[Oasfaa] Happy Independence Day!

[Mc Conahay, Pamela K]

My "daughter", Cindi Lou (a former workstudy student we "adopted"
who is now a government documents librarian) sent me this statistical
synopsis of how we celebrate the Fourth of July, so I thought I'd share.
I guess digging up arcane info on the web and sending it to friends runs
in the family, huh? 

At our house, we're planning on entertaining our local fire dept. (also
known
as "no sir, there's no fire, my husband is just cooking on the grill") and  
going to see the new movie  "Cats & Dogs".  No, we won't try to sneak our
dogs into the theatre...they'd hog the popcorn.  

However you celebrate, have a safe and happy holiday!

Pam McConahay
Asst Dir., Compliance & Support Svcs
University of Oklahoma Financial Aid Services
731 Elm, Rm 125, Norman OK 73019-2111
(405) 325-4617, fax (405) 325-7608
pmcconahay at ou.edu 


> CB01-FF.09                                                   June 20, 2001
> 
>                     The Fourth of July 2001
> 
> Fireworks
> 
> $116.8 million
> Value of U.S. fireworks imports from China in 2000. This represented the
> bulk of total U.S. fireworks imports for the year ($124.8 million). U.S.
> exports of fireworks, by comparison, amounted to $11.9 million, with
Taiwan
> purchasing more than any other country ($5.1 million).
> <http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/>
> 
> Flags
> 
> $747,800
> The dollar value of U.S. imports of American flags in 2000; a little more
> than half of this amount
> ($381,600) was for U.S. flags made in Taiwan.
> <http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/>
> 
> $202,600
> Dollar value of exports of U.S. flags in 2000. Mexico was the leading
> customer, purchasing $49,800 worth.
> <http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/>
> 
> Patriotic-Sounding Places
> 
> 30
> Number of places in the nation named "Liberty." According to Census 2000,
> the most populous one was Liberty, Mo. (26,232). Iowa had more of these
> places than any other state: four (Libertyville, New Liberty, North
Liberty
> and West Liberty).
> 
> There were 11 places with Independence in their names. The most populous
is
> Independence, Mo., where Census 2000 counted 113,288 residents. Five
places
> adopted the name Freedom. Freedom, Calif., with
> 6,000 residents on Census Day, 2000, had the highest population among
> these. <http://www.census.gov/clo/www/redistricting.html>
> 
> Summer
> 
> 32
> Gallons of beer consumed by the typical American adult in 1999; it is
> believed a hefty proportion of this is imbibed during holidays such as
July
> 4th. By comparison, Americans (of all ages) consumed 51 gallons of
> carbonated soft drinks, 24 gallons of  milk and 26 gallons of coffee
> annually.
> <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-27.html>
> 
> 65 million
> Number of people in 1998 who visited our nation's national parks, a
popular
> summer vacation choice. In addition, 74 million paid a visit to a national
> historical site.
> <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-27.html>
> 
> 767 million
> Number of visitors in 1999 to our nation's state parks and recreation
> areas. State parks in California had the highest number of visitors of any
> state (77 million), followed by New York (62 million) and Ohio
> (60 million). <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-27.html>
> 
> 64 million
> Number of Americans who in 1998 said they had participated in a barbecue
> during the previous year. As for other activities the year before the
> survey:
> 
>            More than 48 million people had gone to the beach;
> 
>            Nearly 31 million had taken part in a picnic;
> 
>            About 41 million played on an amateur softball team; and
> 
>            More than 7 million 7 or older had water-skied and more than 25
>            million had boated.
>            <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-27.html>
> 
> The preceding facts come from the U.S. import and export trade reports,
> Census 2000 and the Statistical Abstract of the United States and the
> Current Population Survey. The data are subject to sampling variability
and
> other sources of error.
>