President Trump's immigration crackdown contributed to a year-to-year drop in the U.S. growth rate. The nation’s population hit nearly 342 million people in 2025. The 0.5% growth rate for 2025 was a ...

U.S. population growth hits slowest rate since COVID at just 0.5%, with the Census Bureau citing major decline in net international migration as a key factor.

(Bloomberg) -- US population growth cooled significantly last year amid a sharp slowdown in immigration, according to new US Census Bureau data. The US population increased just 1.8 million, or 0.5%, ...

President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has contributed to a year-to-year drop in the U.S. growth rate as the nation's ...

The reduced population growth comes on the heels of 2024, when the country added 3.2 million people and grew by 1%.