By John D. Sutter, CNN
The population of the United States is still growing -- but not the way it once was. And it definitely isn't booming like populations in some other countries in the world.
Between 2000 and 2010, the country grew at a rate of 9.7%, which was lower than any decade since the Great Depression, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which is releasing a steady stream of stats about the nation.
During the 1930s, the country grew at a rate of about 7%. For comparison, the U.S. grew at a rate of about 19% in the 1950s, during the baby boom, and things generally have been slowing down since then.
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The US population is not in decline and its rate of growth is not slow enough.
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By 2050 the population is estimated to rise to 392 million (U.S. Census Bureau medium figure). That is more than a 50% increase from 1990!