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Tiny Texas County Leads US Population Growth
Once best known as the smallest county in a huge state, tiny Rockwall County, Texas recorded the fastest population growth rate -- 7.9 percent -- of any county in the nation for the period July 1, 2001, to July 1, 2002.

U.S. Life Expectancy Hits All-time High
Americans' life expectancy reached an all-time high, while age-adjusted deaths hit an all-time low in 2001, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Resources.

U.S. Prison Population Tops 2 Million
America's prison population topped 2 million inmates for the first time in history on June 30, 2002 according to a new report from the the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Women Closing Some Gender Gaps: Census
Though not by leaps-and-bounds, women are steadily closing some of the gender gaps of American society, according to the Census Bureau.

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