From the vantage point of my desk, I observe people on the street walking with lunches from nearby restaurants, chatting on their cell phones, and toting packages or shopping bags. These mundane day-to-day activities are done without much thought, as they are part of our regular routines, but what we consume is a feature of … Continued

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Annually, the Global Footprint Network “measures a population’s demand for and ecosystems’ supply of resources and services” to inform us when during the course of a year we’ve reached overshoot – the point when we’ve used up what the Earth’s ecosystem has to give. That date this year is March 13 for the United States, … Continued

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National Parks are protected land, which conveys that they are immune from destruction or degradation that occurs in unprotected areas. But as our country’s population climbs, which the Census Bureau found is primarily driven by immigration, these cherished places reveal their fragility. The world we escape to reconnect with nature is gradually encroaching and will … Continued

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Buckeye, Arizona is one of the fastest growing cities in the country. There are numerous reasons why, but according to Rocket Mortgage, it’s in part because residents can “find a corner of town that feels like home in the Phoenix metro, which has a population of nearly five million people.” Between the small town charm … Continued

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For the past two decades, my NumbersUSA colleagues and I have prepared ten studies reporting on the relationship between immigration-driven U.S. population growth and urban sprawl. In recent years, our research has shown that in general, some 70 to 90 percent of all sprawl is related to population growth. Most of that population is now … Continued

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We lose a football field worth of nature every 30 seconds in the United States. We add an NFL football stadium worth of people every ten days. You don’t have to be an environmental scientist or demographer to see the connection. Even with our efforts to reduce our individual footprints, our collective feet are stomping … Continued

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Add Ecuador to a growing list of South American countries beginning to close or significantly restrict mass migration spilling over their borders, a tragic consequence of the chaos and corruption that has plunged over 90% of Venezuela’s population into poverty. It is estimated that by the end of this year, over 5 million Venezuelens will … Continued

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In some ways, NumbersUSA is the Organization That Gumballs Built (see the Gumballs Video that launched us in 1996). So it is fitting that we are flying our gumball colors high in the world’s largest Earth Day expo here at the Texas State Fairgrounds with our 7-foot-tall gumball machine. As an organization with “numbers” in our name, … Continued

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The economist Kenneth Boulding, the environmental adviser to President Kennedy, once famously said, “Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet, is either mad – or an economist.” This is the fourth of four blogs concerning immigration-sustainability questions policymakers should address. Part One: American Workers Part Two: The Middle … Continued

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