WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6: CITRUS FRUIT

Profile America -- Sunday, December 6th. Along with the colorful decorations and music, the pleasure of the holidays is also enhanced by the seasonal flow of fresh citrus fruit. In the past, children were said to dream of sugar plums and receiving an orange at Christmas was a major gift. Now, online and mail order catalogs feature boxes of perfect fruit for last-minute gifts. We each consume nearly 22 pounds of fresh citrus fruit a year -- including 10 pounds of oranges, over two pounds of grapefruit and nine pounds of lemons, limes, tangerines, and tangelos. Florida is the nation's leading citrus producer -- other major producers are California and Texas. You can find these and more facts about sports in America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.

Sources: Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009, t. 210, 824

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look under the "Newsroom" button).

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