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United States Population Exceeds 340 Million

Jan 22, 2025 09:27AM ● By By Daniel Canfield, Compiled from the United States Census Bureau Website

The U.S. Census Bureau projected the U.S. population would reach 341,145,670 at midnight EST on Jan. 1, 2025. Photo courtesy of Pixaby


SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - The U.S. Census Bureau projected the U.S. population would reach 341,145,670 at midnight EST, on Jan. 1, 2025. This represents an increase of 2,640,171 (0.78%) from Jan. 1, 2024, and an increase of 9,696,329 (2.93%) from Census Day (April 1) 2020.

By comparison, just before the nation’s independence nearly 250 years ago, the 13 colonies had about 2.5 million residents.

In January 2025, the United States is expected to experience one birth every 9.0 seconds and one death every 9.4 seconds. Net international migration is expected to add one person to the U.S. population every 23.2 seconds.

The combination of births, deaths and net international migration increases the U.S. population by one person every 21.2 seconds.

The projected world population on Jan. 1, 2025, is 8,092,034,511, up 71,178,087 (0.89%) from New Year’s Day 2024. During January 2025, 4.2 births and 2.0 deaths are expected worldwide every second.

The Census Bureau’s Population Clock, located at www.census.gov/popclock/, displays simulated real-time growth of the United States and world populations. The U.S. Population Clock shows the population by age (0 to 100+) and sex, as well as the highest-density states, counties and cities.

At the end of each year, a revised series of population estimates from the census date forward is used to update the short-term projections for the population clock. Once the updated series of monthly projections is completed, the daily population clock values are derived by interpolation. Within each calendar month, the daily numerical population change is assumed to be constant, subject to negligible differences caused by rounding.

The U.S. Population Clock identifies California as currently the most populus state in the U.S. with a population of 39,431,263, up 466,070 (1.2%) from a year ago.

Rounding out the top five most populous U.S states is Texas in second-place with a population of 31,290,831, Florida in third-place with a population of 23,372,215, New York in fourth-place with a population of 19,867,248 and Pennsylvania in fifth-place with a population of 13,078,751.