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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for December 30, 2019
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
December 30, 2019: The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there will be 330 million Americans as the New Year of 2020 begins. That’s up a bit from 328 million at the beginning of 2019.[1]
The population keeps growing because there is one new birth in the United States every 8 seconds. Additionally, every 34 seconds, a new migrant moves into the country from somewhere else around the world.[1]
These gains are partially offset by the fact that one American dies every 10 seconds throughout the year.[1]
Put it all together and the U.S. population grows by one person every 18 seconds.[1]
That works out to an average population growth of 200 people every hour of every day all year long.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- December 27, 2019 –31 percent of U.S. deaths took place at home
- December 26, 2019 –63 percent of American adults say it’s impossible to go through daily life without government collecting data on them
- December 23, 2019 –23 percent of U.S. children live with a single parent
- December 20, 2019 –14.9 billion pieces of mail delivered by Postal Service this year
- December 19, 2019 –250 million dollars to be spent on advertising in support of 2020 Census
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