“The U.S. population is growing at the slowest rate since the Great Depression after two decades of robust increases.  For two consecutive years since 2009, the population has grown just 0.7% a year, down from annual increases around 1% in previous years and the lowest since the late 1930s.”

“‘Almost anybody who observes these things over the years can say this is almost all recession-related,’ says Carl Haub, demographer for the Population Reference Bureau.”

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