Populations where you've lived

[Torie]

[Torie]

Haven't checked the boards for a while, so I'm late.  But I thought it would be interesting anyway.  These are dated population figures, of course, and likely differ from when I lived in each place.  But, here 'goes.

Dickinson, North Dakota             17,787 (2010)                 
Grand Forks, North Dakota         52.838 (2010)                 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania     1,526,006 (2010)                 
Glenside, Pennsylvania                 8,384 (2010)
Tuebingen, Germany                  82,885 (2002)                 
Tokyo, Japan                         8,653,000 (2007-estimate)
Evanston, Illinois                        74,486 (2010)                     
Carbondale, Illinois                     25,902 (2010)
Halifax, Nova Scotia                  359,183 (2011)

Average:  1,200,052

It never ceases to amaze me how Tokyo continues to throw things in my life way, way off...    Had it not been on the list, the average population of cities I've lived in would be 268,434.  Of course, given the fact that the Shinjuku train station in downtown Tokyo sees approximately (by very rough estimates) 3.3 million people enter and exit per day, I guess this skewing of averages is understandable, at least...

Hey professor, the question was about "counties."    But one on your list is "correct" anyway.

[Torie]

1,193,415.43.  Copy and paste on excel, and using the text to columns utility, is a beautiful thing anvi. I did it in 30 seconds flat.

[Torie]

Sioux, ND: 4,153
Burleigh, ND: 81,308
Blue Earth, MN: 64,013
Hennepin, MN: 1,152,425

Average is 324,474, which of course reflects none of them at all. Great example of the misleading average.

That is why God invented median averages.