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Demographics

Population

Estimated 2009 population is 3o5 million, plus a few million undocumented workers. California, New York and Texas are the most populous states and a majority of Indians and Asians live there. Silicon Valley, the IT capital of the world is in Northern California.

Population Distribution

Today three out of four Americans live in cities and towns. Over 60 million live in rural areas.

The States of New York, California, Texas and Illinois are the most populous. New York city is the largest, followed by Los Angeles and Chicago in that order.

A large number of Asians live in the states of California,

Florida, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. They are concentrated in larger cities. However a small number can be found in cities all across the country.

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Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2010.

People Quick Facts. USA

Business Quick Facts USA. 2009.

10 Largest Cities by Population. 2010

Uncle Sam

The origin of the phrase Uncle Sam symbolizing the Federal Government is unknown. A popular theory has it that during the war of 1812, a Troy, NY businessman by name Sam Wilson was a supplier of beef to the Government. The barrels were labeled U.S. and one of his workers used to say that the barrels came from Uncle Sam Wilson. And the sobriquet stuck. In 1961 Congress recognized that Sam Wilson was the person behind this symbolism. Uncle Sam is portrayed as a man dressed in the colors of the American flag- red, white and blue. And, sporting a white goatee. The picture shown here was designed during World War I and extensively used during WWII in a US Army recruitment poster.