Cairo, a town at the southern tip of Illinois founded in the early 19th century, was given that name because it was expected to grow into a huge metropolis. Located at the confluence of the ...
The US has the third-largest population in the world, but nearly a third of America's 340 million residents live in just ...
The United States has enjoyed some level of population growth virtually every year for more than a century. But that doesn't ...
The United States could see its population shrink for the first time ever in 2025 as immigration numbers and birth rates have plummeted, according to a report. Net international migration to the US in ...
When Salvatore Pugliese disembarked the S.S. America at Ellis Island after two weeks at sea, an immigration officer grilled the 17-year-old tailor. Was he a polygamist? An anarchist? Did he advocate ...
The immigrant population of the United States saw its largest spike in over two decades last year, officials figures show. Analysis of newly-released U.S. Census Bureau data, by the Pew Research ...