The Measure of a Nation
Our statistical guide to America--who we are, how we live, what we earn and what we believe--revealed the U.S. as a patchwork nation of 300 million and counting. Readers expressed surprise and dismay at many of the numbers and questioned the political and cultural priorities they revealed
Your cover story "America By The Numbers" [Oct. 30] was an interesting and thought-provoking way to commemorate the U.S. population's reaching 300 million. But I was struck by the comparison of the map illustrating the Electoral College votes in the 2004 presidential election and the "purple" map showing how...
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