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    Hi Gaweb,

    Similarly, I am accepting of the greater currency attaching to current figures (although future projections are important for obvious planning, development, training, infrastructure, and building purposes).

    The latest press release from the USA Census was dated 20 December, and noted that the US had increased its population by 3.1m in the 12 months to 30 June 2002, for an annualised rate of growth of 1.1%. This is even higher than the High level Projections of 2000.

    The press release reads as follows:

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2002
    **REVISED**
    Robert Bernstein CB02-168
    Public Information Office
    (301) 763-3030/457-3670 (fax)
    (301) 457-1037 (TDD)
    e-mail: [email protected] Quotes and Radio sound bites


    U.S. Population Up 3 Million in the Last Year;
    Nevada Grows Over Three Times as Fast as Nation

    The nation's population grew by 1.1 percent, or 3.1 million people,
    between July 1, 2001, and July 1, 2002, to total 288.4 million, according
    to estimates released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.

    The estimates, available today after 6 p.m. EST, may be found, via
    Internet Explorer, on the Census Bureau's Web site at
    by clicking on "Estimates."

    "Nevada experienced the fastest growth among states over this period as
    its population rose 3.6 percent to 2.2 million," said Census Bureau
    demographer Melissa Therrien. "It's been the fastest-growing state in the
    nation each of the past 16 years." Rounding out the list of the five most
    rapidly growing states were Arizona (2.8 percent), Florida (2.1 percent),
    Texas (1.9 percent) and Georgia (1.8 percent). (See table [PDF 5.6K].)

    "Since the latest population estimates were released about a year ago,
    Texas replaced Colorado as one of the five fastest-growing states,"
    Therrien said. "These five states accounted for more than one-third of the
    national growth."

    California remained the most populous state in the nation with 35.1
    million people in 2002. California's population constituted 12.2 percent
    of the U.S. total. The second and third most populous states Texas (21.8
    million) and New York (19.2 million) together accounted for 14.2 percent
    of the country's population.

    Between July 1, 2001, and July 1, 2002, only the District of Columbia
    and North Dakota experienced population declines. The District of
    Columbia's population declined by 0.5 percent to approximately 571,000,
    and North Dakota's total declined by 0.4 percent to about 634,000
    residents. Both the District of Columbia's and North Dakota's populations
    declined at a slower rate than they have in some recent years.

    Other highlights:

    The nation's 10 most populous states accounted for 54 percent of
    its population on July 1, 2002.

    The 10 fastest-growing states since July 1, 2001, accounted for 59
    percent of the national growth.

    Of the 10 most populous states, three are located in the
    Northeast, three in the Midwest, three in the South and one in the
    West.

    Of the 10 fastest-growing states since July 1, 2001, seven are in
    the West and three in the South.

    While the South had the largest numerical population increase
    among regions since July 1, 2001 (1.4 million), the West recorded the
    fastest rate of growth (1.6 percent).

    The population estimate for Puerto Rico for July 1, 2002 is 3.9 million,
    up about 20,000 people since July 1, 2001. Puerto Rico's one-year increase
    of 0.5 percent was slightly lower than increases in previous years.

    These estimates include demographic components of change for individual
    states: births, deaths, net internal migration and net international
    migration.

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