Size Matters

The Census Bureau has released population projections for the United States.

The Center for Immigration Studies looked over the report and came up with some interesting observations:

-- A U.S. population of 439 million in 2050 is by far the largest ever projected by the Census Bureau. As recently as 1996, the Bureau projected a population in 2050 considerably smaller than is now projecting. (1)

-- The increase in the size of the overall U.S. population of 135 million between today and 2050 is larger than the combined populations of Great Britain and France.

-- Assuming the same ratio of population to infrastructure that exists today:

-- The nation will need to build and pay for 36,000 more schools.

-- Develop enough land to accommodate 52 million new housing units.

-- Construct enough new roads to handle 106 million more passenger vehicles.

Read more analysis at the link below:

Size Matters: Analysis of Census Bureau's Population Projections