So are the populations normalized to one Long Island?<p>And on a totally unrelated note, sometimes Rhode Islands are used as units of area. I knew a girl in college that told me she grew up on .53 RI ranch in Texas. I had no idea what she was talking about, then she explained to me that RI = Rhode Island. I think they used a small plane to get around.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measurement#Various_countries.2C_regions.2C_and_cities" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measur...</a>