U.S. birth rate hits an all-time low, folks.

CDC says, all-time low at 1.59.

Never in the history of America have you hit 1.59.

That's absolutely terrible for America to continue getting bigger.

Terrible to be at 1.5.

Let me read with this number to you.

The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low, 1.59, children being born per women,

inching down from a 1.62 in 2023.

According to the U.S. Center of Disease Control, CDC, National International International

was once amongst a few developed countries and a rate-insured generation replacement

in about 2.1 kids per women, but it has been sliding down for nearly two decades.

As more women wait longer to have children or opt out entirely, Leslie Root, a University,

Colorado Boulder researcher, focused on fertility and population policy said,

we're seeing that as part of an ongoing process on fertility delay, we know that the U.S. population is still growing,

and we still have a natural increase, more birds than that.

Rob, can you pull up the number history of birth rate in U.S.

If you can't just pull it up going all the way back, I'd be curious to know what that

looks like. Tom, your thoughts on this story here, 1.59.

Well, guess what? Once upon a time, we had a baby boom because men came home from serving

in the war. Some didn't at the end of World War II. God rest their souls,

thank you for their service to the family. And we had a baby boom because they came home

and the country of freedom had a booming economy. Things were going on. And the baby boom was a result

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