In celebration of America's 246th birthday, the U.S. Census Bureau released some fun facts. E.g., when America declared her independence from Great Britain in July 1776, there were an estimated 2.5 million people* in the 13 original colonies (vs ~7 million in the U.K.); today there are over 330 million Americans** (vs ~68 million Britons). Or that in 2021 the U.S. imported $6.7 million worth of American flags and exported $2.5 million worth. In any case, Happy 4th of July!
*Approximately 450,000 of the 2.5 million were African Americans, who pointedly didn't gain their independence in 1776.
**Over 48 million of whom are African Americans.
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