Hello, baby.Has anyone ever told you that you're one in a million? Soon, you will be one in 300 million! (See graph below.) Demographers (people who study population trends) say that the U.S. is about to hit a major landmark. In October, the country will welcome the 300-millionth American. Who will that person be? Many demographers expect it to be a newborn newborn /new·born/ (noo´born?) 1. recently born. 2. newborn infant. new·born adj. Very recently born. n. A neonate. baby. Others say it might be an immigrant. High Latino immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. rates account for most of the spike in population. One expert, Peter Francese, makes a bold prediction. The 300-millionth American, he says, will be a boy born in the South to a 28- or 29-year-old non-Hispanic white woman on October 27. Before you break out the balloons, consider this: "The probability that somebody guesses correctly," demographer de·mog·ra·phy n. The study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics. [French démographie : Greek Alberto Palloni told USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. , "is as little [small] as winning the lottery." |
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