Dr. Martin Luther King would be 86 years old today. The civil rights leader, minister, and recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize was born in 1929 and assassinated in 1968. Next Monday is a national holiday, honoring his memory and life’s work, appropriate in a month that also sees the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. America’s diverse population of some 316 million enjoys the civil rights Dr. King advocated, including around 245 million whites, 44.5 million African-Americans, about 19 million Asians and more than 5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives. Just over 54 million of the U.S. population is of Hispanic origin. You can find more facts about America’s people, places and economy, from the American Community Survey, at <www.census.gov>.