Higher mortality and lower than expected fertility rates in spite of isolating at home led to growth of .1%
The US recorded the lowest rate of population growth in its history in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, according to theThe year from July 2020 to July 2021 was also the first time since 1937 that the population of the US grew by fewer than 1 million people. Only 392,665 people were added to the count, growth of barely 0.1%.
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