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2012 Earth Day Survey

1.Is U.S. population growth causing the country to use up its natural resources too fast?
2.U.S. population has grown from 200 million in 1970 to over 300 million today. In terms of the environment, has adding the extra 100 million people damaged, improved or made no difference in environmental quality, open spaces and wildlife?
3.Would adding another 100 million to our population be too much, too little or about right?
4.The Census Bureau says the population of the United States is on a trend to double this century. If the population in YOUR AREA were to double, what would it do to the quality of life?
5.Over the next century, would you prefer the nation's population to stay about the same around 312 million, slowly become smaller, or continue to grow by half to 450 million, double to 600 million, or more than double the nation’s population to above 600 million.
6.Should the government try to do anything to slow down population growth in the United States?
7.Census data show that since 1972, the size of American families has been at a zero-population-growth level. But immigration has tripled and is now the cause of nearly all long-term population growth. Does the government need to reduce immigration to slow down population growth, or keep it the same or increase it?
8.Current levels of immigration could continue without causing population growth if Americans would cut their average family size from two children to one. Should Americans cut their family size to accommodate present levels of immigration?
9.What is the ideal number of children a family should have?
10.Would you be concerned if the population growth of the United States slowed down and gradually leveled off?