USA Today reports that the US Census Bureau has released population estimates for 2008.
Since 2000, the fastest-growing states in the US have been Utah, Arizona, Texas, North Carolina, and Colorado.
Other Notes:
The only two states to lose population were Michigan and Rhode Island. Michigan’s population declined 0.5 percent (46,000), while Rhode Island’s fell 0.2 percent (2,000).
California [...]
One day after the first presidential debate in 2008, opinion polls as to who won are mixed. Many polls show Barack Obama coming out on top, while others indicate the John McCain stole the show.
Below is a collection of various polls that I’ve tracked down. If you find any others, post them in [...]
I happened across this great map showing the distributions of the world’s religions. As one would expect, Christianity dominates the Americas, Europe, Northern Asia and Australia, while Islam dominates the Middle East and Northern Africa. Hinduism is big in India, and surprise surprse, the generic term “Chinese Religions” is most popular in, of [...]
I checked the US Census Bureau’s population clock project today, and saw that the nation has just reached 299 million people.
U.S. POPClock Projection
According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States, projected to 06/17/06 at 21:19 GMT (EST+5) is
299,000,750
COMPONENT SETTINGS FOR JUNE 2006
One birth every……………………………. 8 [...]
Looking to move on up?
If so, you’ve better have a lot of case on hand. According to Forbes magazine, the median price tag of a home in the most expensive zip code in the US (94027, (Atherton, CA) tops $2 million dollars. You read that right, that’s the median home price.
If you don’t [...]
Looking to make a career change so you can start making the big bucks?
Are you a college student trying to pick a major?
Are you just plain nosey about how much money your neighbor really makes?
Whichever it is, you can never have too much information. Below is a chart [...]
-Includes only individual campuses of four-year universities.
-Numbers are the sum of undergraduate and graduate students.
As of Fall 2005:
1. 51,712: Arizona State University – Tempe, AZ
2. 51,175: University of Minnesota Twin Cities – Minneapolis, MN
3. 50,504: Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
4. 49,650: University [...]
Big cities are one thing – I have a list of the largest cities in the US here. But big Metro areas area a completely different breed of animal.
There is a lot of disagreement over exactly how the measure “Metropolitan Area” should be defined. Some cities include only their immediate neighbors, while others [...]
The top four largest cities in the United States – New York, LA, Chicago, and Houston – aren’t going to be unseated any time soon. But change is afoot as the nation’s population shifts towards the Southwest part of the country.
Of the top 10 largest cities, 7 are in California, Arizona, and Texas. [...]
New York City may not top the list of largest cities in the world, but it rounds out the top three on a list of “largest metropolitan areas.”
Joining NYC on the list, we have Los Angeles coming in at 12, sweet home Chicago at 25, and Miami at 42. Miami as the [...]
You thought New York City was big? O RLY?
Here’s a list of the 30 most populous cities in the world – you’ll note that exactly eleven of them rank ahead of good-ol-NYC in terms of total population.
Not only that, but you’ll also notice that New York is the only U.S. city [...]
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Blame it all on that crazy Atkins guy, but everyone seems to be counting carbs these days. While a carb-free diet isn’t the healthiest way to to live, many people have decided to ignore the risks and press on in the hopes of dropping a few pounds.
To that end, we’ve put together [...]
