Tuesday, April 03, 2001
U.S. Population Has Biggest 10-Year Rise Ever. My favorite part is:
As a result, the population center of the country, as calculated by the Census Bureau, moved to Edgar Springs, Mo., nearly 40 miles southwest of DeSoto, Mo., the population midpoint 10 years ago. The population center is determined as the place where an imaginary, flat, weightless map of the country would balance perfectly if all 281.4 million Americans were of identical weight.[emphasis added]
I'm guessing it would be further south but to the east if they factored in obesity figures. All the fatties live in the East.