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Who Americans Are and What They DoThe New York Times
Full of tidbits of info about Americans from the 2004 census. Most interesting to me....
- Americans are (still) the fattest people in the world
- The average home 2,227 sq. ft. [mine is about 900 sq. ft.]
- 90% of adults are taller than 5'6"
- The divorce rate (3.7 per 1000) is the lowest it's been since 1970
and
- The number of the people getting professional degrees is almost evenly divided between the sexes.
Check out the article. Just don't use it to stereotype Americans. :)
1 Comments:
90% of adults are taller than 5'6"
*looks around*
I find that hard to believe. Either that or we've got a lot of short people in Kansas.
To be accurate, the statistic is actually 10% of people in their 20s are under 5'6". But still.
Maybe this is just my 5'7" self rebelling at being considered short someday.
--Lydia
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