50 years ago, scientists predicted steady U.S. population growth
Excerpt from the June 5, 1971 issue of Science News
Two U.S. census workers board a snowmobile to canvas in rural Alaska. The country’s population grew by just 0.35 percent in 2020 — the lowest annual growth rate in over a century — census data suggest.
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Information outflow – Science News, June 5, 1971
The United States’ population is growing at a rate of one percent a year, and even with lower fertility rates this trend will probably continue.