Using Census data from 2020 to 2024, Business Insider calculated every state's fastest-growing small town.

China is experiencing rapid population aging and a declining workforce, posing significant economic and fiscal challenges, especially to the pension system. This paper examines the evolution of ...

Slowing population growth could soon weigh on the U.S. economy, trimming an estimated $104 billion from the country's gross domestic product compared with what it would have been if population growth ...

The flow of new Floridians slowed down a lot in the past year. The torrid population growth the Sunshine State experienced in the years right after the COVID-19 pandemic has given way to something ...

As one of the fastest-growing states in the U.S. in terms of population size, Washington surpassed 8 million residents for the first time in history last year. From July 2024 to July 2025, Washington ...

Population growth in the United States slowed to a crawl last year due to a historic decline in net migration, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday. The nation’s population grew just 0.5% — an increase ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Population growth in the U.S. "slowed significantly" during the last year, as it reached its lowest rate since the early COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau announced. The ...

South Carolina was the fastest-growing state in the nation between July 2024 and July 2025. Slower national population growth is attributed to a decline in international migration. The Upstate region, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado’s population rose by 24,059 people last year, the weakest increase measured since 1990, according to an update Tuesday from the U.S. Census Bureau.

New Jersey was among the states with the greatest yearly population increase, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Garden State was 10th in "numeric growth" from July 1, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California’s population growth stalled from mid-2024 to mid-2025, marking the first essentially flat growth after ...