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July 4th - US Census Bureau
Today is the Fourth of July, and is the 232nd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States. The US Census Bureau is there with the latest in their Facts for Features - Fourth of July.
Some of the facts include:
— 2.5 million - # of people living in the newly independent nation In July 1776 (estimated)
— 304 million - nation’s population on this July Fourth
— About 4 in 10 - odds that your side dish of baked beans originated from North Dakota, which produced 42 percent of the nation’s dry, edible beans in 2007
— $4.7 million - dollar value of U.S. imports of American flags in 2007
For more, go read the rest: Facts for Features - Fourth of July
— michael | July 4, 2008 03:16 PM | I found it online
