In the United States, the rate of population growth for the year to July was 0.1%, the lowest level since we started collecting statistics.
The Census Bureau has analyzed that the epidemic of the new coronavirus has had an impact.
The US Census Bureau released the latest population estimates on the 21st.
According to it, the population of the United States was 331.8 million as of July, an increase of 392,000, or 0.1%, compared to the same period last year.
This is the lowest level since 1900, when the Census Bureau began collecting this statistic, and it is the first time since 1937, when the recession occurred, that the annual population growth has fallen below 1 million.
By region, the population is declining, especially in states with large cities, such as a decrease of 310,000 in New York and a decrease of 260,000 in California.
The U.S. population has already slowed in recent years due to lower birth rates, fewer immigrants, and higher mortality rates due to aging, but the Census Bureau has said that this trend is further exacerbated by the epidemic of the new coronavirus. , Analyzing that it remained at a record low level.
The Associated Press said that even if the virus epidemic has subsided, the population growth will not return to its original state immediately as more women choose to have no children due to financial instability. I'm telling you the idea.