31.   In both the number of slaves and their percentage of the total population, New York ranked second only to Charleston, S.C.

32.   In March, the Census Bureau will provide detailed data to the states, showing total population and voting-age population, by race.

33.   In Oklahoma, as in many states, government figures have shown a slight decline in the divorce rate, measured as a percentage of the total population.

34.   Nearly a quarter reported having had thoughts of suicide at some point, well below the average found in the total population.

35.   Older AIDS patients have always been a tiny -- and little discussed -- fraction of the total AIDS population.

36.   Overall, Los Angeles County ranked third in the nation among counties in terms of total population growth.

37.   Still, the numbers are small compared with the total undergraduate population.

38.   That meant that roughly one-tenth of the total eligible population of Cuba applied to leave.

39.   The bureau wants to then count a fraction of the remainder and use that figure to extrapolate for the total population.

40.   The difference, of course, has to do with the size of the total population.