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Have you ever looked forward to someone s arrival. Well, the U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States
Bureau of the Census
 is. With a baby born every 8 seconds, experts calculate that the 300-millionth American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of  will arrive sometime in October October: see month.  of this year.

In 1900, the U.S. Census Bureau counted 76 million people. The 100 millionth came in 1915. In 1967, Life magazine chose a baby to represent the 200 millionth, a Chinese-American boy from Atlanta, Georgia Georgia, country, Asia
Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia.
. Who will be number 300 million? You'll have to wait until October to find out.
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Title Annotation:CENSUS; population growth
Publication:Junior Scholastic
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 6, 2006
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