Record 10-Year Rise In U. S. Population

In the 1990s the U. S. population set a record for growth in a 10-year period beating the high growth seen during the "baby boom" years.

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April 3, 2001, 4:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Even as many other industrial countries are suffering declining populations because of shrinking birth rates, the United States swelled by 32.7 million people in the last decade, to 281.4 million, the result of waves of young immigrants with families and a steady birth rate that outpaced deaths. The increase, which was greater than the country's population total during the Civil War, easily surpassed the previous record growth of 28 million in the 1950's."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: U.S. Population Has Biggest 10-Year Rise Ever

Tuesday, April 3, 2001 in The New York Times

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