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