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18 Jul 2009 11:41

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U.S., World: It’s a giant party on the International Space Station right now

  • 13 people on the station; imagine it’s kinda like House Party 2 source
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01 Jul 2009 10:42

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U.S.: Big cities are growing in population at the expense of suburbs

  • +0.97% The average increase in city population, barring hurricane-stricken New Orleans (which throws off stats), between July 2007 and July 2008; that’s a big leap
  • +1.11% The average increase in suburb population during the same period; that’s about the same as a year prior and way down from earlier in the decade source
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14 May 2009 07:38

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U.S.: Amongst U.S. minorities, Hispanics are growing fastest

  • 46.9 million number of Hispanics currently in the U.S.; they make up around one-sixth of the U.S. population.
  • 44% of children under the age of 18 are minorities; the number is even higher for children under the age of five source
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