Abby (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} fondued_jicama) wrote in starsong24, |
The US population, however, is somewhat sort of levelled out; the biggest influx we have in numbers is the Hispanic population.
Population growth is fastest among minorities, and according to the United States Census Bureau's estimation for 2005, 45% of American children under the age of 5 are minorities.[8] In 2007, the nation’s minority population reached 102.5 million.[9] A year before, the minority population totaled 100.7 million. Hispanic and Latino Americans accounted for almost half (1.4 million) of the national population growth of 2.9 million between July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2006.
So I think that's one of the reasons the US population is still increasing- but in a lot of ways, it has the potential to be stable. You look at the numbers of people who die every year from cancers, murder, acts of God, and car accidents, and that certainly, er, helps. Plus, a person has to look at where the majority of the population is, age-wise. If a population has more old people than young, they're going to say we have more of a declining population than an increasing one. Which isn't the case here, but whatevs.
But if the population continues to rise, we could all just move to Russia. Their population has fallen something like 6 1/2 million since 1992.
Population growth is fastest among minorities, and according to the United States Census Bureau's estimation for 2005, 45% of American children under the age of 5 are minorities.[8] In 2007, the nation’s minority population reached 102.5 million.[9] A year before, the minority population totaled 100.7 million. Hispanic and Latino Americans accounted for almost half (1.4 million) of the national population growth of 2.9 million between July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2006.
So I think that's one of the reasons the US population is still increasing- but in a lot of ways, it has the potential to be stable. You look at the numbers of people who die every year from cancers, murder, acts of God, and car accidents, and that certainly, er, helps. Plus, a person has to look at where the majority of the population is, age-wise. If a population has more old people than young, they're going to say we have more of a declining population than an increasing one. Which isn't the case here, but whatevs.
But if the population continues to rise, we could all just move to Russia. Their population has fallen something like 6 1/2 million since 1992.
