What proportion of U.S. citizens are children?
a. 12%
b. 16%
c. 20%
d. 24%
ANS: D
In 2011, there were 73.9 million U.S. children under the age of 18 years. Children represent about 24% of the country's population, down from a peak of 36% at the end of the mid-1960's baby boom.
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