Joe Schmoe #32
November 11, 2013
Specialty Project
Number Facts
Specialty Number Facts
1. There are fifty states in the United States.
2. The thirteen stripes on the U.S. flag stand for the thirteen original colonies.
3. In 2010, the United States recorded 1,282 tornadoes.
4. There were twelve hurricanes that affected the United States in 2010.
5. There were 8,444 earthquakes recorded in the United States in 2010.
6. In 2010, 81,400,000 acres of corn and 47,600,000 acres of wheat were harvested in the United States.
7. Mount McKinley, in Alaska, is 20,320 feet above sea level.
8. The Missouri River is 2,341 miles long and is the longest river in the United States.
9. New York City had about 8,336,697 people living in it in 2012.
10. There were about 313,914,040 people living in the United States in 2012.