Energy Alarmism: The Myths That Make Americans Worry about Oil, by Eugene Gholz and Daryl G. Press, is a policy piece from the Cato Institute which suggests American fears about the security of our oil supply may be overblown. Eugene Gholz, an assistant professor of public affairs at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and Daryl G. Press,associate professor of government at Dartmouth University, provide detailed statistical analysis of threats facing US energy security and explain why these threats are possibly not as imminent as previously thought.

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 - 24.8%.
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 - 76.1%
Median household income, 2004 - $46,223.
Total number of firms, 2002 - 4,616.
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 - 5.4% (probably under-reported)
Persons per square mile, 2000 - 53.9.