WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The population of the United States will have surpassed 341 million by the time the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Day (EST), according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Conversely, New York saw the largest population decline, losing 238,000 people (1.2 percent), followed by California (91,000—0.2 percent) and Illinois (89,000—0.7 percent). The United States ...