Question

15. Provide the best answer: The increase of domestic population in America is tied to: Select one:

a. Big increases in illegal immigration – without illegal immigration, population would shrink

b. Rapidly increasing birth rates

c. The excess of deaths over births

d. The excess of births over deaths and immigration

Answer 1

The increase in domestic population in America is tied to 2 factors:

1. The natural increase in population - Caused due to the excess of births over deaths

2. Immigration - Influx of people from the rest of the world into the US.

In the past decade, the highest contributor to the increase in population has been the natural increase in population. However, there is a continuous slow down in the rate of natural increase of population.

Ans: d. The excess of births over deaths and immigration