Re: Statehood

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From: Stephen Joseph Smith
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 01:34

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dzoey@frob.eng.umd.edu (Joseph Herman) writes:
>It seems to me that a colony should have a large number of people, a large
>area of land, and be able to contribute something to the Union.
>
>The district fails on all three accounts.  For a state, it has a small
>population.

According to the 1980 census, the population of D.C. was 638,333, ahead of
Delaware at 594,338, Vermont at 511,456, Wyoming at 469,557 and Alaska at
401,851.  Perhaps a reasonably small population, but half again as large
as Alaska's.

- Stephen

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