The 1950s Statistics

Retail record sales in 1954: $182 million
Sales in 1960: $520 million

Number of drive-in movie screens in the US in 1958, the peak of the business: 4,063

Percent of persons arrested in 1959 who were under the age of 25: 60

Number of years in a row in which Eisenhower was the most "admired man in the world," according to Gallup polls: 7

Population of the US in 1950: 151 million
Population in 1960: 179 million

Spending on advertising in 1950: $5.7 billion
In 1960: $11.9 billion

Number of television sets in the US in 1946: 7,000
Number in 1960: 50 million

The 1950s Statistics