[Coop]

Where did you get those numbers? As of Mar 04 the U.S. Census projections estimate a growth of 27 million in the U.S. from 2000 to 2010 (with about the same amount of growth for each of the next three decades). That's 2.7 mil per year, or just over 200K per month. Total.

And we won't even get into the fact that not all (probably a minority, if you ask me) of those new folks are of working age.

[dangus]

Oops... my bad.

I read:
"About 200,000 from natural growth, and an equal number from immigration"
When what was printed was:
"About 200,000, some from natural growth and an equal number from immigration."

Yes, the minority of the "new folks" are of working age; they are about 50% newborns. But they are merely displacing those who are able to enter the workforce. The child population hasn't been growing.

The working-age population is growing at least as fast as the overall population.