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Calendar Girl
This photo shows a Calendar Girl from a 1920s calendar that hung in a Fort Wayne gas station. Photo courtesy of Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society. |
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Population of Allen County...............................................1920..(114,303)
...............................................1930..(146,743)
...............................................Today.(312,091)^
Life expectancy at birth (U.S.)...............................................1920..(54.1)
...............................................1930..(59.7)
...............................................Today.(76.1)**
Annual murder rate per 100,000 (U.S.)...............................................1920..(6.8)
...............................................1930..(8.8)
...............................................Today.(7.4)**
Percentage of high-school graduates among adults (U.S.)...............................................1920..(16.8%)+
...............................................1930..(28.8%)+
...............................................Today..(82.8%)#
National population (U.S.)...............................................1920..(106,461,000)
...............................................1930..(123,076,741)
...............................................Today.(267,636,061)*
......Note: Today's figures are the most recent numbers available
......^..1997 estimate by the U.S. Bureau of the Census
......+..Percent of persons 17 years old who have completed high school
......#..Percent of people 25 years old and over who have completed four years of high school or more
......*..As of July 1, 1997
......**..1996
Sources: 1998 Statistical Abstract, Historical Statistics of the U.S, and U.S. Bureau of the Census-- Research by James Grant of The News-Sentinel
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