America is still growing. But not by much.
According to U.S. Census estimates released Jan. 27, population growth has slowed "significantly," with just 1.8 million more people between July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025.
That amount of population growth – just 0.5% – is the slowest rate of growth since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, when a worldwide shutdown slowed population growth to just 0.2% in 2021. And it comes after a significant uptick in 2024, when 3.2 million people were added to the U.S. population, which grew by a full percentage point, the most growth since 2006.
The main culprit for slower growth? What one Census Bureau official called "a historic decline in net international migration."
But the data was also filled with continued alarming trends in birthrates and some surprising regions that are gaining population. Here's what to know.
