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Census portrait shows 1988 US population at 245 million
The Census Bureau reports 245,110,000 people on Jan 1 1988 with life expectancy 74.9 years. 1987 population grew by 2.285 million driven by immigration and births. Women outlive men, urbanization rises, average family size sits at 3.17, and poverty affects 13.5 percent.
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