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U.S. population growth slows sharply in 2025 as immigration drops under Trump policies
- Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released the Vintage 2025 population estimates showing the nation's population reached 341.8 million with growth of 0.5% from July 2024 to July 2025.
- Census analysts point to a sharp drop in net international migration, defined as immigrants minus emigrants, as the cause of the 2025 growth slowdown while natural increase stayed steady.
- Data show immigration rose in 2025 but remained well below the prior year after unusually strong growth partly tied to counting method changes that included humanitarian admissions.
- Five states registered population declines, including California, Hawaii, Vermont, and New Mexico, while West Virginia experienced the largest decline in net international migration, and South Carolina grew about 1.5%.
- The release was delayed by last fall's federal government shutdown, and the Census Bureau lost about 15 percent of its workforce last year amid enforcement reflecting President Donald Trump's early immigration policies.
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US population growth slows sharply as migration drops, Census estimates show
US population growth slowed sharply in 2025, with the country adding just 1.8 million people, or 0.5%, according to Census Bureau estimates. The slowdown was driven mainly by a steep drop in net international migration, which fell by more than half from the previous year.
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