US population is growing, but only because of immigration. The birth rate was at 1.88 per woman and falling, well below replenishment. We're growing at .7% per year, somewhat below the world average.
Domestic food production is rising much faster than population is, causing rising exports. Imports are going up as well, due to increased appetite for variance in our diets.
You must've missed the memo. What's going to be the big problem in the medium term is de-population, not overpopulation. We're going to find our workforce resembling Japan's in 30 or so years unless we overcome our political resistance to immigration. We should be begging Mexico to send their best and brightest over here.
Without the 1965 immigration act U.S. population was on a course to permanently level out at a quite sustainable ~230 million level. Immigration levels of recent decades clearly play a roll in suppressing native fertility to below replacement levels. If the problem really was not enough population, it is actually not very difficult to pursue policies that increase native fertility.
Japan is way over-populated. There is a myth that they face some sort of crisis as they deliberately pursue policies that bring population to sustainable levels. This is actually mostly immigration lobbyists in the west shrieking. Japan is being sensible and will be fine. Certain elements hate the Japanese example.
Domestic food production is rising much faster than population is, causing rising exports. Imports are going up as well, due to increased appetite for variance in our diets.
You must've missed the memo. What's going to be the big problem in the medium term is de-population, not overpopulation. We're going to find our workforce resembling Japan's in 30 or so years unless we overcome our political resistance to immigration. We should be begging Mexico to send their best and brightest over here.