Economics
U.S. Population Grows at Lowest Rate on Record During Pandemic
- New York among regions with biggest decrease in population
- Aging, net migration, low birth rate and Covid-19 are to blame
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The U.S. population grew at the slowest rate on record in 2021 as slowing migration, an aging population and low birth rates were exacerbated by the Covid pandemic, U.S. Census Bureau data released Tuesday show.
The population expanded by just 0.1% or 392,665 people this year, a smaller increase than during the influenza pandemic and World War I in the early years of the last century. It’s also the first time since 1937 that the population has expanded by less than 1 million.