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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 30 > Population climbs 2.7 million this year

Population climbs 2.7 million this year


December 30, 2008

WASHINGTON — My, how the country has grown.

The United States will enter 2009 with 305,529,237 residents, the Census Bureau estimated on Monday.

That’s an increase of 2,743,429 this year.

The bureau says that in January, one birth is expected to occur every eight seconds in....

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