A Population Slowdown in the U.S.

<p>The latest census revealed that the United States had seen the second-slowest decade of population growth since 1790, when the count began.</p><p>The country may be entering an era of substantially lower population growth, demographers said.</p><p>How could this redefine the nation’s future?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/sabrina-tavernise?smid=pc-thedaily">Sabrina Tavernise</a>, a national correspondent covering demographics for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The numbers, the product of the most embattled census process in decades, underlined the long-running trend of<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/us/us-census-numbers.html"> population gains in the South and West</a>.</li><li>Here is a roundup of<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/30/us/Census-results.html"> what you need to know</a> about the census results.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>