WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.S. population growth has slowed to its lowest rate since the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with a historic drop in migration worldwide, federal government data released on Tuesday showed.

New census figures show that South Carolina is the nation’s fasting-growing state, while Florida’s growth rate has declined.

The U.S. Census Bureau found that a “historic” decline in international migration has contributed greatly to slower population growth in the U.S., according to new data released Tuesday. Census data shows that population growth increased by 1.

The reduced population growth comes on the heels of 2024, when the country added 3.2 million people and grew by 1%.

Nearly every state saw their population increase last year.

Newcomers from other states helped make North Carolina one of the fastest-growing in the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

QMedic reports that the U.S. is aging unevenly, impacting housing, transport, and services, especially in states with the fastest-growing older populations.

Utah's growth is slowing down, but it still remained one of the fastest-growing states in the nation last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.