Sometime around 7:46 a.m. EST this morning, the population of America reached 300,000,000 !!

New haven, Connecticut at just after 7:46 a.m. EST this morning!

Jay Leno: "Just a few hours ago, the population of the United States reached 300 million people. Yeah. This is either a tribute to a strong democracy or really weak Border Patrol."

[It was a good thing I took that 24-hour time-lapse photo yesterday of today's crowded street scene in New haven, Connecticut so that you'd all have a little preview of this morning's excitement a day early.]