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Population Mark Underscores Change, Diversity

NPR | By Robert Smith
Published October 16, 2006 at 3:00 PM CDT
Closing In: Yailin Melissa Turcios, just 20 minutes old, is in the arms of midwife, Joni McCann, as mother Rosa Turcios talks to relatives on the phone in South Florida Monday.
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Closing In: Yailin Melissa Turcios, just 20 minutes old, is in the arms of midwife, Joni McCann, as mother Rosa Turcios talks to relatives on the phone in South Florida Monday.

On Tuesday morning, America's population is predicted to hit 300 million. Who are we?

Increasingly we are: a single mom; a centenarian; an immigrant from Mexico; an Asian business owner; a baby boomer; someone named Jacob or Emily. Decreasingly, we are a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; a Northeasterner; someone from a large family; someone surrounded by waving wheat and open space.

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Robert Smith is a host for NPR's Planet Money where he tells stories about how the global economy is affecting our lives.