Popuation

Newsweek -  Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on March 26 showed that some of the nation's busiest counties have seen a population decline between 2024 and 2025, with many metro areas also experiencing a drop in their population growth.

It also found that population growth slowed in the majority of the nation’s 3,143 counties and the District of Columbia as nearly 8 in 10 saw growth slow or reverse direction in 2025, and that many already seeing a population decline saw losses accelerate.

Most of America's metro areas saw a drop in population growth, and the three metro areas with the highest rate were along the U.S.-Mexico border. The bureau noted that the shifts were largely a result of lower levels of net international migration, which declined nationwide.