ABOUT WHAT WE WERE "COUNTING" ON

The results of the 2005 census for the SFV (Southern Calif.) are in.
Statistics of interest are as follows:

Total population: 1.74 million (the 5th largest city in the U.S.,

behind NY, LA, Chicago & Houston

Median incone: $51,700.00 (72,000 household less than $15,000)

Average price of a home: $524,800.00 (ave. rental $978.00 mo.)

59% are native US born 41% are foreign born

43% White 42% Latino 10% Asian 4% African American

26.1% are under the age of 18 59% are 18 to 59 yrs old 10.7% are over 65 yrs old

73% have a High School diploma or better 27.3% have a BA/BS degree or better

59% speak english in the home 41% prefer to speak another language (in their homes)

(+-3% ERROR RATE)

some unoffical data in The World According to Kimba:

33% do not know how to drive

80% of these drive with a cell phone to their ears

40% have some form of "body art"

12% of these are located proudly an inch above their butt crack

Only 3% wear colored socks with shorts (Florida 68%)

18% wear sunglasses everywhere, in any weather, even indoors

90% describe distances in terms of freeway minutes

43% actually believe their homes are worth what they are selling for

7% engage in sexual activity repugnant to the rest of the nation / world

85% of Valley residents have lost their virginities

100% families financial overextended trying to keep up with the Jones'