Baby Bust: U.S. population growth crashes to 80-year low

Published December 27, 2016 2:33pm ET



America’s population growth has hit the lowest rate since the Great Depression, driven by millennials stalling having families due to the bad economy, growing death rates and a decrease in immigration, according to the Census Bureau.

Population growth is at an 80-year low, at 0.6 percent. That is the lowest since 1936.

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