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The Census Bureau said in a statement that the figure
represents an increase of about 11.35 million people, or 3.67
percent, since the last population count on April 1, 2010.
"In January 2015, the U.S. is expected to experience a birth
every eight seconds and one death every 12 seconds. Meanwhile,
net international migration is expected to add one person to the
U.S. population every 33 seconds," the Census Bureau said.
It said the combination of births, deaths and net international
migration would add at least one person to the U.S. population
every 16 seconds.
The Census Bureau projected the world population on Jan. 1 at
about 7.21 billion, a 1.08 percent increase from New Year's day
in 2014. It estimated that about 4.3 births and 1.8 deaths will
occur worldwide every second in January.
(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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