| President: | Lyndon B. Johnson | | Vice President: | Hubert H. Humphrey |
Population: | 200,706,052 | | Life expectancy: | 70.2 years |
Dow-Jones | | | High: | 985 | | Low: | 825 |
Federal spending: | $178.13 billion | | Federal debt: | $368.7 billion | | Inflation: | 4.2% | | Consumer Price Index: | 34.8 | | Unemployment: | 3.8% |
| Cost of a new home: | $26,600.00 | | Cost of a new car: | $ | | Median Household Income: | $7,743.00 | | Cost of a first-class stamp: | $0.05 ($0.06 as of 1/7/68) | | Cost of a gallon of regular gas: | $0.34 | | Cost of a dozen eggs: | $0.53 | | Cost of a gallon of Milk: | 1.07 |
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