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> They have files on 700 million individuals

Allright, let's sign up...

> State: ZIP:

So... USA only? Okay, let's see http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html

> 316,606,919

Not quite 700M, calling BS.

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That's a 300M population...today. Assuming avg US life expectancy of 75 years, that's another 4M in turnover for every year that they have data for, plus I assume records of another ~150-250M records from those that have only stayed in the US temporarily and aren't reflected in census numbers.

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