United States Statistics for 1903...compare your life!
The average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes in the United States had a telephone and a 3 minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
There were only 8000 cars in the United States and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 m.p.h..
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee each were more heavily populated than California.
California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
More than 95 percent of all births took place at home
Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
The average wage in the United States was 22 cents per hour.
The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
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