--I WILL POSSESS YOUR HEART


...I like statistics, or finding out about "us," the things we prefer, fear, how we're alike and different.

In no particular order then...

Households with cash income of no more than $2 a day per person:
1996: 636,000
2011: 1,500,000

Where adults purchase the most/least lottery tickets:
Most:
57% --Buffalo, NY
56% --Providence, RI
51% --Albany, NY
Least:
13% --Las Vegas, NV
8% --Salt Lake City, UT
5% --Honolulu, HI

There are 39,000 standard-screen movie theaters in the U.S. and 425 IMAX

Nearly 40% of women have never been married, up from 33% in 1995, and fewer are in a first marriage.
55% of all black women have never been married.
49% of Hispanic women
39% of Asian
34% White

Music:
98 -- Percentage of people who say listening to music helps keep them sane
72 -- Percentage of people who still listen to the same music they did when they were teenagers
94 -- Percentage who listen to music while exercising
17 -- Percentage whose workout soundtrack includes Madonna songs
94 -- Percentage who listen to music to psych themselves up for any kind of challenge
31 -- Percentage who think the lyrics are more important than the music
22 -- Percentage who'd rather forget the first album they ever bought
3 in 5 -- Number of people who listen to music every day
61 -- Percentage of men who've used a favorite playlist to set the mood with a woman
22 -- Percentage of men who wouldn't date someone with different musical tastes (wow)
4 in 10 -- Number of men who keep the music playing during sex
5 -- Percentage who have music-related tattoos
8 -- Percentage who cry when they hear "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M.

Six fittest cities, according to Men's Fitness:
1. Portland
2. San Francisco
3. Albuquerque
4. Oakland
5. Boston
6. Seattle

Six fattest cities:
1. Houston
2. Detroit
3. Cleveland
4. Memphis
5. Tampa
6. Las Vegas

Top Six Cities With the Most Eligible Women (According to Mens Health)
1. Washington, DC
2. Portland, ME
3. Boston, MA
4. Seattle, WA
5. New York, NY
6. San Francisco, CA

Fewest Eligible Women
95. Reno, NV
96. Wichita, KS
97. Fresno, CA
98. Toledo, OH
99. Bakersfield, CA
100. Las Vegas, NV

Pieces of mail sent, in billions:
2005 -- 211.7
2007 -- 212.2
2009 -- 177
2011 -- 168

To have a secure retirement, I'll need:
-$100,000 to 1,000,000 -- 48% said this
-Over $1,000,000 -- 42% said this
-Less than $100,000 -- 10% said this

Runners favorite "Running Movies":
31% -- Forrest Gump
10% -- Chariots of Fire
9% -- Spirit of the Marathon
8% -- Prefontaine

How often are you late for work?
61% -- Never
16% -- At least once a week
12% -- Once a year
11% -- Once a month

For unknown reasons, New York’s approval showed one of the greatest gender imbalances of any state in the country. Women favored New York 43% to 19% while men actually disfavored the state 36% to 39%.
New Jersey is the most overall disfavored state at 32%.

--After elections, we end up feeling better.
How the S & P 500 fared in year four of a first-term President:
-14.9% -- Herbert Hoover 1932
27.9% -- Franklin Roosevelt 1936
13% -- John Kennedy, 1964
15.8% -- Richard Nixon, 1972
25.8% -- Jimmy Carter, 1980
20.3% -- Bill Clinton, 1996
9% -- George W. Bush

Percentage of workers who expect to retire after age 65:
11% -- 1958
16% -- 2001
25% -- 2006
36% -- 2011

Are you confident you'll retire with a comfortable lifestyle?
51% --Yes
49% --No

Do you expect to get a raise or promotion this year?
Men -- 52% Yes
Women -- 63% No

$14, 218 -- The poverty threshold for a household of two people
Percentage below the poverty rate:
15.1% --Men
12.5% --Women
19.2% --Children under the age of 18
12.6% --18 to 64 years of age
11.1% --White
11.3% --Asian
25.3% --Black
26.4% --Hispanic