WASHINGTON – The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the 2020 Census shows the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2020, was 331,449,281. The U.S. resident population represents the total number of people living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The resident population increased by 22,703,743 or 7.4% from 308,745,538 in 2010. As expected, the South and West saw the biggest population growth between 2010-2020. The 2020 Census shows that the U.S. population in southern states grew from roughly 114.6 million in 2010 to 126.3 million, an increase of nearly 12 million residents. The West grew by 6.6 million to 78.6 million residents in 2020. In addition to these newly released statistics, today Secretary Raimondo delivered to President Biden to he population counts to be used for apportioning the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.