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The spread of natural decrease. (approaching zero-population growth in the US - ZPG)(Research in...

By Morrill, Richard L.
Publication: Focus
Date: Wednesday, December 22 1993

Factors such as high immigration, and AIDS, effects the birth/death ratios of local counties. For the nation as a whole, by 2050 baby boomers will probably die faster than births occur, giving the US zero population growth. Economic factors such as size of labor force will be impacted.

Not too long into the future, perhaps by 2040 or 2050, the United States will reach ZPG - zero population growth - when the number of deaths exceeds the number of births. When the vast Baby Boom generation - those Americans born between 1945 and 1965 - reach very old age between 2020 and 2040, t

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