Florida’s Population Surpasses 23 Million Residents
(Photo by Mike Ehrman/Getty Images) OAN Staff Avril ElfiTuesday, July 23, 2024 5:04 PM Florida’s population currently exceeds 23 million. advertisement As of April 1, according to estimates released by the State Population Estimation Board:st There were 23,002,597 Florida residents this year, up from 22,634,867 last year. (Photo courtesy of the Economic and Demographic Research […]
America's growing elderly population endangered by rising heat, wildfires
The increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves exacerbates health and safety concerns for an already vulnerable community, older Americans, whose numbers are growing rapidly. “We’re seeing an increase in heat and an increase in heat extremes,” Ian Neal, a geriatrician and associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego, said during a […]
NYC rat population ‘stressed’ by heat, reproducing less
After all, mice don’t like being hot and heavy. As a bit of relief from the unbearable humidity and miserable, nasty, awful heatwave that has hit The Baked Apple this summer, news has come that the scorching temperatures are suddenly wreaking havoc on the city’s rat reproduction rates. Simply put, as temperatures rise, the city’s […]
Migration to Britain Drives Largest Population Rise in Recorded History
The mass immigration policies of the exiled British “Conservative” government have resulted in the largest population growth in recorded history. Numbers release The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the population of England and Wales is set to grow by 610,000 between mid-2022 and mid-2023, taking the official total to 60.9 million – the fastest […]
Illegal Border Crossers So Far This Year Outnumber The Population of 8 States
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes At least 1.2 million people have been apprehended or reported evading capture at the southern border in the first five months of this year, according to data obtained and analyzed by The Center Square. The estimate is based on official apprehension data reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection as […]
Australian leader urges control of crocodile population after fatal attack
The leader of Australia’s Northern Territory says crocodile numbers must be controlled after a 12-year-old girl was mauled to death by a crocodile. Since the 1970s, thanks to protection measures, northern Australia’s crocodile population has soared from 3,000 to 100,000. The recent death of a crocodile near Palungpa has brought attention to crocodile management. Australia’s […]
Remembering Ben Franklin’s forgotten essay on America’s population boom
This Fourth of July weekend, it’s worth remembering one of the earliest significant contributions Americans made to global intellectual debate, pointing out the value of the American experience and how it has opened up new perspectives. Benjamin Franklin wrote the Declaration of Independence, first drafted in 1751, 21 years before he signed it.Observations on the […]
An Essay Inspired by the Happy News that the Human Population Has Reached Eight Billion
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes The late, great Julian SimonJulian Simon spent decades battling intellectually against biologists and zoologists who were convinced that human population growth, if governments did not hold it in check with draconian measures, would spell doom for multitudes of humans. (I might as well have used the present tense above, because […]
Los Angeles Homeless Population Decreases for First Time in 6 Years
Los Angeles reported that after countless efforts to address the homeless problem, the city’s homeless population has decreased for the first time in six years. According to a press release from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA): Revealed The homeless population in the city of Los Angeles is 45,252, a 2.2% decrease from the […]
Social Security Warning Amid US Population Shift – Newsweek
As America’s population grows and ages, financial experts are concerned about the impact on Social Security, as the number of people receiving Social Security benefits increases. The U.S. population has grown by more than 103 million people over the past 50 years, and according to data from the Social Security Administration (SSA), the percentage of […]