Immigration drives highest US population growth in over 2 decades
Last year, the US population grew by nearly 1% compared to the 0.2% growth in 2021
Greg Wehner By Greg Wehner Fox News
Published December 19, 2024 10:25pm EST
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The influx of migrants into the U.S. in 2024 drove the population to its highest rate of increase in 23 years, as the nation’s population surpassed 340 million, according to a report Thursday from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Between 2023 and 2024, the U.S. population grew by nearly 1%, the highest increase since 2001. In contrast, the 0.2% growth rate in 2021 was a record low at the height of pandemic restrictions on travel into the U.S., the annual population estimates show.
This year, immigration increased by almost 2.8 million people, in part due to a new method of counting that adds people who were admitted for humanitarian reasons.
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