{"id":2449,"date":"2020-04-01T22:13:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2020-04-01T22:13:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:13:53","slug":"u-s-population-growth-rate-lowest-in-a-century-says-new-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=2449","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Population Growth Rate Lowest in a Century, Says New Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“”In the United States, fewer births and more deaths reduced population growth to a 100-year low,” reports a new study<\/a> by demographers at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). They add that “in nearly 46 percent of counties, more people died than were born last year.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I reported last year, the U.S. total fertility rate fell in 2018 to 1.73 births per woman, the lowest rate ever recorded<\/a>. In general, the U.S. total fertility rate was been below replacement fertility<\/a>\u2014the level at which a given generation can exactly replace itself, usually defined as 2.1 births per woman\u2014since 1971.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Interestingly, the low\u2014that is to say, negative\u2014population growth in 1919 was largely the result of the decimation caused by the Spanish flu pandemic. Between July 1918 and July 1919, U.S. population actually dropped by 60,000 people<\/a>.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Population Growth Rate Lowest in a Century, Says New Report<\/a><\/blockquote>