U.S. Population Grows 9.7% as South, West Gain Most
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Southern and western states will gain a net 11 seats in Congress after outpacing other regions in population growth over the last decade, in what’s likely to spark redistricting battles across the U.S., census data shows.
The nation’s population rose 9.7 percent, to 308,745,538 on April 1, 2010, from 281,421,906 in 2000, the slowest pace of growth since 1930-1940, the U.S. Census Bureau said today.