Facts about life in 1912 and 2012

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I found some facts about 1910-1920 that are very interesting. They give us a look back to what life was like 100 years ago.

FACTS about 1910-1920
• Population: 92,407,000
• Life Expectancy: Male 48.4 Female: 51.8
• Average Salary $750 / year
• The Ziegfeld girls earns $75/week.
• Unemployed 2,150,000
• National Debt: $1.15 billion
• Union Membership: 2.1 million Strikes 1,204
• Attendance: Movies 30 million per week
• Lynchings: 76
• Divorce: 1/1000
• Vacation: 12 day cruise $60
• Whiskey $3.50 / gallon, Milk $.32 / gallon
• Speeds make automobile safety an issue
• 25,000 performers tour 4,000 U.S. theaters

A Ziegfeld Girl

How does this compare with life today?
•• Population: 312,780,968 in the United States
• Life Expectancy: Male 75.6; Female: 80.8
• Average Salary $50, 233 / year
• Movie star earns $1.5 to $3million {depends on many variables}
• Unemployed 8.3%
• National Debt: over $15 trillion
• Attendance: Movies 1470 million per week
• Divorce: 41.8%
• Vacation: 12 day cruise $4-15k {depends on many variables}
• Gas $3.89 / gallon, Milk $3.39 / gallon

*Statistics are According to the United States Census Bureau

What changes are for the better? What changes are for the worse?

4 Responses

  1. Moment Matters

    What is most alarming to me was that the divorce rate was 41.8% now, when it was just 1/100 in the early 1900s. And yet, population surges. That and sex-related diseases are the outcome of excessive casual sex.

    National debt is also shocking, I mean how could they let that happen. This is a great fact post!

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