U.S. Population, 2009: 305 Million and Counting

Recession or no, the country is growing

By U.S. News Staff

December 31, 2008 RSS Feed Print
  • 305,529,237: U.S. population estimate for Jan. 1, 2009
  • 2,743,429: Population added since Jan. 1, 2008
  • 8: Estimated number of seconds between births in January 2009
  • 12: Estimated number of seconds between deaths in January 2009
  • 1: Estimated number of immigrants added to the population every 36 seconds in January 2009

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau

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I like to have children because it feels really good making them. It's good to go inside.

Mike of AL 6:38PM December 06, 2011

Our pop grown here in the US is a tiny fraction, overall, and discounting immigration would be in decline by now. The issue with global population remains poor education, poverty, lack of varying forms of social security, higher child mortality rates, etc, which combine to essentially REQUIRING large pools of children to make ends meet, ensure some survive long enough to take care of their parents as they get old, et cetera, women who have no choice in the matter, and so on. If you want to really curb or even redact growth, it has to be through education and the betterment of people's lives so that they can feel secure in having few children. Assigning blame is just going to put people on the defensive.

J.E. Turcotte of VA 3:42PM June 29, 2011

it's good to have children!!

bob 4:07PM December 21, 2010

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