Numbers

  • 86,000 Number of complaints of identity theft received by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2001

    162,000 Number of complaints of identity theft received by the FTC in 2002

    21-19 Final score of the fifth set of the Australian Open quarterfinal match, won by Andy Roddick over Younes El Aynaoui. At 2 hr. 23 min., it was the longest Grand Slam fifth set in the Open era

    4 Number of consecutive Grand Slam finals in which Venus and Serena Williams have faced each other, the most of any pair in the history of Open tennis. Serena, 4; Venus, 0

    37 million Number of Hispanics in the U.S., who recently edged out blacks as the nation's largest minority

    4.7% Percentage the Hispanic population grew from 2000 to 2001, compared with 0.03% for non-Hispanic whites

    42% Percentage of adults who say the toothbrush is the one invention they could not live without

    6% Percentage who say the personal computer is the one invention they could not live without

    Sources: New York Times; AP; U.S. Census Bureau; Lemelson-M.I.T. Program