Statistics

• U.S. population: 80,600,000
• Average life span: 47 years
• U.S. homes with a telephone: 8 percent
• Unemployment: 3.9 percent
• Federal budget: $520 million
• Average annual salary, postal worker: $924
• Average annual salary, schoolteacher: $358
• A night in a hotel: $2
• One pound coffee: 13 cents
• Loaf of bread: 5 cents
• Stamp: 2 cents