The average U.S. household has 1.7 dogs, says a 2007 American Veterinary Medical Association report.
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Comscore says the average U.S. web surfer watches 14.8 hours of online video per month.
The growth in average U.S. housing values looks pretty impressive compared with that of other assets, especially stocks.
This worked fine from 1975 to 1987--average U.S. fuel economy rose from 20 miles per gallon to 26.
The average U.S. top combined state-federal marginal tax rate would hit about 52%.
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And gold is telling us that the average U.S. family is getting poorer.
According to the Reuters numbers, the average U.S. investment house dropped from having 64.9% of their assets in stocks to 63.3%.
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That is closer to the average U.S. growth rate of 3%, which, as the politicians say when claiming credit, made America strong.
During the 2006-07 season, the average U.S. household tuned in for a record high of eight hours and 14 minutes a day, according to Nielsen.
And, for the average U.S. credit union, business loans as a percent of total loans held in business loans has also increased, albeit slowly.
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The average U.S. corporate tax rate is 35%, not counting discounts and write-offs, with many in Congress calling for it to be reduced to 25%.
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In June, diesel exports reached a record high of nearly 20 million barrels, or more than 20% of the average U.S. monthly diesel fuel consumption--97.6 million barrels per month in 2006.
In its report issued Thursday, the climate data center said the average U.S. temperature between March and May was 57.1 degrees, 5.2 degrees above the long-term average from 1901 to 2000.
Though you might pay more for green power, it can help your household as a whole cut carbon emissions drastically (the average U.S. household produces 9 tons of carbon a year).
That number is paltry compared to the average U.S. annual growth rate of 2.8 percent since 1973 and is below the 2.5 percent long-term economic growth rate typically used by financial markets to value businesses.
Citing a study from Merrill Lynch, the CTIA chart says the average U.S. consumer pays 5 cents per minute for voice service--a rate cheaper than other advanced telecom markets, such as the U.K., Germany, South Korea and Japan.
Keller created a costume for the Bag Monster complete with 500 plastic bags attached (the number the average U.S. consumer goes through per year), and now has a few costumes which he loans out to any organization or educational institution that wants to use the Bag Monster to raise awareness about plastic pollution.
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The average age at end of service for the last five Supreme Court justices has, for nearly all of the last two centuries, been above 60, and above 70 for most of the last 30 years of the 19th century, when the average U.S. 40-year-old man's life expectancy was about 65, according to Colgate University economics professor Michael Haines.
On average, U.S. consumers have seven pairs of jeans in their wardrobe, according to Cotton Incorporated.
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The overall average for U.S. consumers of video content via the computer was 4 hours and 39 minutes.
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There are 360 million probes targeted at Defense Department networks each day, compared to the 1 million probes an average major U.S. bank gets per month.
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The average effective U.S. corporate tax rate the amount of tax corporations actually pay is far lower than 35 percent, roughly 20 percent to 25 percent by some estimates.
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Their research (available at policyuncertainty.com) shows that, on average, U.S. economic policy uncertainty has been 50% higher in the past two years than it has been since 1985.
The four week moving average of U.S. jobless claims rose by 5, 500 to 374, 750, with continuing claims for the week ending April 7 going to 3.29 million from 3.27 million.
The average age of U.S. game players is now 30, according to the Entertainment Software Association, and the average age of frequent game buyers is 35.
So while the average Iraqi may want the U.S. out now, the average Iraqi commander or police chief is not in so much of a hurry, says one deputy U.S. commander.
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Quality was average, but the U.S. consumer was conditioned to expect average quality.
The average maturity of U.S. public debt is about 63 months, or about 5.2 years.
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