Statistical glimpses of the American sports scene (source, U.S. State Department, 2003)
- Population of the United States as of 1 December 2003: 292.7 million\
- Number of Americans who watched the professional football 2003 Super Bowl championship on television: 137.7 million
- Number of fans that follow NASCAR stock car racing: 75 million
- Number of Americans who played golf in 2000: 26.7 million
- Number of Americans who played tennis in 2000: 20 million
- Number of kilometers that competitors swim, bike, and run, respectively, in an Ironman Triathlon: 4.2, 180.2, and 42.2
- Percentage of foreign-born Major League Baseball players in 2002: 25
- Percentage of foreign-born National Basketball Association players in the 2000-01 season: 14
- Percentage of foreign-born Major League Soccer players in 2002: 38
- Number of women playing on college varsity sports teams in 1971-72: 29,992
- Number of women playing on college varsity sports teams in 2000-01: 150,916
- Number of foreign-born student-athletes on university basketball teams in 1993: 135
- Number of foreign-born student-athletes on university basketball teams in 2002: 366
- Ratio of high school girls participating in school sports in 1972: 1 in 27
- Ratio of high school girls participating in school sports in 2002: 1 in 3
- Number of volunteer youth-sports coaches certified by the National Youth Sports Coaches Association: 1.3 million
- Number of youth under 19 registered to play soccer in 1980: 888,705
- Number of youth under 19 registered to play soccer in 2001: 3.9 million
- Number of women in management positions in the National Basketball Association in 1995: 151
- Number of women in management positions in the National Basketball Association in 2002: 259
- Number of blind and visually impaired athletes trained by the United States Association of Blind Athletes: 3,000
- Number of physically disabled athletes since 1996 who have participated in paralympic sports: 5,000
- Average annual salary for a player in the National Basketball Association: $4.5 million
- Highest one-year salary for basketball star Michael Jordan (1997-98 season with the Chicago Bulls): $33 million
- Median household income in the United States in 2002: $42,409
- Average annual salary for a secondary school teacher in the United States in 2002: $46,010
- Average annual salary for a lawyer in the United States in 2002: $105,890
- Average annual salary for a family doctor in the United States in 2002: $136,260
- Average cost of stadium construction in the 1950s: $3.8 million
- Average cost of stadium construction in the 1990s: $200 million
- Estimated value of the New York Yankees baseball franchise: $849 million