100 Million More Projecting the Impact of Immigration
T he Census Bureau projections, has find that future immigration levels have a very large impact on population growth. At 2006, 1.6 million immigrants settle in the United States annually, and 350,000 leave, for a net level of 1.25 million a year. The study indicates that level of net immigration continues, the nation’s total population will grow by 167 million, to 468 million, by 2060. Immigrants who have yet to arrive, but who do so by 2060, plus their descendents, will account for 63 percent — of this future increase. The study indicates that the annual level of net immigration were 300,000 a year in the future, the population would be 80 million smaller in 2060 than if immigration continues at the current level. The immigration has a large effect on population size, it has only a small effect on the aging of society. At the current level of net immigration, 61 percent of the nation’s population will be of working age 15-66 in 2060, compared to 60 percent if net immigration were 300...