Population of the United States in 1930: 123 million
Population of the United States in 1940: 132 million¹

Number of bills sent to Congress by President Roosevelt during the First Hundred Days: 15
Number of those bills passed by Congress: 15

Unemployment Rate

1929: 3.2%
1932: 24.2%
1935: 20.1%
1937: 14.3%
1939: 19.0%²

Highest annual unemployment rate ever recorded after World War II:
9.7%, in 1982³
Unemployment rate in August 2007: 4.6%⁴

Percentage of Non-Agricultural Workers in Labor Unions

1930: 11.6%
1937: 22.6%
1945: 35.5%
1999: 13.9%⁵

United States GNP Per Capita

1929: $847
1933: $442
1937: $701
1941: $934⁶