George W Bush Performance in Numbers According to the Associated Press

George W Bush Performance Numbers Associated Press
A numerical look at the Bush years
The Associated Press Associated

Jan 3rd, 2009 | Facts and figures on President George W. Bush, the nation's 43rd president, who will leave office to make way for President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20.

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62, president's age.

2, number of children, twin daughters Jenna and Barbara.

3, the number of pets Bush has at the White House, two dogs and a cat.

41, number president of his father, George Herbert Walker Bush.

537, the number of votes that decided Florida in the 2000 election.

2, the number of Supreme Court justices appointed by Bush.

2, number of wars started during the Bush presidency -- in Iraq and Afghanistan.

$1.47, the price of a gallon of regular gas in the week of Jan 22, 2001.

$4.11, the highest price for a gallon of regular gas during Bush's presidency, in the week of July 7, 2008.

$230 billion, the approximate size of the federal budget surplus for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2000.

$454.8 billion, the size of the federal budget deficit for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2008.

10,581.90, the Dow Jones industrial average at market opening on Jan. 22, 2001.

9,034.69, the Dow Jones industrial average at market closing on Jan. 2, 2009.

2,759.10, the opening of the NASDAQ composite index on Jan. 22, 2001.

1,632.21, the closing of the NASDAQ composite index on on Jan. 2, 2009.

4.0, the annual average unemployment rate in 2000.

4.6, the annual average unemployment rate in 2007.

171.4, the Consumer Price Index for food and beverages in January 2001.

218.752, the CPI for food and beverages in November 2008.

4,221, members of the U.S. military who have died in the Iraq war since it began, as of Friday, Jan. 2, 2009.

1,583, number of acres on Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas.

$2.1 million, the price of a house in Dallas believed to be purchased on behalf of the Bush family.

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