What America was like in 2006
You were born in…
2006
This is where your story begins.
You’ve been here for
20
years
That’s about 7,300 days of history.
A first-class stamp in 2006 cost
39¢
Today the same stamp costs 82¢.
A dollar from 2006 would be worth
$1.67
today
Measured by the government’s Consumer Price Index.
The federal minimum wage in 2006 was
$5.15
an hour
Today it’s $7.25.
The president in 2006
George W. Bush
Since then you’ve lived under 4 presidents.
The 2010 census counted
309 million
Americans
By 2020 there were 331 million of us.
You’ve been around for
20
Super Bowls
From Super Bowl XLI in 2007 to Super Bowl LX in 2026.
You’re older than…
- The iPhone went on sale2007. You were 1.
- The iPad went on sale2010. You were 4.
So yes,
you’ve seen the worldchange a lot.
And you remember it.
Your 2006 story
That was 2006.
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Where these numbers come from
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items, 1982-84=100
- U.S. Postal Service, Rates for Domestic Letters Since 1863
- U.S. Department of Labor, history of federal minimum wage rates
- U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census resident population
- Presidents and milestones: widely documented public records.