By Rodney Pelletier, Church Militant - The United States is in the midst of a population crisis... At the beginning of every decade, the U.S. Census counts the number of people in the country and locates where they live... But beyond those reasons, it's a good barometer to help understand what's going on with the population. The results of the 2020 Census reveal the nation has experienced the second-slowest population growth in its history.