Here are two interactive visualizations I put together showing beverage consumption, in gallons, from 1985 through 2007. The data are from the US Department of Agriculture.
There are a host of interesting things in the data. From 1985 through 2007 the biggest changes are:
–A sextupling in consumption of bottled water
–A 50% increase in diet soda consumption
–A 60% decrease in whole milk consumption
–A doubling in skim milk consumption
It’s interesting to see how beer consumption hovered around 24 gallons per person per year from 1985 through 1990 and then dropped off and …

Education Pays!

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Fact: High school dropouts are three times more likely to be jobless than college graduates.

Fact: People with some college make 50% more than high school dropouts.

Fact: A college graduate earns almost twice as much as a high school graduate.

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