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By Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech While the U.S. population is increasing, the number of kids and teens in the country is dwindling. Some states haven’t seen their younger populations decline as much as others, however — and in some, those populations are actually growing. In Texas and Florida, which have seen the largest bumps, this is largely due to a boom of newcomers. |