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The average person in the U.S. has felt compelled to see the movie Star Wars an astonishing 6.7 times since its 1977 release, either in theaters or on TV.
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Using the Census Bureau`s medium projections, U.S. population will grow to 394 million by the year 2050.
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More than half of the Indians are literate. There has been a steady increase in the literacy rate in the country. The country is expected to achieve 100 per cent literacy by 2005. Already, the southern State of Kerala and many districts in India have attained full literacy.
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Though an old nation, India is a country of young people with 36 per cent population below 14 years.
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46% of the U.S. population lives in coastal regions where ecosystems are the most fragile.
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Eight states have population growth rates over 2.0%, which means their population will double in less than 35 years.
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The United States has one of the highest natural growth rates (0.7%) of any industrialized country in the world. For comparison, the United Kingdom`s natural increase is one quarter the rate of the U.S. at 0.2%, while Germany`s natural increase is 0.
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The U.S. fertility rate is currently 2.0 births per woman, an increase from 1.8 in 1988.
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The U.S. population is growing by about 2.5 million people each year. Of that, immigration contributes over one million people to the U.S. population annually.
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Over four million babies are born each year in the United States.
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The states of Punjab and Haryana topped the list of dropout rates among school children, in a survey conducted among 3 northern states and2 southern states. The percentage of male dropouts is 51 % in both the states and that of females was 55% and63% respectively.
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More than half of the Indians are literate. There has been a steady increase in the literacy rate in the country. The country is expected to achieve 100 per cent literacy by 2005. Already, the southern State of Kerala and many districts in India have attained full literacy.
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Though an old nation, India is a country of young people with 36 per cent population below 14 years.
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The rural population of India now has a primary school within a walking distance of 1 km.
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The Asian Indian population increase during the 1990 to 2000 period beat the figures posted by the Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese and "Other Asian" (including Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans) categories.
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The Asian Indian population had risen more than two-fold in 2000, growing to 1.6 million or 0.6 percent of the total US population from 815,447 or 0.3 percent of the total population in 1990.
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The Indian population in the US has recorded a phenomenal growth of 105.87 percent in the past decade, the highest among all Asian origin groups, according to the US Census Bureau.
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