[GeronL]

go away is that it is home to about a third of this nation's population

a third?? gets out his fingers and toes...

isn't it more like a fifth or a sixth?? did you go to a public school??=o)

[neverdem]

Here'a link:

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06000.html

34,501,130 / 284,796,887 * 100 = ~ 12.1%, i.e. about one eigth of the country's population.