Monday, Apr. 14, 2003

Numbers

$3.29 Average amount allocated per person nationwide in the first round of homeland-security grants

$9.78 Amount allocated per person in Wyoming for homeland security

$1.38 Amount allocated per person in New York

46% Percentage of Americans who say they would probably try a substitute for a French product, in response to that country's failure to support the war in Iraq

25% Approximate percentage of Americans who can name, unaided, a French brand

27.8% Percentage of major-league baseball players who were born outside the U.S., an increase from 19% in 1997

500 Number of career home runs reached by Dominican-born Sammy Sosa with his homer in Cincinnati on April 4

$28,080 Average salary of a preschool teacher in New York City in 2001

$50,950 Average salary of a New York City fitness trainer in the same year

Sources: Washington Post (3); Wirthlin Worldwide and Fleishman-Hillard International Communications (2); USA Today; MLB.com New York Times (2)