23 month ago
gleuschk : US Census Press Releases -- 300 million on Tuesday morning - and me just about to start differential equations in Calc II -- what a coincidence!
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29 month ago
Nelson Minar : Mapping US Religion - Fascinating view of American religious life (via Populicious)
philgyford : Mapping religion in America (regionsofmind.blog-city.com) - Fascinating and attractive maps showing the percentage of residents of all US counties that belong to different religions. (via Plasticbag)
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29 month ago
plasticbag : Birth rates in the European Union are falling fast as many people simply choose not to have children - This stuff is fascinating to me - I've already really wanted children, but simply can't conceive of a way in which I'd be able to do it (even excluding the gay thing). It's not a shock to me that other people of my generation feel similarly.
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35 month ago
Linkorama : Daytime Populations of U.S. Cities - Among medium-sized cities, Greenville, S.C., has a daytime population that is 97 percent higher than its nighttime population. Palo Alto, Calif., increases by about 81 percent, and Troy, Mich., by 79 percent.
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39 month ago
jkottke : The demographic transition model
cameron : The demographic transition - Population trends in urbanzing, urbanized and post-industrial countries
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plasticbag : "If human population increases at the current rate - and we colonize other planets at light speed, humans will still all die this millennium." - David Galbraith responds to a book on Xenobiology and the consequences of human overpopulation...
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46 month ago
plasticbag : Population boom set to stabilise at 9bn by 2300 - "Fears that the human race may drive itself to extinction through over-population are challenged by new United Nations figures suggesting an eventual equilibrium as people in poorer countries come to understand the need for smaller families."
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