There's no such thing as "overpopulation." Its a myth that was started by folks with a very sinister agenda, and has been accepted as gospel by the gullible.

If we took all the people in the world (lets call the number 7 Billion to make sure we get everyone) and grouped them together for a nice tight aerial group photo how many states in the United States would we all cover grouped together in such a fashion?

Hah, hah, hah.

I got you beat: if you took all the people in the world, and stacked them like cordwood, a dozen deep on top of each other, how many states in the United States would they cover?

NSSM 200

National Security Study Memorandum 200

Blueprint for world de-population and western domination

NSSM 200 - blueprint for de-population - Interim Newspaper - July 1998

Excerpt - The population-control ideology and the means to achieve it can be found in a U.S. executive-level government document entitled National Security Study Memorandum 200 (NSSM 200), published in 1974 and declassified in 1989. Although this plan of action was to be activated in developing countries, it was designed as a two-edged sword that could be swung with equal determination in both developed and developing countries alike. The document was signed by Henry Kissinger and directed to the secretaries of defense, agriculture and central intelligence, the deputy secretary of state, and the administrator of the Agency for International Development, with a copy to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The focus of the study was the "international political and economic implications of population growth."
The UN, the IMF, the World Bank and abortion - Interim Newspaper - January 1999

Excerpt - The official policy of the U.S. regarding population control in foreign policy is spelled out in NSSM 200. The Memorandum became the official guide to U.S. foreign policy on Nov. 26, 1975 and has not been replaced since. NSSM 200, subtitled "Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests," warned that increasing populations in developing countries threatened U.S. strategic, economic, and military interests.

Official, Now De-Classified Documents

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"Hah, hah, hah."

But I am not kidding and btw I have asked this question of over 100 people in person and no one has even come close to the right answer.

Venture a guess I think you will be surprised.

If we took all the people in the world (lets call the number 7 Billion to make sure we get everyone) and grouped them together for a nice tight aerial group photo how many states in the United States would we all cover grouped together in such a fashion?

I read somewhere that you could fit the world's population into Texas with plenty of space for everyone.

Good question. Are you going to answer it? LOL!

Ah, here we go...

For putting 7 billion people into Texas.

1129.2 0192 s.ft./person

We've been overpopulated for twelve-thousand years, ever since we had to resort to agriculture to feed ourselves.

And with every increase in population, we are forced to move further and further from the existence we evolved to live: hunting and gathering—not farming and factories.

No wonder the industrialized world is awash in antidepressants.

No wonder the industrialized world has stopped having babies—it's nature's own birth control in response to the misery of overpopulation.

What you think of as progress, is merely the desperate attempt of an overpopulated world to make more of less, in the face of dwindling room and resources.

This and baby boomer die off is what will keep US housing from ever getting back to the boom

baring massive immigration of skilled well off workers

OK, I bite. I’m going to say TWO states! That’s right! TWO.....Alaska and Hawaii, largest along with almost the smallest.)

Your question is an old piece of silliness, just as silly as the question I responded with.

"I read somewhere that you could fit the world's population into Texas with plenty of space for everyone."

True and the answer to my question is zero states, not even Rhode Island. So the next time you hear the words over population point out that little factoid. BTW it is very easy to prove mathematically. Figure how many people on average you can get into a Square yard (on average 3-4) Oh and one other bit to note over a third of Rhode island's Square mileage is under water in the Bay area and you can still group all the people on the remaining two thirds dry land.

The answer is something like a fraction of the space in Texas.

Which is as relevant to an overpopulation argument, as saying so long as we have room to stack people like cord wood one one upon the other, we aren't overpopulated.

Apparently, many people here like to live in crowded conditions, wait in lines wherever they go, be denied access to vacation spots, and spend large portions of their lives sitting still in their automobiles stuck in traffic.

"OK, I bite. I’m going to say TWO states! That’s right! TWO.....Alaska and Hawaii, largest along with almost the smallest.)"

The answer is Zero, Not even Rhode Island and that is even if you don't include the 500 square miles more or less that is under water. (Which is bout a third of the State.)

Did you look at that demographics video?

Figure how many people on average you can get into a Square yard (on average 3-4)

I like the idea of giving eveyone seventy square miles of oceanfront property instead, and in a climate not too cold and not too hot.

How many people could you fit into America then?

Apparently, many people here like to live in crowded conditions, wait in lines wherever they go, be denied access to vacation spots, and spend large portions of their lives sitting still in their automobiles stuck in traffic.

Apparently.

Or maybe they don't understand, that concentrating people, is how you make a concentration camp.

2) Americans need to rebuild their finances, that is, to save, just when their incomes are falling and unemployment is rising.

An important point to consider in this regard is what will happen at the end of 2010 when the Bush tax cuts expire. Not only will you have incomes falling, but businesses and individuals will have significantly less disposable income to pump into the system because a larger chunk of their income will be dedicated to paying the increased taxes.

“If we took all the people in the world (lets call the number 7 Billion to make sure we get everyone) and grouped them together for a nice tight aerial group photo how many states in the United States would we all cover grouped together in such a fashion?”

I’ve heard that if you put them all in groups of 4 in single family houses, they would all fit in the state of Texas.

NSSM 200

National Security Study Memorandum 200

Blueprint for world de-population and western domination

Official, Now De-Classified Documents