THE U.S. population grew .5% between 2018 and 2019, the slowest growth rate in a century./COURTESY U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Rhode Island had one of the slowest state population growth rates from 2018 to 2019, according to new estimates released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The state grew .1%, from 1,058,287 residents as of July 2018 to 1,059,361 residents as of July 1, 2019. This compares to a .5% growth…