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The growth rate for the United States in the past year was 0.53%, about half the worldwide figure.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called 2022 a milestone year, with the birth of the Earths eight billionth inhabitant.
The numbers came in a release of census data that marks the official beginning of once-a-decade congressional redistricting battles.
AP: Black Americans are getting inoculated for coronavirus at levels far below their share of the general population.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The Census report found that 27.5 million people, 8.5% of the population, lacked health insurance coverage in 2018.
Trump has jumped into a battle over whether states can draw districts based only on the population that is eligible to vote, a move that would benefit Republicans.
How urban living can cap population growth and help conserve natural resources.
They could vanish in 50 years or be protected by "wildlife corridors," researchers say.
Conventional wisdom says job and population growth is a marker of a healthy economy. But these cities show that's not always the case.
The global Muslim population is relatively young with a high fertility rate.