US population growth slowest since 1930s
AFP | HT Correspondent, Washington
Dec 21, 2010 10:33 PM IST
The US population stood at 308.7 million this year, up 9.7% from 10 years ago in the slowest growth since the 1930s, the Census Bureau said in long-awaited findings today.
The US population stood at 308.7 million this year, up 9.7% from 10 years ago in the slowest growth since the 1930s, the Census Bureau said in long-awaited findings on Tuesday.
The Census Bureau put the US population at 308,745,538 as of April 1, 2010, with a steady shift toward southern states such as Arizona, Nevada and Texas.
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The growth in the world's largest economy was the slowest since the 1930s, when the population expanded by only 7.3%.
The latest figure "is thus the second lowest of the past century," Census chief Robert Groves told a news conference announcing the results.
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