<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617656100008810535</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:27:51.163-08:00</updated><category term='american states'/><category term='usa social network'/><category term='education'/><category term='usa people'/><category term='American English skills'/><category term='usa information america information'/><category term='usa quickfacts'/><category term='English learners'/><category term='usa'/><category term='MaestroSersea'/><category term='usa blog'/><category term='usa geography'/><category term='usa states'/><category term='usa forum'/><category term='America'/><category term='sua'/><category term='learn'/><category term='usa business'/><category term='united states of america'/><category term='usa chat'/><title type='text'>Welcome2USA</title><subtitle type='html'>Welcome to the beautiful United States of America.  This blog aims to be a source of information and entertainment, as well as an outlet for friendship and learning for English Language Learners, students, and tourists everywhere. You are encouraged to post responses to our blogs. People who are knowledgeable about this state are encouraged to become regular bloggers here.  Please see our "About Me" section for more information.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://welcome2usa.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7617656100008810535/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://welcome2usa.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Welcome2USA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07570974330633327419</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617656100008810535.post-6371171219632523080</id><published>2010-12-20T16:53:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-21T19:53:27.164-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='learn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='united states of america'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English learners'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American English skills'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MaestroSersea'/><title type='text'>Welcome2USA Welcomes MaestroSersea's Facebook Online Students and Followers</title><content type='html'>Welcome2USA, an online educational resource created Spring, 2007, by Ioan Elvis Sersea, M.A., M.A.T., online English teacher, and founder of Teach Me Help Me Educational Services, includes helpful news, media, demographic research, and opportunities for English learning and discussion for English Learners everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our official website is &lt;a href="http://welcome2usa.info"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;http://Welcome2USA.info&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; , where we feature various posts and multimedia that help all who love and are interested in visiting, or moving to the USA with helpful news and information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are invited to "Like" and participate in MaestroSersea's educational pages on Facebook to improve your skills and connect with people from all over the world.  The internet CAN be used for progress, for learning, for friendship, for peace, for understanding, and for a better quality of life.&lt;br /&gt;Join us on Facebook for learning, for friendship, and for finding and discussing meaning together:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/?act=61833884#%21/pages/English-Online-Academy/135179966492508"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Join us and participate at: English Online Academy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/?act=61833884#%21/pages/English-by-E-Mail/113948391960381"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Join us and participate at: English by E-Mail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/?act=61833884#%21/pages/ESL-Web-Tools/263406874588"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Join us and participate at: ESL Web  Tools&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/?act=61833884#%21/pages/Online-Students/297692506211"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Join us and participate at: Online Students&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/?act=61833884#%21/pages/Online-Academies/143488185673955"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Join us and participate at: Online Academies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/?act=61833884#%21/pages/Students-Web-Tools/259854880988"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Join us and participate at: Students' Web Tools&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/?act=61833884#%21/pages/Test-Preparation-Online-Academy/106125422781920"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Join us and participate at: Test Preparation Online Academy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many more sites founded and managed by MaestroSersea, but these should be enough, for now. :)&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to learn about the USA?  Would you like to learn about specific USA states, counties, cities, or towns? Are you interested in USA economy, media, entertainment, history, culture, news, tourism, or education?&lt;br /&gt;Would you like to improve your American English skills and connect with others to practice your American English?&lt;br /&gt;Share your wishes by adding a constructive comment below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for visiting,&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Ioan Elvis Sersea, M.A., M.A.T., aka MaestroSersea&lt;br /&gt;Online English Teacher&lt;br /&gt;Irvine, California, United States of America&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7617656100008810535-6371171219632523080?l=welcome2usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://welcome2usa.blogspot.com/feeds/6371171219632523080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7617656100008810535&amp;postID=6371171219632523080' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7617656100008810535/posts/default/6371171219632523080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7617656100008810535/posts/default/6371171219632523080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://welcome2usa.blogspot.com/2010/12/welcome2usa-welcomes-maestroserseas.html' title='Welcome2USA Welcomes MaestroSersea&apos;s Facebook Online Students and Followers'/><author><name>Welcome2USA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07570974330633327419</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617656100008810535.post-6494995453947419813</id><published>2008-01-05T23:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-06T00:05:41.920-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usa social network'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usa chat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='united states of america'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usa blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usa forum'/><title type='text'>Welcome2USA Online Social Network</title><content type='html'>Forget MySpace.&lt;br /&gt;Welcome 2 USA now has it's very own &lt;a href="http://www.welcometousa.snappville.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;online social network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; where our members can blog, participate in our forum, and chat in our audio-video chat room.  Won't you join us?&lt;br /&gt;Our online social network allows our members to make new friends, learn new information about the USA, and add their own photos and blog entries as well. If you live in the USA or wish to visit it, our blogs here and our online social network will help you learn more about the beautiful United States of America and make new friends.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7617656100008810535-6494995453947419813?l=welcome2usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://welcome2usa.blogspot.com/feeds/6494995453947419813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7617656100008810535&amp;postID=6494995453947419813' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7617656100008810535/posts/default/6494995453947419813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7617656100008810535/posts/default/6494995453947419813'/><link 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50 U.S. States:</title><content type='html'>Please visit these blogs and leave us  comments:&lt;br /&gt;Blogs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometoohiousa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Ohio, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometokansasusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Kansas, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometoalabamausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Alabama, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometominnesotausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Minnesota, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometorhodeislandusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Rhode Island, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometomarylandinusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Maryland, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometonewjerseyusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to New Jersey, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometooklahomausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Oklahoma, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometomissouriusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Missouri, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometogeorgiausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Georgia, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometomontanausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Montana, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometoillinoisusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Illinois, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometoindianausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Indiana, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometonevadausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Nevada, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometonebraskausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Nebraska, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometofloridausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Florida, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometowashingtonusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Washington, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcome2usa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome2USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometosouthdakotausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to South Dakota, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometonewmexicousa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to New Mexico, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometoutahusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Utah, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometonorthdakotausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to North Dakota, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometodelawareusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Delaware, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometoalaskausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Alaska, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometohawaiiusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Hawaii, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometowyomingusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Wyoming, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometodistrictofcolombiausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to District of Colombia, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometoiowausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Iowa, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometomaineusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Maine, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometonorthcarolinausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to North Carolina, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometocoloradousa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Colorado, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometomichiganusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Michigan, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometovirginiausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Virginia, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometocaliforniausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to California, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometotennesseeusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Tennessee, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometoarkansasusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Arkansas, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometomarylandusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Maryland, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometooregonusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Oregon, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometoconnecticutusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Connecticut, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometoarizonausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Arizona, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometoidahousa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Idaho, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometotexasusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Texas, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometousa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome To USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometonewyorkusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to New York, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometolouisianausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Louisiana, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometosouthcarolinausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to South Carolina, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometowestvirginiausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to West Virginia, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometomassachusettsusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Massachusetts, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometowisconsinusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Wisconsin, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometopennsylvaniausa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Pennsylvania, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometomississippiusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Mississippi, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometonewhampshireusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to New Hampshire, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometokentuckyusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Kentucky, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcometovermontusa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Welcome to Vermont, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7617656100008810535-6731845605122147748?l=welcome2usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://welcome2usa.blogspot.com/feeds/6731845605122147748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7617656100008810535&amp;postID=6731845605122147748' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7617656100008810535/posts/default/6731845605122147748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7617656100008810535/posts/default/6731845605122147748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://welcome2usa.blogspot.com/2007/04/we-now-have-blogs-for-all-50-us-states.html' title='We Now Have Blogs for All 50 U.S. States:'/><author><name>Welcome2USA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07570974330633327419</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617656100008810535.post-2664106685842281914</id><published>2007-04-12T14:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T14:35:43.685-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usa people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='united states of america'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usa geography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sua'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usa quickfacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usa business'/><title type='text'>USA Quick Facts from U.S. Census Bureau</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;People QuickFacts&lt;br /&gt;USA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_309620.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Population, 2005 estimate&lt;br /&gt;296,410,404&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_309621.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005&lt;br /&gt;5.3%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68166.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Population, 2000&lt;br /&gt;281,421,906&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336211.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005&lt;br /&gt;6.8%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336213.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005&lt;br /&gt;24.8%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336214.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005&lt;br /&gt;12.4%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336217.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Female persons, percent, 2005&lt;br /&gt;50.7%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336219.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;White persons, percent, 2005 (a)&lt;br /&gt;80.2%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336221.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)&lt;br /&gt;12.8%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336223.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)&lt;br /&gt;1.0%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336225.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)&lt;br /&gt;4.3%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336227.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)&lt;br /&gt;0.2%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336229.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005&lt;br /&gt;1.5%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336231.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)&lt;br /&gt;14.4%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336233.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005&lt;br /&gt;66.9%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_101623.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old &amp;amp; over&lt;br /&gt;54.1%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_101614.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Foreign born persons, percent, 2000&lt;br /&gt;11.1%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_101621.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000&lt;br /&gt;17.9%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_101610.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000&lt;br /&gt;80.4%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_101612.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000&lt;br /&gt;24.4%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_101608.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000&lt;br /&gt;49,746,248&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_101626.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000&lt;br /&gt;25.5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336234.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Housing units, 2005&lt;br /&gt;124,521,886&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_71063.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Homeownership rate, 2000&lt;br /&gt;66.2%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_101625.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000&lt;br /&gt;26.4%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_101627.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000&lt;br /&gt;$119,600&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_71058.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Households, 2000&lt;br /&gt;105,480,101&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_71061.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Persons per household, 2000&lt;br /&gt;2.59&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_309547.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Median household income, 2003&lt;br /&gt;$43,318&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_101615.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Per capita money income, 1999&lt;br /&gt;$21,587&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_309548.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Persons below poverty, percent, 2003&lt;br /&gt;12.5%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Business QuickFacts&lt;br /&gt;USA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_311021.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Private nonfarm establishments, 2004&lt;br /&gt;7,387,724&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_311022.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Private nonfarm employment, 2004&lt;br /&gt;115,074,924&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_311023.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004&lt;br /&gt;0.9%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336237.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Nonemployer establishments, 2004&lt;br /&gt;19,523,741&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336238.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Total number of firms, 2002&lt;br /&gt;22,974,655&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336242.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Black-owned firms, percent, 2002&lt;br /&gt;5.2%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336240.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002&lt;br /&gt;0.9%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336241.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002&lt;br /&gt;4.8%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336244.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002&lt;br /&gt;0.1%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336243.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002&lt;br /&gt;6.8%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_336239.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Women-owned firms, percent, 2002&lt;br /&gt;28.2%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_309553.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)&lt;br /&gt;3,916,136,712&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_309616.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)&lt;br /&gt;4,634,755,112&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_309554.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)&lt;br /&gt;3,056,421,997&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_309555.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Retail sales per capita, 2002&lt;br /&gt;$10,615&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_309556.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)&lt;br /&gt;449,498,718&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_311019.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Building permits, 2005&lt;br /&gt;2,155,316&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_309614.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)&lt;br /&gt;2,143,781,7271&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Geography QuickFacts&lt;br /&gt;USA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_101619.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Land area, 2000 (square miles)&lt;br /&gt;3,537,438&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_101607.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Persons per square mile, 2000&lt;br /&gt;79.6&lt;br /&gt;1: Includes data not distributed by state.&lt;br /&gt;(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.census.gov/main/www/policies.html#quality"&gt;Data Quality Statement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/cgi-bin/qfd/qf_comments"&gt;What do you think of QuickFacts?&lt;/a&gt;Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. 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