单项选择题

POPULATION DATA FOR TEN SELECTED STATES IN 1980 AND 1987
State Population(in thousands) Percent Change in
Population,
1980—1987
Population Per
Square Mile in
1987
1980 1987
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
23,668
17,558
14,229
9,746
11,864
11,427
10,798
9,262
7,365
5,882
27.663
17,825
16,789
12,023
11,936
11,582
10,784
9,200
7,672
6,413
16.9
1.5
18.0
23.4
0.6
1.4
-0.1
-0.7
4.2
9.0
177
372
64
222
266
208
263
162
1,027
131

In 1987 the average(arithmetic mean)population of the three most populous ofthe ten selected states was most nearly equal to()

A. 18 million
B. 19 million
C. 20 million
D. 21 million
E. 22 million