[Notary Sojac]

The article goes further by mentioning "hundreds of thousands of girls" which would take it up to one for every 40 or 50.

Nice catch on the census numbers, that's exactly the kind of analysis I was thinking of.

[DBrow]

“Nice catch on the census numbers”

Thanks, the internet is Power to the People.

I bet it would have taken Dan Rather’s 1980 staff a week to do what I clicked up!

[Mrs. Don-o]

Did the article say child prostitution was only 10-14? Don't the (probably more numerous) 15-18's count? Run the numbers for me for girls 10-18 and boys 10-18 in the total census, if you have time, will you?

(Yes, boys too. Runaway and throwaway boys have few ways to get a meal and a place to sleep at night without turning tricks. As I was told years ago by a male prostitute who gave me a ride when I was hitching --- and who very protectively berated me for hitching because it was too dangerous --- but that's a different story.)