1784 The year the name of the city changed to Nashville
1843 The year Nashville became the permanent state capital of Tennessee
502 Area of land in Nashville measured in square miles
565,352 Population of Nashville in 2000
400 Lowest elevation point in Nashville in feet

859 Dollar amount Americans anticipate spending on holiday gifts this year
51 Percentage of holiday purchases shoppers plan to make from catalogs
43 Percentage of consumers that say they have already started their holiday shopping
16 Percentage of shoppers who say they’ll pay full price for the gifts they’ll purchase this year

Source: American Research Group Inc.

256 million is the preliminary estimate of the number of turkeys raised in the United States.

649 million pounds is the forecast for United States cranberry production.

1.6 billion pounds was the amount of sweet potatoes Americans consumed in 2004.

998 million pounds was the total pumpkin production of all the pumpkin producing states in 2004.

Happy Thanksgiving!

61 Percentage of adults who drank alcohol in the past year

32 Percentage of current drinkers who had five or more drinks on at least one day in the past year

21,081 Number of alcohol-induced deaths, excluding accidents and homicides

12,548 Number of alcoholic liver disease deaths

Source: CDC (2004)

Parking stats on and around Highland Quad for Tuesday night

0 was the number of F spots available in Highland Quad

0 was the number of F spots available in Mayfield Lot

0 was the number of F spots available in the Student Recreational Center lot

8 was the number of F spots available at the the 25th Street Garage

8 was the total number of F spots available

41 was the number of F spots available at the VUPD lot

23, 712 Average yearly cost in dollars to attend a private four-year college

56 Percent of students enrolled at four-year colleges or universities attending institutions charging less than $9,000 per year

22 Percent of full-time students that attend public two-year colleges

130 Amount of financial aid available to students in billions of dollars

9,300 Estimated aid in the form of grants and tax benefits in dollars per student at private four-year colleges

10,455 Average surcharge in dollars for full-time out-of-state students at public four-year institutions

30 days is how long The Food Stamp Challenge lasts
$100 is how much participants can spend on food during the challenge
$21 is how much they can spend per week
$3 is how much they can spend per day
$1 is how much they can spend per meal

Visits to Student Health in Sept. 2007: 2,900
Number of flu shots ordered for Vanderbilt students this year: 3,500
Number of flu shots the Metro Public Health Department expects to have this year: 20,000

Lab Test Results from Sept. 2007:
Mono = 42 tests completed - 14 positive & 28 negative
Rapid Strep A = 191 test completed - 25 positive & 166 negative
Compare to totals from Sept. 2006:
Mono = 52 tests completed - 11 positive & 41 negative
Rapid Strep A = 184 tests completed - 11 positive & 173 negative

23, 712 Average yearly cost in dollars to attend a private four-year college
56 Percent of students enrolled at four-year colleges or universities attending institutions charging less than $9,000 per year
22 Percent of full-time students that attend public two-year colleges
130 Amount of financial aid available to students in billions of dollars
9,300 Estimated aid in the form of grants and tax benefits in dollars per student at private four-year colleges
10,455 Average surcharge in dollars for full-time out-of-state students at public four-year institutions

1 in 2 million-
Odds of being killed in a tornado.

3,000- Number of Americans who take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.