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Statistics:
Based on the information provided by the U. S.
Census Bureau (2005-2006), out of a population
of 289,781,000 people, 39,836,000 moved. That is
an overall percentage of 13.70 percent annually.
[The average American move once every 3 years]
[About 43 million are expected to move this year
– 1/6 of the population]
[The average move consists of six full rooms of
furniture and appliances]
[Personal moves account for 44% of the total,
corporate account for 42% and military for 14%]
[the average American moves 12 times in his/her
lifetime]
40,000,000 people who move every year make
millions of individual moves, millions of truck
hours and truck miles consuming millions of
gallons of non earth friendly diesel and tones
of packing materials.
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