every ten years, a headcount of the people living in the united states, as of april this year, 308.7 million people, up 9.7%, the slowest growth rate since the great depression in the 1930s. two areas especially affected by the census results are politics and the economy. let's talk about the economy. christine romans has been going through the numbers. she joins me live from new york. what are you finding that's most interesting as you dig through the census? >> the growth rate 9.7%, the fact that it slowed down not a surprise. this is an economy that has slowed down, and our birthrate has slowed a bit and so has immigration to this country, still the most open country for immigration compared to a lot of other countries in the world, but still has slowed down. the midwest and northeast grew, but much more slower than normal. in fact you saw the south and the west really getting the