Mostly, we learn how we're living and changing. By 2050, the U.S. population is projected at almost 440 million, up from 304 million in 2008. Almost one-quarter of elementary and high school students are immigrants or have immigrant parents. In 2007, the average American spent 1,613 hours watching TV, the equivalent of 67 days. From 1980 to 2007, the number of pickup trucks, vans and SUVs almost quadrupled, to 101.5 million, while the number of cars rose only 12 percent, to 135.9 million.
And sex? The Stat Abstract has that, too. Among men ages 15 to 44, the median number of sexual partners in their lifetimes is 5.4. Almost a quarter of men (22.6 percent) say they've had 15 or more partners. Among women, the median number of partners is 3.3, and almost a tenth (9.2 percent) say they've had 15 or more partners.
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I cant remember most of the numbers I already know.
-- Posted by Old John on Tue, Jan 12, 2010, at 10:59 AM
The cool thing is I can let my American educated immigrant drive my SUV while I watch TV about sex that I'm not getting. :o)
-- Posted by USAFGuy on Tue, Jan 12, 2010, at 2:01 PM
I long ago gave up numbers. They don't interest me anymore. Now Ike on the other hands just loves to play with numbers and draws all sorts of fanciful conclusions from them. Thjey just bore me to death.
-- Posted by voyager on Tue, Jan 12, 2010, at 2:42 PM
Americans commit suicide at fairly low rates, 10.2 for every 100,000 people in 2004, less than the 11.9 average for all industrial countries or Japan's 20.3 and France's 15.1.
-- Posted by blogbudsman on Wed, Jan 13, 2010, at 7:45 AM
Some people are such sensetive souls.
-- Posted by voyager on Wed, Jan 13, 2010, at 8:02 AM
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This is kinda cool - otherwise, open thread.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/10/AR2010011002144....
Mostly, we learn how we're living and changing. By 2050, the U.S. population is projected at almost 440 million, up from 304 million in 2008. Almost one-quarter of elementary and high school students are immigrants or have immigrant parents. In 2007, the average American spent 1,613 hours watching TV, the equivalent of 67 days. From 1980 to 2007, the number of pickup trucks, vans and SUVs almost quadrupled, to 101.5 million, while the number of cars rose only 12 percent, to 135.9 million.
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
And sex? The Stat Abstract has that, too. Among men ages 15 to 44, the median number of sexual partners in their lifetimes is 5.4. Almost a quarter of men (22.6 percent) say they've had 15 or more partners. Among women, the median number of partners is 3.3, and almost a tenth (9.2 percent) say they've had 15 or more partners.
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