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Up and down Florida’s Gulf Coast, residents are deciding whether to stay or go following two recent hurricanes. And people who might move to Florida are contemplating whether it's worth the risk to come to a hurricane-prone state.

The state Demographic Estimating Conference says Florida added almost 359,000 people last year. Florida is the third most populous state in the U.S

Two communities on opposite ends of the region wrestle with similar challenges. One is shrinking while the other is growing quickly.

"Population decline" is a mild way to describe what could be a global demographic crisis, according to experts. But while migration may be the obvious solution, politics could get in the way.

Low fertility rates in the wake of China's former one-child policy and lockdowns related to the COVID pandemic have contributed to the country's shrinking population.

Florida’s population growth is modestly slowing as deaths outpace births and as a rush of people moving from other states during the COVID-19 pandemic subsides.

The U.S. birth rate has been trending downwards over the past 15 years — so the news that the number of births actually rose in 2021 is making headlines.

Around 1 in 20 residents in Arkansas and Tennessee were missed during the 2020 census, and four other U.S. states had significant undercounts of their populations. In Florida and Texas, undercounts appear to have cost them congressional seats too.

Trying to resolve gun violence in Miami and Puerto Rico’s population problem.

There's already not enough produce for everyone in the world to get the daily recommended amount. Two new studies urge revamping the food system to feed the growing population and protect the planet.

The fastest growing cities are in Arizona, Texas, Washington and North Carolina. Columbus, Ohio, is the only Midwestern city in the top 15 fastest-growing populations.

White people remain the majority in the U.S. — but the Census Bureau says non-Hispanic whites were the only racial group that didn't grow from 2016 to 2017.