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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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population stories: 32 news summaries

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US Latino Population to Triple by 2050

Immigration will drive America's growth to
438 million: study

Feb 11, 08 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - America's Latino population will triple and whites will become a minority by mid-century, a new study says. The US population will also soar from 303 million to 438 million, mostly due to immigration. Whites, now two-thirds of Americans, are projected to sink to 47%, down from 85% in 1960. More »

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immigration • population • Asians • Latinos • Hispanic • Pew Research Center • African-Americans

New Worry: Global Soil Change

Scientists propose calling current geological era 'Anthropocene'—human-made

Feb 8, 08 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Earth's changing soils appear less able to support farming and plant and animal diversity because of human activity, a study shows. "Global soil change," which is occurring most severely in Africa and Asia, has a heavier hand in climate change than previously thought, National Geographic reports. Degraded soils... More »

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climate change • environment • agriculture • global warming • study • erosion • geology • population

Clock's Ticking on World Oil Supply: Shell CEO

Energy demand will top supply by 2015

Jan 25, 08 9:33 AM CST
(Newser) - World oil demand will outpace supply in 7 years, Shell's CEO warned in an email sent to employees in advance of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Jeroen van der Veer sees nuclear power, oil sands, and other unconventional energy sources replacing oil and gas out of necessity, whether... More »

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energy • oil • Shell • alternative energy • population • oil supply

US Population Reaches 303.2M

It's up slightly from last year

Dec 27, 07 6:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The US population will be 303.2 million on New Year's Day, the Census Bureau says, a 0.9% increase from last year. The nation is projected to add one person every 13 seconds in the new year—a birth every 8 seconds, a death every 11 seconds, and one... More »

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California • Louisiana • population • Nevada • US Census

Near 300,000, New Orleans Hits 65% of Its Former Size

Surge in population one barometer for health of Big Easy

Dec 25, 07 6:21 AM CST
(Newser) - New Orleans is now at 65% of its pre-hurricane population and looks poised to pass the 300,000 mark at any day now. Although many neighborhoods are still in need of rebuilding and dotted with vacant lots, the growth represents a "significant indication of New Orleans' sustained viability as... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • population • Ray Nagin • urban planning

US Fertility Rate Bounces
to Boom Levels

Birth rates up across all age groups

Dec 20, 07 4:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Americans are having more babies than at any time since 1971, USA Today reports. The fertility rate hit an average of 2.1 babies for every woman in 2006, the highest since just before the Baby Boom ended. The rise in fertility puts America apart from other developed countries, many... More »

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fertility • America • baby • population • demographics • baby boom

Humans Evolving
at Warp Speed

New research contradicts theory that easier life slowed development

Dec 11, 07 3:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The pace of human evolution switched to the fast track when people began forming agrarian societies 10,000 years ago, researchers have discovered. Scientists had theorized that evolution would slow as challenges to survival waned, but the opposite appears to be the case with changes occurring surprisingly quickly, the Los ... More »

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evolution • milk • disease • malaria • genetic mutation • genes • population • human evolution

Russians Get Holiday to Multiply

Couples get day off nine months
before country's national day

Aug 15, 07 5:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Ulyanovsk region of Russia will give its citizens a day off to procreate—nine months before Russia's national day of June 12; couples whose children are born on that day can even win prizes. The Russian population has been dropping since the early 90s, and President Putin has called... More »

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Russia • children • family • population • birth rate • birth • Ulyanovsk • Conception Day

New Orleans Hits 60% of Pre-Katrina
Population

Residents trickling
back at 1% a month

Aug 9, 07 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The population of New Orleans has rebounded to 60% of its pre-Katrina level nearly two years after the storm, the AP reports, based on the lastest survey. The city had 273,600 residents last month, up 50,200 from a year ago; 455,000 called the Big Easy home in... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Big Easy • population • natural disaster

Barrier Draws Palestinians  Into Jerusalem

Wary of being cut off, thousands  are moving into East Jerusalem

Jun 4, 07 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since the wall between the West Bank and Jerusalem started going up, thousands of Palestinians have moved from the former into the latter, anxious to make  sure they are not cut off from the Israeli city when the barrier is complete. Dismayed by the deteriorating conditions in the West Bank,... More »

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Israel • Palestine • migration • Jerusalem • West Bank • population • barrier

Singapore Blossoms into Major City

Stern Asian capital set to emerge as a tourist haven filled with casinos, hotels, and amusement parks

May 27, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Singapore is transforming itself from a dull metropolis famous for its draconian cleanliness into an exciting, vibrant, tourists' paradise, Time reports. Plans are percolating for casinos, skyscrapers, amusement parks, and a multi-billion dollar residential and commercial real estate development located downtown. More »

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China • immigration • tourism • modernization • population • Singapore • birth rate • commercial real estate

Racial Generation Gap Opens

Whites are older,
minorities are younger

May 17, 07 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of non-white Americans has passed 100 million—a third of the current population—for the first time, the Census Bureau reports, and the growing minority population is creating a new racial generation gap. Hispanics had the lowest median age at 27.4, while the median age of whites,... More »

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baby boomer • race • elderly • age • Census Bureau • children • America • minority • population • generation gap • voters • US Census • Hispanic

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