Only "break" was a recent decade, with smallest increase of population in time. Up till 1860s US was growing at over 30% every decade, up till 1910 20%, and up

Only "break" was a recent decade, with smallest increase of population in time. Up till 1860s US was growing at over 30% every decade, up till 1910 20%, and up till 2000 over 10%, with only exception being 1940s... due to known reasons. "Foreign born" percent of population was higher in the 1800s as well.