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Wed 30 Mar, 2011 06:14 pm
On a sign in an American town PLATO, it reads:
CITY LIMIT
PLATO
POP. 74
What does POP mean there?
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:
Population.
So there are only 74 men and women (including children) in the village?
Maybe it was an old photo.
Plato Township is one of sixteen townships in Kane County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,018
there are several towns in the area where I live with less than 100 people.
@Setanta,
It is named the population center of the Untied States according to the 2010 Census.
The link is here:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/video-essay-america-s-surprising-middle-24719061
@oristarA,
That means that if you make a statistical distribution of the population of the United States, and then find the center based on population density, it will be at or near Plato, Illinois. It has nothing to do with the population of Plato itself.
@oristarA,
Oops! The link has been linked to different context.
I copied the text:
Small town named population center of U.S.
A village with only about 100 residents gets thrust into the census spotlight. 'We're going to be on the map now'
By the way, this Plato is in Missouri.
@Setanta,
Town council meeting at Plato
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