News: October 17 Is Date For 300M Milestone

I recently noted that the U.S. population would reach 300M this month. The U.S. Census Bureau announced yesterday that this will occur on October 17. Here's the entire press release:

Nation’s Population to Reach 300 Million on Oct. 17

The U.S. Census Bureau today [October 12] reported that the nation’s population will reach the historic milestone of 300 million on Oct. 17 at about 7:46 a.m. (EDT). This comes almost 39 years after the 200 million mark was reached on Nov. 20, 1967.

The estimate is based on the expectation that the United States will register one birth every seven seconds and one death every 13 seconds between now and Oct. 17, while net international migration is expected to add one person every 31 seconds. The result is an increase in the total population of one person every 11 seconds.

As of right now, the U.S. population is 299,970,723.