U.S. population to hit 303.15 mln on Jan 1: census
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The U.S. Census Bureau expects the nation's population to be 303.15 million on New Year's Day, up 0.9 percent from January 1, 2007, it said on Thursday.
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Description: The US Census Bureau releases new data that shows the number of Americans living in poverty rose last year by 1.3 million people.
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Television on the wane? Not  according to a forecast released Wednesday by Nielsen Media  Research, which projects that the nation's TV households will  grow 47% to 163.7 million by 2050.
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A jump in starts on single-family housing pushed total U.S. housing starts to a nearly 21-year high in January, but home mortgage applications dipped last week, according to data reported on Wednesday.
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Confidence among US consumers rose unexpectedly in January, figures show.
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The U.S. population is on target to hit 300 million this fall and it&#039;s a good bet the milestone baby &amp;#151; or immigrant &amp;#151; will be Hispanic.
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Within days, a historic event will occur in the United States: The nation's population will surpass the mark of 300 million people. Only China and India have larger populations. How long did it take China to add the latest 300 million people to its population?
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The number of people 60 years of age and older may nearly triple to 2 billion by 2050, accounting for nearly a quarter of the expected 9.2 billion global population, a U.N. report warned on Tuesday.
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The U.S. government plans to hire  nearly 150,000 people in the next two years, but most will  replace existing workers while an aging workforce will  intensify competition from the private sector, a study released  on Wednesday showed.
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The American military presence in Iraq will grow by nearly 12,000 troops by next month, to 150,000, the highest level since the invasion last year, to
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US employers boosted payrolls by 157,000 jobs in December, keeping the economy on a path of moderate expansion and completing the first year of job growth since 2000.
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A gauge of future economic activity rose modestly in January, an industry-backed trade group said Wednesday, suggesting the U.S. economy will continue to post modest gains in the coming months.
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The US-based Population Reference Bureau (PRB) has predicted that the bulk of the world&#39;s population growth will occur in developing nations by 2050, despite higher rates of HIV/AIDS and infant mortality.
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The first employment survey released after the election said U.S. businesses added 337,000 jobs -- almost twice as many as expected -- last month.
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Americans are getting taller on  average but they are much heavier too, according to government  figures released on Wednesday showing that the U.S. population  is, literally, growing.
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WASHINGTON -- The number of poor Americans grew by 1.3 million last year, according to a sobering and politically sensitive Census Bureau report issued Thursday.
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First-quarter hiring plans among US employers increased from the same period a year earlier, according to a survey released today by Manpower Inc.