PIDDLING POPULATION

For the year ending 6/30/25 (2025), the US population grew 1.8 million, or 0.53%, down from 1% in 2024, the slowest population growth since 0.2% in 2021. The major cause; the drop in net immigration from 2.7 million in 2024 to 1.3 million in 2025. During the Great Depression, growth was 0.6%/year, and in the decade preceding Covid it was 0.7%/year. Growth is expected to slow further in 2026.