In 1970, only 15 percent of Americans 25 to 29 were unmarried. Now nearly half are, according to 2005 census numbers. Census statistics suggest that young adults living in states where there is a high cost of living and a competitive career market often wait longer to marry. Statistics also show that today's young adults are making less, when adjusted for inflation, than people their age did 30 years ago.

Americans have become less likely to marry and this is reflected in a decline of 50% from 1970 to 2004

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• 265 million is the preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in the United States in 2006.
• 664 million pounds is the estimate for U.S. cranberry production in 2006, up 6 percent from 2005.
• 1.6 billion pounds is the total weight of sweet potatoes produced in the United States in 2005.
• 1.8 billion bushels is the total volume of wheat — the essential ingredient of bread, rolls and pie crust — produced in the United States in 2006.
• $1.07 is the cost per pound of a frozen whole turkey in December 2005.

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A recent survey conducted by the University of Minnesota shows that atheists are the least trusted group in today's society.

• The survey asked if a parent would disapprove of a child's wish to marry an atheist, 47.6 percent of those interviewed said yes.
  • Asked the same question about Muslims and African-Americans, the yes responses fell to 33.5 percent and 27.2 percent, respectively.
  • The yes responses for Asian-Americans, Hispanics, Jews and conservative Christians were 18.5 percent, 18.5 percent, 11.8 percent and 6.9 percent, respectively.