Dr. Martin Luther King would be 85 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 317 million enjoys the civil rights Dr. King advocated, including around 225 million whites, nearly 44 million African-Americans, over 18 million Asians and about 6 million American Indians and Alaska Natives. Just over 52 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>.