At approximately the midpoint of this month, the population of the United States will hit 300 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Seconds later, it will eclipse that mark.
The bureau calculates that a new birth adds to the population every 7 seconds, and that a death brings it down every 13 seconds.
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