The third largest population is going to hit a milestone tomorrow morning – 300M. CTIA is reporting 225,313,484 subscribers as of this afternoon i.e approximately 75.1% penetration. The last 100M only took 39 years.

 

Some other interesting tid-bits

The average US family had 4.5 people in 1915, 3.3 in 1967 and 2.6 in 2006

Some 45.9% of Americans were property owners in 1915. That grew to 63.6% in 1967 and reached 68.9% in 2006

There were 4.5 million people aged 65 and older in 1915, or 4.5%; 19.1 million in 1967 (9.5%) and 36.8 million in 2006 (12.4%)

Life expectancy was 54.5 years in 1915, 70.5 years in 1967 and 77.8 years in 2006

There were 2.5 million cars in 1915, 98.9 million in 1967 and 237.2 million in 2006

One birth every……………………………. 7 seconds

One death every……………………………. 13 seconds

One international migrant (net) every………… 31 seconds

Net gain of one person every………………… 11 seconds

US Population Clock at http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.ht…