Immigration accounted for all U.S. population growth in 2022-23, first time since 1850

[Vambram]

Immigration accounted for all U.S. population growth in 2022-23, first time since 1850
The U.S. immigrant population grew by 1.6 million people while birth rates dropped, though the share of those who are foreign-born is slightly below the share in 1890.

All U.S. population growth in 2022-2023 happened because of immigration, not births — the first time that’s occurred since 1850, a migration think tank reported Wednesday.

That immigration growth has happened as U.S. birth rates have fallen, the Migration Policy Institute reported as part of its latest edition of “Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States.”

The immigrant population grew by 1.6 million people between 2022 and 2023, reaching a record high of 47.8 million in 2023, according to the analysis. That’s about a 3.6% population increase, the largest annual growth since 2010, the institute stated in its report.

However, the foreign-born percentage of the U.S. population is 14.3%. That puts it slightly below the 14.8% registered in 1890, MPI said.

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of immigrants in the U.S. are legally present and almost half are naturalized citizens, according to MPI.

In addition to naturalized citizenship, those with legal status include green-card holders (legal permanent residents), refugees, those who have been granted asylum, had long-term visas as students, temporary workers or other categories.

U.S. birth rates reached a historic low in 2023, falling 2% from the previous year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The fertility rate fell to 54.5 birth per 1,000 females of ages 15-44 in 2023, down from 56 in 2022.

The Census Bureau began collecting nativity data in 1850, when 2.2 million immigrants made up 10% of the U.S. population.

Immigration accounted for all U.S. population growth in 2022-23, first time since 1850

U.S. birth rates reached a historic low in 2023, falling 2% from the previous year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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[Vambram]

I'm not sure what some here might think about this. However. I honestly have very real concerns about the declining birth rates and fertility rates in the USA.

 

[Hazelelponi]

I'm not sure what some here might think about this. However. I honestly have very real concerns about the declining birth rates and fertility rates in the USA.

Something is wrong... If we are barely, if that, replacing ourselves I would like to explore why.

is health a factor, are we that unhealthy, when we should be extremely healthy?

Or is it something else... It is definitely something to explore and do a couple studies on to find out.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Something is wrong... If we are barely, if that, replacing ourselves I would like to explore why.

is health a factor, are we that unhealthy, when we should be extremely healthy?

Or is it something else... It is definitely something to explore and do a couple studies on to find out.

It’s been studied. The exact reasons are still somewhat foggy (or at least complicated), but it’s not at all exclusive to the US. This is what happens when societies become more affluent - people have fewer kids, later in life, but devote proportionally more resources to raising them. Other countries have tried a variety of approaches to increasing birth rates, but AFAIK, nothing has even moved the needle.

The explanations that seem most plausible to me are 1.) that, as society becomes more wealthy, everybody, but especially women, has more career opportunities, and so the opportunity cost of having children young is much higher, so child rearing is delayed; and 2.) as society becomes more educated and wealthy, the standards for childcare increase, making raising them more burdensome, not just in terms of money, but also in time/attention. The college-educated working dad of today, for example, spends at least as much time with his kids as SAHM’s did in the 50’s.

 

[John G.]

I'm not sure what some here might think about this. However. I honestly have very real concerns about the declining birth rates and fertility rates in the USA.

The US - and the West in general - needs to rethink women's "liberation", abortion and all anti-family trends that took place since the 1960s.
It's ironic that the elite have resorted to mass migration from Africa, S. America and the Muslim world all of which still adhere to traditional family values.

 

[Nithavela]

I'm not sure what some here might think about this. However. I honestly have very real concerns about the declining birth rates and fertility rates in the USA.

Mankind is an evolutionary dead end, so it's a good thing we stop reproducing.

 

[Nithavela]

The US - and the West in general - needs to rethink women's "liberation", abortion and all anti-family trends that took place since the 1960s.
It's ironic that the elite have resorted to mass migration from Africa, S. America and the Muslim world all of which still adhere to traditional family values.

We can't send women back to the kitchen, they are needed in the workforce to increase the wealth of shareholders.

 

[iluvatar5150]

The US - and the West in general - needs to rethink women's "liberation", abortion and all anti-family trends that took place since the 1960s.

Lol, yes, that’s exactly what we need to rethink.

When I look around and see how my generation (i.e older millennials) views child rearing today vs the attitudes I recall being exposed to as a kid, I’d take today in a heartbeat. I can’t think of a single person anywhere in my social circles who doesn’t take immense joy in their kids and who isn’t actively involved in their lives. The sort of disregard, coldness, and even abuse that was considered normal 35+ years ago is almost unfathomable to me now.

There’s a lot more to being “pro-family” than impregnating women and carrying it to term.

 

[Vambram]

Lol, yes, that’s exactly what we need to rethink.

When I look around and see how my generation (i.e older millennials) views child rearing today vs the attitudes I recall being exposed to as a kid, I’d take today in a heartbeat. I can’t think of a single person anywhere in my social circles who doesn’t take immense joy in their kids and who isn’t actively involved in their lives. The sort of disregard, coldness, and even abuse that was considered normal 35+ years ago is almost unfathomable to me now.

There’s a lot more to being “pro-family” than impregnating women and carrying it to term.

IMO, you are not really understanding what @John G. was saying in his brief post. I hope that he will explain his views in a lot more detail.

 

[iluvatar5150]

IMO, you are not really understanding what @John G. was saying in his brief post. I hope that he will explain his views in a lot more detail.

Oh, I understood it. I just side-stepped all of the sexism.

 

[Vambram]

Oh, I understood it. I just side-stepped all of the sexism.

I doubt that he was talking about "sexism."

 

[comana]

I doubt that he was talking about "sexism."

His focus seems targeted at women (women’s liberation and abortion) and their failures to contribute to ”traditional family values”. It reads as sexism.

 

[Vambram]

His focus seems targeted at women (women’s liberation and abortion) and their failures to contribute to ”traditional family values”. It reads as sexism.

I disagree with your interpretation.

 

[Belk]

I'm not sure what some here might think about this. However. I honestly have very real concerns about the declining birth rates and fertility rates in the USA.

Can you give us some details of what you find concerning?

 

[essentialsaltes]

The immigrant population grew by 1.6 million people between 2022 and 2023, reaching a record high of 47.8 million in 2023, according to the analysis.
Nearly three-quarters (73%) of immigrants in the U.S. are legally present and almost half are naturalized citizens, according to MPI.

This implies 27% of the 47.8 million are illegal immigrants, or 12.9 million.

 

[Hazelelponi]

His focus seems targeted at women (women’s liberation and abortion) and their failures to contribute to ”traditional family values”. It reads as sexism.

How about this. As a conservative woman all this feminist nonsense is for the birds.

Give me a me good man who will love me, take care of me and his children I bear to him, and give me a KitchenAid stand mixer.

Feminists can bite me. Women would rather be queens in our homes than slaves for the office pervert.

Women's liberation was women's enslavement to corporations who don't care about us or our families. Our society was better when women were actually raising their kids, instead of being slaves.

 

[Vambram]

Can you give us some details of what you find concerning?

It is concerning because if birth rates continue to decline, then it stands to reason that our population of American citizens will also decline. Therefore, near term and long term prospects of strong prosperity would not be optimistic in my opinion.

 

[Belk]

It is concerning because if birth rates continue to decline, then it stands to reason that our population of American citizens will also decline. Therefore, near term and long term prospects of strong prosperity would not be optimistic in my opinion.

Could we not make up the deficit by increasing immigration? It seems to have worked well for us in the past. It certainly fueled out westward expansion.

 

[QvQ]

Save The World circa 1960
Overpopulation is Detroying the World

So the American people limited their families to 2 children
That was a strong argument for abortion.

A generation later, we need to import other peoples children?

This is why I don't believe all the hype about "climate change.
Save the world! Been fooled by that once or twice.

 

[comana]

How about this. As a conservative woman all this feminist nonsense is for the birds.

Give me a me good man who will love me, take care of me and his children I bear to him, and give me a KitchenAid stand mixer.

Feminists can bite me. Women would rather be queens in our homes than slaves for the office pervert.

Women's liberation was women's enslavement to corporations who don't care about us or our families. Our society was better when women were actually raising their kids, instead of being slaves.

Feminism is about women having choices. You choose how you want to live and I am happy you enjoy that. Other women prefer to work and I am happy for them as well.

Having children is also a choice, not an obligation.