The population is spread out among 3.8 million square miles across 50 states, yet nearly one-third of Americans live in just three states: California, Texas and New York.

For decades, the total fertility rate in the United States has been below the replacement fertility rate—the level of fertility necessary for the current generation to replace itself.

Elon Musk shared a chart on X purportedly showing more than 398 million eligible numbers in the Social Security database.

Texas and Florida have seen the biggest population increases in the years 2020 to 2024 throughout the United States.