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Common Cold

There are nearly 62 million cases of the common cold every year..
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Candy Consumption

The average American consumes 25 lbs of candy annually.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Dishwasher Stats

70% of Americans rinse the dishes before loading. (might as well do them by hand)
7% do nothing before loading.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy

Cell phones

In 1990 there were 5.3 million cellular-telephone subscribers in the United States. By 1999, there were 86 million subscribers.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Computers in Education

During the 1999 - 2000 school year there were 10.5 million computers available for use in elementary and secondary school classrooms in the U.S. This works out to 1 computer for every 5 students.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Household
Computers

In August 2000, 54 million U.S. households, or 54 percent, had one or more computers in the home. This is an increase from 42 percent in December 1998.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Kids and
Computers

Nine out of ten school-age children had access to a computer in 2000. Four in five kids used a computer at school and two in three kids used one at home.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Internet Access in
Public Schools

In the fall of 1999, 95 percent of public schools had Internet access. In 1995, the proportion was only 50 percent. For every instructional computer connected to the Internet in 1999, there were 9 students.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Female Surfers

Web measurement firm Nielsen/NetRatings said the number of female Web surfers at home rose 9 percent in the United States, from 50.4 million in December 2000 to 55 million in December 2001.
Source:MSNBC/Nielsen

Teachers

There are 16 students per primary school teacher in the United States.
Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Population Jackpot

Nevada's population grew by about 66 percent between 1990 and 2000, the highest percentage growth in the United States during that period.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Population Growth

Between 1990 and 2000, the population of Nevada grew faster than anywhere else in the United States, increasing by over 66%. Over the same time period, North Dakota's population grew by barely half a percent.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Ice Cream

By 1999, the price of ice cream in the U.S. had risen by about 60 percent since the early 1980s. This is slightly less than the price increase for food overall.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Pumpkin Production

In 2000 U.S. growers produced 895 million pounds of pumpkins with a total value of $101.6 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Cranberry Production

The United States will produce an estimated 588 million pounds of cranberries in 2001, down 1 percent from 2000 and 12 percent from 1999.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Christmas Trees

Oregon is the country's Christmas tree capital. The state produced more than one-quarter of all the Christmas trees sold in the U.S. last year.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau