300,000,000

Sometime tomorrow morning a milestone will occur - the population of the United States will reach three hundred million. This is calculated using the US Census Bureau's PopClock which estimates the current population using the following data: a birth every 7 seconds, a death every 13 seconds, and a immigrant (net) every 31 seconds.

Thoughts on 300,000,000:
The United States is the 172nd most dense country in the world (out of 230) with approximately 50 people per square mile. That works out to 12 acres for every man, woman, and child - yep, even the undocumented ones. I am not making any claims about the environmental impacts or social consequences of population growth. However, when China (a slightly smaller land mass than the US) has 1.3 billion people, I hardly think the gentleman driving on I-8 today with "The United States is full" pasted on the rear window of his pickup was an authority on the matter.

Demographers say that the three hundred millionth person in the United States will most likely be a baby born to Caucasian parents in the suburban South or Latino parents in the suburban West. The baby will likely live to around 85 or 90 and has a slightly better chance of being a male. One thing is for sure, however, the three hundred millionth person in the United States will be born on a great day.