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Post by bluemingidiot on Jun 29, 2024 16:14:40 GMT
Texas: 1,347,589
Florida: 1,316,471
California: 1,043,421
Pennsylvania: 841,523
Tennessee: 633,015
Ohio: 583,314
Virginia: 581,698
Michigan: 555,650
Missouri: 520,488
Illinois: 504,452
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Post by bluemingidiot on Jun 29, 2024 16:21:24 GMT
States ranked by population:
1. California (2023 est.) 38,965,193
2. Texas (2023 est.) 30,503,301
3. Florida (2023 est.) 22,610,726
4. New York (2023 est.) 19,571,216
5. Pennsylvania (2023 est.) 12,961,683
6. Illinois (2023 est.) 12,549,689
7. Ohio (2023 est.) 11,785,935
8. Georgia (2023 est.) 11,029,227
9. North Carolina (2023 est.) 10,835,491
10. Michigan (2023 est.) 10,037,261
11. New Jersey (2023 est.) 9,290,841
12. Virginia (2023 est.) 8,715,698
13. Washington (2023 est.) 7,812,880
14. Arizona (2023 est.) 7,431,344
15. Tennessee (2023 est.) 7,126,489
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Post by bluemingidiot on Jun 30, 2024 0:17:14 GMT
States With the Highest Gun Death Rates Mississippi (29.6) Louisiana (28.2) New Mexico (27.3) Alabama (25.5) Missouri (24.2) Montana (23.9) Alaska (22.4) Arkansas (21.9) South Carolina (20.8) Tennessee (20.5)
This would include suicides.
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Post by Mr DAVID In Wisconsin on Jun 30, 2024 15:05:19 GMT
I often tell folks that in Mississippi we’re number one in a lot of things. I just leave it at that.
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Post by mogal on Jul 12, 2024 13:15:24 GMT
Sometimes my mouth gets ahead of my brain...
Years ago, I was at a fiber (spinning, weaving, knitting, etc.) event chatting with one of the vendors. As it turned out she and her husband recently retired from a military career and had chosen to settle in the Hannibal MO area. Something about her speech was familiar so I asked where they were from. Originally from SE MS, says she. I lived in MS as a small child while my father attended Mississippi State and again for 10 years from 15 until I was 24. Their respective families had started searching for properties as time for their retirement approached but they declined the help, not wanting to live there the rest of their lives.
Before I ever thought how it might be received, I asked the lady if she knew the best thing about being from Mississippi. She shook her head no. I told her "The best thing about being from Mississippi was being FAR from Mississippi." The woman immediately called her husband over and asked me to repeat my comment. Both just roared with laughter and agreed. The last I heard, they sold that farm near Hannibal and moved to ALASKA!
The heat/humidity in MO is often as bad as the southern states, but we do have a nice respite and it doesn't start as early or extend as late in the fall as here. Now in January, you might hear me complain about the cold. One of the few things my mother and I agreed on was her premise that you can put on enough clothes to stay warm but you can't take off enough to be cool.
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