United States-Population 295 Million

Census Bureau Projects Nation's Population to Total 295 Million on New Year's Day

12/28/2004 10:51:00 AM

To: National Desk

Contact: Robert Bernstein of U.S. Census Bureau, 301-763-3030 or pio@census.gov; Web: http://www.census.gov

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As our nation prepares to ring in the New Year, the U.S. Census Bureau today projected the Jan. 1, 2005, population of the United States will be 295,160,302, up 2,835,602 or 1.0 percent from New Year's Day 2004.

In January, the United States is expected to register one birth every eight seconds and one death every 13 seconds.

Meanwhile, net international migration is expected to add one person every 26 seconds. The result is an increase in the total population of one person every 12 seconds.

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