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COOL MATH GAMES AND KIDS IN AMERICA
For an assortment of cool math games, visit the link at the bottom of this page. ********************** The list shown below displays the percentage of each state's population who are under the age of 18. The current population of the United States is now more than three hundred million. About a quarter of these people are minors (under 18 years of age). These figures are based on recent estimates by the United States Census Bureau. The data raises some interesting questions. For instance, why do Alaska and Utah have a higher percentage of children than other states, and why do Maine and West Virginia have the lowest?
STATE ................. %<18
ALABAMA ..................... 24.2 ALASKA ....................... 28.7 ARIZONA ...................... 26.9 ARKANSAS .................... 24.6 CALIFORNIA .................. 26.7
COLORADO ................... 25.6 CONNECTICUT ............... 23.9
DELAWARE .................... 23.3 FLORIDA ....................... 23.0 GEORGIA ....................... 26.4
HAWAII ........................ 23.7 IDAHO .......................... 26.7
ILLINOIS ....................... 25.5 INDIANA ....................... 25.7
IOWA .......................... 23.0 KANSAS ....................... 25.0 KENTUCKY .................... 23.6 LOUISIANA ................... 25.8 MAINE ......................... 21.4 MARYLAND ................... 25.1 MASSACHUSETTS .......... 22.8 MICHIGAN .................... 25.1
MISSISSIPPI ................. 25.8 MISSOURI .................... 24.1
MONTANA .................... 22.5 NEBRASKA ................... 24.9 NEVADA ...................... 25.9 NEW HAMPSHIRE .......... 23.5 NEW JERSEY ................ 24.8 NEW MEXICO ............... 25.9 NEW YORK .................. 23.8 NORTH CAROLINA ......... 24.8 NORTH DAKOTA ........... 21.9 OHIO ......................... 24.3 OKLAHOMA ................. 24.4 OREGON ..................... 23.7 PENNSYLVANIA ............ 22.9 RHODE ISLAND ............. 22.6 SOUTH CAROLINA ......... 24.4 SOUTH DAKOTA ............ 24.8 TENNESSEE ................. 23.6 TEXAS ........................ 27.9 UTAH ......................... 31.0 VERMONT .................... 21.7 VIRGINIA ..................... 24.2 WASHINGTON .............. 24.0 WEST VIRGINIA ............ 21.2 WISCONSIN ................. 23.7 WYOMING ................... 23.1
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FACTS ABOUT KIDS IN AMERICA: * In the United States,childhood obesity has more than tripled during the past thirty years. * America's youngest author is Bethany Huang, who published a book at the age of ten. The book is called "The Eiffel Tower's Daughter." * The youngest mother in America gave birth at the age of nine. * America's youngest ever chess Grandmaster was Ray Robsen, who earned the title in 2003 at the age of fifteen. * The youngest person ever sentenced to death by the United States government was James Arcene, a Cherokee boy who was convicted of robbery and murder in Arkansas in 1885. He escaped and remained on the run for another 13 years, but was eventually captured and hanged for the crimes he had committed at the age of ten.
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