| President: | James Earl Carter, Jr. | | Vice President: | Walter F. Mondale |
Population: | 225,055,487 | | Life expectancy: | 73.9 years |
Dow-Jones | | | High: | 907 | | Low: | 742 |
Federal spending: | $504.03 billion | | Federal debt: | $829.5 billion | | Inflation: | 13.3% | | Consumer Price Index: | 72.6 | | Unemployment: | 6.1% |
| Cost of a new home: | $71,800.00 | | Cost of a new car: | $ | | Median Household Income: | $16,461.00 | | Cost of a first-class stamp: | $0.15 | | Cost of a gallon of regular gas: | $0.86 | | Cost of a dozen eggs: | $0.85 | | Cost of a gallon of Milk: | $1.62 |
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