U.S. Statistics, 1904 - Breathing Space Blog

The average life expectancy is 47 years.

14% of homes have a bathtub.

8% of homes have a telephone.

A three-minute call from Denver to New York cost $11.

There are 8,000 cars in the U.S. and 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities is 10 miles per hour.

With a 1.4 million residents, California is the 21st most populous state.

Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee are each more heavily populated than California.