President Trump's immigration crackdown contributed to a year-to-year drop in the U.S. growth rate. The nation’s population hit nearly 342 million people in 2025. The 0.5% growth rate for 2025 was a ...

President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has contributed to a year-to-year drop in the U.S. growth rate as the nation's population hit nearly 342 million people in 2025.

The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the country's population is growing at its slowest rate since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it cited a decline in migration as a key factor. The bureau noted that ...

(Bloomberg) -- US population growth cooled significantly last year amid a sharp slowdown in immigration, according to new US Census Bureau data. The US population increased just 1.8 million, or 0.5%, ...

The U.S. population grew just 0.5% from July 2024 to July 2025, per new Census Bureau estimates, adding 1.8 million people. Why it matters: That's the slowest rate since the worst of the COVID-19 ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - U.S. population growth has plummeted to its slowest pace in nearly five years, with the nation adding only 1.8 million residents in the past year, according to new estimates ...