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2rainbows
12-04-2006, 12:31 AM
from an Oct issue of Time magazine:
-US population has reached 300,000,000
-Alaska is the most sparsely populated state w/ 1 person per sq mile
-NYC metro area pop- 18,747,300
-LA metro area pop-12,923,500
-80% of the US pop lives in a metro area
-Loving county, TX is the least populated in the lower 48 w/ 62 residents
-NJ is the most densely populated w/ 1,134 people per sq mile
-51% of US pop is female, 49% male
-white pop- 239.9 mil or 80.1%
-hispanic pop- 44.2 mil or 14.8%
-black pop- 38.3 mil or 12.8%
-native americans/indians, including eskimos- 2.9 mil or 1%
-27 out of 1000 people are cashiers
-18 out of 1000 are registered nurses
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