (see below) we have produced from the projections also contains a much brighter prospect if the country makes just moderate immigration reductions.
This chart is the most recent update of many NumbersUSA has produced since 1996. The bottom line of all (which is the top line on the chart) is that if Congress doesn't reduce annual immigration, future Americans will be living congested lives that would be unrecognizable by Americans of the 20th century.
THE TOP LINE on the chart is the latest projection from the U.S. Census Bureau of what is most likely to happen under current trends. The population in 2060 will be double what it was in 1970. That was in a period when a national consensus was forming that the country should move soon to stabilize the size of its population and certainly avoid adding another 100 million people -- let alone another 200 million which is what our new chart shows happening by 2060.
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/new-projections-warn-much-more-congested-future-if-immigration-policies-arent-changed
