Population estimates released by U.S. Census Bureau show growth rates slowed sharply in metro areas in 2025, as immigration dropped and hurricanes pushed people out of some Gulf Coast counties.

Growth rates in U.S. metro areas dropped the steepest in communities along the U.S.-Mexico border last year because of declines in immigrants while counties along Florida’s Gulf Coast lost residents ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - U.S. population growth has plummeted to its slowest pace in nearly five years, with the nation adding only 1.8 million residents in the past year, according to new estimates ...