Why is the number of immigrants to the United States relatively decreasing?

Although there are still many people applying to immigrate to the United States, relatively speaking, the number of immigrants to the United States decreased last year. What caused this? Why does immigrating to the United States cause the population growth rate in the United States to drop to a record low and almost stagnate? The new population data released by the US Census Bureau on February 30, 2003, 2065438, showed that the population growth rate in the United States reached a record low last year and almost stagnated. According to experts' analysis, this situation is mainly due to the economic downturn. Because there are not many job opportunities in the market, the number of people applying to immigrate to the United States has decreased. Leading young people to postpone marriage and have children, and the birth rate is reduced. ?

According to the US "World Journal" report, the new population statistics released by the US Census Bureau on February 30, 20 13 showed that the population growth rate in the United States hit a record low last year and almost stagnated. By July 30th, 20 13, the population only increased by 0.7 1%, which was less than 2338. Demographers point out that economic depression is an important factor for the sharp decline in population growth. Due to the bad environment, fewer people immigrated to the United States to find jobs, and young people delayed getting married and having children.

According to the data of the Census Bureau, in the 65,438+02 months before June 65,438+0 this year, the population of the United States only increased by 2,265,438+08,622, with a growth rate of 0.765,438+0%. It is estimated that the total population will be 3 17297938 by the end of this year. In contrast, the population growth from 20 1 1 to 20 12 is slightly higher than this year, reaching 0.75%.

William Frey, a senior researcher at the Brookings Institution, a think tank, is very worried about this phenomenon. He said:? In the past few years, the population growth has been extremely low, which is disturbing, because the economic downturn is the main reason. Because there are not many job opportunities in the market, the number of immigrants to the United States has decreased. Leading young people to postpone marriage and have children, and the birth rate is reduced. ?

The population of new york is still the third in the United States, after California and Texas. However, Frey predicts that if the population growth in New York State is still slow and Florida continues to grow rapidly next year, Florida may surpass New York State next year.

Judging from the population growth in each state, the migration ability of young people is greatly restricted and has an impact. Frey said that usually when the economy is strong, the working population and immigrants will move to areas with many employment opportunities, but census data show that there is almost no population movement.

Although the economic recession ended in June 2009, economists hope that the economy will continue to recover in 20 14, but there are signs that the population growth momentum is insufficient. About half of the States in the United States have lower population growth rates this year than last year. Frey said: The population of each state has not decreased, but the interstate population flow has slowed down, which is what we are worried about. ?

With the slow improvement of economy, Frey expected the population of Florida, Arizona and Nevada to grow vigorously, but the actual growth rate was only unsatisfactory, with an average growth rate of 1.2% to 1.3%.

Although the population growth is very slow, there are only two states where the actual population has decreased: Maine and West Virginia. The state with the fastest population growth is North Dakota, with an increase of 3. 1%. The reason is that the state's oil industry is booming and tens of thousands of jobs have been created. People can easily find temporary jobs in McDonald's, and even get the 300 yuan Prize after signing up. Frey said: When the economic recovery is slow, people will go to places where they have jobs. ?

For a long time, the trend of population migration to the south and west has been continuing. The population in the central, western and northwestern regions has slowly increased by less than 0.5%, while the population in the western and southern regions has increased by nearly 1%. States with strong population growth include not only California, Texas and Florida, but also Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Washington.