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To: Lane3 who wrote (64551)	5/8/2008 7:47:44 PM
From: DanD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543149

Sure, making up your own definitions for words is fun. But I use the dictionary: di·ver·si·ty Audio Help /d?'v?rs?ti, da?-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[di-vur-si-tee, dahy-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun, plural -ties. 1. the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness. 2. variety; multiformity. 3. a point of difference. het·er·o·ge·ne·ous Audio Help /?h?t?r?'d?ini?s, -'d?iny?s/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[het-er-uh-jee-nee-uhs, -jeen-yuhs] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –adjective 1. different in kind; unlike; incongruous. 2. composed of parts of different kinds; having widely dissimilar elements or constituents: The party was attended by a heterogeneous group of artists, politicians, and social climbers. 3. Chemistry. (of a mixture) composed of different substances or the same substance in different phases, as solid ice and liquid water. Nothing about percentage of the break down in either one of those.

To: Lane3 who wrote (64551)	5/8/2008 10:00:10 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543149

Diversity is a subjective thing, but the CIA World FactBook provides this information. My only comment would be that whites and Protestants are broken down a bit in the Canadian data. United States Ethnic groups: white 81.7%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2% (2003 est.) note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.) Canada Ethic Groups: British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Amerindian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26% United States Religions: Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% (2007 est.) Canada Religions: Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001 census) United States Languages: English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census) note: Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii Canada Languages: English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5% *SOURCES:* United States - CIA World FactBook cia.gov Canada - CIA World Fact Book cia.gov * * *