US Population to Hit 300 Million by Next Week

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Yes, it happened at 7:46 EST this morning. Plus or minus a year.

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Yes, it happened at 7:46 EST this morning. Plus or minus a year.

hahaha . . . yup, you're right.

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I guess I was busy at the moment it happened, but we have arrived boys and girls.  Just now I checked the official population estimate and it's 300,012,087. 

[Frodo]

And in related news (at least from a month ago):
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U.S. Fertility Rate Hits 35-Year High, Stabilizing Population

By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 21, 2007; Page A11

For the first time in 35 years, the U.S. fertility rate has climbed high enough to sustain a stable population, solidifying the nation's unique status among industrialized countries.

The overall fertility rate increased 2 percent between 2005 and 2006, nudging the average number of babies being born to each woman to 2.1, according to the latest federal statistics. That marks the first time since 1971 that the rate has reached a crucial benchmark of population growth: the ability of each generation to replace itself.

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The reasons for the unusual U.S. fertility rate are the focus of intense interest. Experts can only speculate, but they cite a complex mix of factors, including lower levels of birth control use than in other developed countries, widely held religious values that encourage childbearing, social conditions that make it easier for women to work and have families, and a growing Hispanic population.

Oh, those crazy Hispanics and their child bearing.