US Population Hits 308M

Number is up 2.6M, or 1%, over last year
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 29, 2009 5:11 PM CST
US Population Hits 308M
One of these guys comes around every 8 seconds or so in the US.   (Shutter Stock)

When the new year rolls around, the US population will be 308,400,408, give or take a Gosselin. The Census Bureau released the projection today, noting a jump of 2.6 million, or about 1%, over last year. The population is growing by 1 person every 14 seconds—that's 1 birth every 8 seconds, 1 death every 12 seconds, and one new immigrant every 37 seconds, reports Bloomberg. A new decennial survey starts in March.
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