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By the Numbers

5.7

Billion dollars, revenue brought in by YMCAs nationwide in 2006, second only to the Red Cross among U.S. non-profits

5.5

Million dollars, the estimated cost of reconstructing Egg Harbor Road in Sturgeon Bay with complete curb, gutter, sidewalks and aesthetic upgrades

575,000

Thousand dollars, the amount the city of Sturgeon Bay has set aside in its budget for Egg Harbor Rd repairs this year

3.5

Million, the estimated number of homeowners who will default on their mortgages in the next 30 months

223

Billion dollars, one estimate of the fall in home values in that time

100

Estimated number of pairs of nesting bald eagles in Wisconsin in the early 1970s

1,065

Estimated number of pairs today

417 and 9,789

Number of nesting pairs of bald eagles in the lower 48 states in 1963 and today, respectively

121

Number of Army soldiers who committed suicide in 2007, a 20 percent increase over 2006

Sources: New York Times; City of Sturgeon Bay; Money Magazine; Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine; Associated Press