Numbers

By Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daniel Levy, Andrew Purvis, Julie Rawe, Sachiko Sakamaki, Alex Taylor, Owen Thomas, Josh Tyrangiel

75% Americans who say they shower or bathe every day during winter

29% Americans in 1950 who showered or bathed daily during winter

$12,990 Annual income of the poorest fifth of American families, a 1% increase since 1990

$137,480 Annual income of the richest fifth of American families, a 15% increase since 1990

33 Regular-season games Michael Jordan lost during his last two years with the Chicago Bulls

27 Games the Washington Wizards had already lost this season when Jordan became the team's president of basketball operations

$1 Steve Jobs' salary as CEO of Apple Computer

$240,000,000 Estimated value of Apple stock options Jobs was given last week as a reward for good performance. He also received a $40 million Gulfstream V jet

Sources: Gallup, Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, NBA, USA Today, Wall Street Journal