Super Bowl XLI

January 24, 2007

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Super Bowl XLI

Facts for Features

ANNOUNCER:

A DE FACTO AMERICAN HOLIDAY WILL BE OBSERVED ON FEBRUARY 4, AND EVEN THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU'S PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT SERIES, PROFILE AMERICA TAKES NOTE...

PROFILE AMERICA/PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:

“PROFILE AMERICA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH. CHIPS AND DIP AND ALL KINDS OF DRINKS ARE ON HAND, AND FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WILL BE TURNING MANY OF THE NATION'S 112 MILLION LIVING ROOMS INTO MINI GRANDSTANDS -- TODAY IS SUPER BOWL FORTY-ONE, PLAYED THIS YEAR IN MIAMI. WHILE THE GAME ITSELF DECIDES THE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.”

ANNOUNCER:

WHILE EACH YEAR'S SUPER BOWL IS RECKONED IN ROMAN NUMBERALS -- THE UPCOMING GAME IS "XLI" -- THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS ISSUED A SUPER BOWL SPECIAL EDITION OF FACTS FOR FEATURES, PRESENTING RELATED DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION IN A MORE FAMILIAR NUMBERIC FORMAT. IN ADDITION STATISTICS ON GAME HOST MIAMI, AND THE HOME METROPOLITAN STATISTICS OF THE CLASHING TEAMS, THE FACTS FOR FEATURES ALSO HAS COMPLIED A COLLECTION OF FACTS EXAMINING HOW LIFE IN THE UNTED STATES HAS CHANGED SINCE SUPER BOWL I, BACK IN 1967.

FACTS FOR FEATURES EDITOR ROBERT BERNSTEIN, ON HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED:

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“PERHAPS THE MOST NOTABLE CHANGE WE'VE SEEN IN THE U.S.SINCE THE FIRST SUPER BOWL IN 1967 IS JUST THE TOTAL POPULATION. WE REACHED THE 200-MILLION POPULATION MARK DURING 1967. IN 2007, WE NOW STAND AT JUST OVER 300-MILLION. AND OUR POPULATION IS MUCH OLDER THAN IT WAS IN 1967. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE 65 OR OVER HAS VIRTUALLY DOUBLED FROM 19-MILLION TO ABOUT 37-MILLION.”

ANNOUNCER:

BERNSTEIN NOTES THAT TODAY'S U.S. POPULATION IS CONSIDERABLY MORE EDUCATED THAN IN 1967:

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“AT THAT TIME, JUST ABOUT ONE IN TWO PEOPLE HAD AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. NOW IT'S MORE THAN EIGHT IN 10.”

ANNOUNCER:

THIS INCREASED EDUCATION HAS RESULTED IN GREATER EARNINGS -- IN CONSTANT DOLLARS -- FOR AMERICA WORKERS. IN THE CASE OF WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE, THEIR MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION, HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE THE FIRST SUPER BOWL WAS PLAYED IN JANUARY, 1967.

THE COMPLETE SUPER BOWL SPECIAL EDITION OF FACTS FOR FEATURES-AND A GREAT NUMBER OF OTHER FACTS FOR FEATURES RELEASES-IS ONE OF THE NEWSROOM ITEMS FOUND AT W-W-W-DOT-CENSUS-GOV. FOR THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, I'M TOM EDWARDS IN SUITLAND, MARYLAND.

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