1920-1929: THE ROARING 20s


Comparing the decades


Calendar Girl
Calendar Girl
This photo shows a Calendar Girl from a 1920s calendar that hung in a Fort Wayne gas station. Photo courtesy of Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society.
         

Population of Allen County

...............................................1920..(114,303)

...............................................1930..(146,743)

...............................................Today.(312,091)^



Life expectancy at birth (U.S.)

...............................................1920..(54.1)

...............................................1930..(59.7)

...............................................Today.(76.1)**



Annual murder rate per 100,000 (U.S.)

...............................................1920..(6.8)

...............................................1930..(8.8)

...............................................Today.(7.4)**



Percentage of high-school graduates among adults (U.S.)

...............................................1920..(16.8%)+

...............................................1930..(28.8%)+

...............................................Today..(82.8%)#



National population (U.S.)

...............................................1920..(106,461,000)

...............................................1930..(123,076,741)

...............................................Today.(267,636,061)*



......Note: Today's figures are the most recent numbers available

......^..1997 estimate by the U.S. Bureau of the Census

......+..Percent of persons 17 years old who have completed high school

......#..Percent of people 25 years old and over who have completed four years of high school or more

......*..As of July 1, 1997

......**..1996

Sources: 1998 Statistical Abstract, Historical Statistics of the U.S, and U.S. Bureau of the Census-- Research by James Grant of The News-Sentinel
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