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Question: Assuming its population growth rate remained at the calculated rate, what would the population of the United States have been in 2017?
The birth rate of the United States in recent years has been 12.5 births per 1000 people, and the death rate has been 8.2 deaths per 1000 people. Using these data and the formula on p. 63, what was the rate of natural increase for the United States between 2015 and 2016? Now subtract this rate from the population growth rate to obtain the net migration rate. Was the United States experiencing more immigration or more emigration during this year?
At the growth rate you calculated for Florida, the population of that state will double in just 38 years. What impacts would you expect this to have on (1) food supplies, (2) drinking water supplies, (3) forests and other natural areas, and (4) wildlife populations?
How does your own state, city, or metropolitan area compare in its growth rate with other regions in the table? What steps could your region take to lessen potential impacts of population growth on (1) food supplies, (2) drinking water supplies, (3) forests and other natural areas, and (4) wildlife populations?