United States Census Bureau: "U.S. and World Population Clocks." It's pertinent to remind ourselves that the census is constitutionally set in stone to occur once every decade. It last occurred in 2020, although with controversies about who should actually be included in the count, + what limits there should be on information collected, which may be even more fraught by the time 2030 rolls around. I should also remind everyone that all the officeholders in the legislative, executive + judicial branches of the government as well as servicemembers in the military take an oath to preserve + protect the Constitution. In between the censuses demographers extrapolate the figures by a variety of techniques. In round numbers, the U.S. has 342 million  + the world has 8,131 million people. The U.S. clock includes only D.C. + the 50 states. "The United States has five inhabited territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. Additionally, there are nine uninhabited territories, including Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island." On the U.S.census clock, note that there is a net gain of one person every 15 seconds, ironic in the context of all the false hullaboo about the birth dirth. I also added a couple of boxes on the other graphic,  highlighting the 3 most densely packed localities—topping out with the District of Columbia [the name memorializing a famous explorer who mitakenly thought he had discovered India] with 11,488 people per sq. mile. A final observation: California has the largest population [eking out a wee bit of growth in the last 2 yrs, contrary to popular disinformation], but did not even make the list of the top 10 population densities. Go figure.
