- New population projections from the Census Bureau show
U.S. population will grow to 420 million by 420, not 404 million as projected
in its last estimate five years ago. The higher projection is based on
Census 2000 data.
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- In its last projection, the Census Bureau projected that
without any change in immigration trends, the U.S. population would reach
403 million by 2050 (compared to today's 290 million). According to this
new projection, the U.S. population will grow by another 130 million-49
percent-before the next 50 years have passed.
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- That's another 130 million people needing schools, jobs,
and housing-as well as water and other natural resources. Already, communities
throughout the U.S. are struggling to accommodate ballooning populations,
as population growth overcrowds schools, clogs roads, swallows up open
space, taxes the environment, and raises the cost of living.
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- The new projections are from the Census Bureau's International
Programs Center's (IPC) international database (available at <http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html>http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html).
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- The Census Bureau is scheduled to release more detailed
projections later this year. Those projections will use more sophisticated
methodologies and several different immigration scenarios and will also
provide projections for each state.
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- ** This email is from the Federation for American Immigration
Reform (FAIR), the nation's largest immigration reform organization. Visit
our web site at http://www.fairus.org for much more information on immigration
and population trends in the U.S. **
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