In 2019, the United States Census Bureau reported the various components of population change as estimated below.
∙ One birth every 8 seconds
∙ One death every 11 seconds
∙ One international migrant (net of immigrants versus emigrants) every 33 seconds
∙ Net gain of one person every 17 seconds
Use the information to estimate the net population growth for that year.

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The net population growth can be calculated by determining the total number of seconds in a year and then applying the given rates of births, deaths, and international migrants. There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year (60 seconds * 60 minutes * 24 hours * 365 days). Given the net gain of one person every 17 seconds, we divide the total seconds in a year by 17 to find the net population growth: 31,536,000 seconds / 17 seconds/person = 1,855,058 people.

In 2019, the United States Census Bureau Reported the Various