The US population is set to hit the 300 Million mark tomorrow at 7:46 a.m. Here’s the story from the New York Daily News.
No one, of course, knows for certain who that baby will be, but all eyes will be on the clock in New York delivery rooms.
"There will be an extra sentiment of excitement in the air as we watch
to see if we are the lucky ones who happen to usher in that 300
millionth individual," said Dr.George Mussalli, chairman of the
department of obstetrics and gynecology at St. Vincent’s Hospital
Manhattan.Still, the baby likely to claim the distinction will be a Latino boy in
Los Angeles County, said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings
Institution.Half the growth in the U.S. is among Hispanics, and within that group,
most of the increase is in Los Angeles County, Frey said. More boys are
born each year than girls, he added."We’re coming back to a new American melting pot. We’ll infuse our
population with people whose parents are from Latin America, from Asia,
who are going to change the mix," Frey said.As it did in 1967, when the U.S. population reached 200 million, the
new high has ushered in warnings that producing too many people will
have drastic consequences.Thirty-nine years ago, forecasters predicted mass starvation.
Today, they warn that land is being developed twice as fast as the
population is growing, especially in Southern and Western states with
vulnerable ecosystems, according to a recent report by the Center for
Environment and Population.Tomorrow’s projection stems from the expectation that one person will
be born every seven seconds and one will die every 13 seconds.
Immigration adds one person every 31 seconds.Do the math, and the U.S. population grows by one person every 11 seconds, according to the census formula.
The U.S. population will clock in at 400million in 2043, Frey said.
The census population clock is at: