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US population growth is slowing due to low fertility rates and an aging population, with projections indicating growth will halt around 2048 as natural decline and immigration balance out, leading to a peak and subsequent decline by 2055.
President Trump falsely claimed that 300 million Americans died from drugs last year, a figure vastly exaggerated compared to actual overdose deaths of around 75,000, highlighting his tendency for making wildly inaccurate statements.
The US immigrant population has decreased for the first time since the 1960s, dropping from 53.3 million to 51.9 million, influenced by stricter immigration policies under the Trump administration and recent changes during the Biden administration. Despite this decline, the US still hosts the largest immigrant population globally, with notable shifts in the origins of new immigrants and a record high unauthorized population of 14 million in 2023, which is now beginning to decline due to increased deportations and policy changes.
The US immigrant population peaked at 53.3 million in early 2025 but has since declined to 51.9 million due to increased deportations and policy restrictions, marking the first decrease since the 1960s. Most immigrants originate from Latin America and Asia, with Mexico being the largest source. Recent policy shifts, including restrictions on asylum and deportation enforcement, have contributed to the decline, especially among unauthorized immigrants. Despite the decrease, the US remains the country with the largest immigrant population globally.
Donald Trump announced plans to conduct a new US census excluding undocumented immigrants, aiming to influence congressional representation and electoral votes, despite legal and constitutional challenges and the accuracy of the current census.
The US birth rate has resumed its downward trend in 2022 after a brief increase in 2021, with an estimated 3,661,220 babies born, according to the CDC. The teenage birth rate fell to a record low, while birth rates for people in their late 30s and early 40s increased. The US fertility rate remains below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman, which could lead to slowing growth, an aging population, and a shortage of workers in the future.
New Census Bureau data shows that the US population has aged over the past two decades, with the median age rising from 35.2 in 2000 to 38.8 in 2020. The population of adults 65 and older grew nearly five times faster than the total US population in the past century, and that age group represented 16.8% of the total US population in 2020. There is growing concern about what the public health needs of an aging population will look like. The Census data also showed that the multiracial population was the youngest of any race group in 2020.