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We're younger, have smaller families and make more money than most people in the country.
We also have the most drunk driving arrests, and if you haven't noticed, it's pretty crowded around here.The good news: If you don't like the way things are in the Charlotte region, there's a passenger jet leaving every 114 seconds.All of that comes from a look at some interesting statistics concerning the area.Courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Weather Service, the U.S. Geological Service, the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and other sources, here's a numerical look at the place where we live:19,100,000: Number of air passengers annually at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.919,628: Number of people living in Mecklenburg County, as of 2010.731,424: Population of Charlotte (it was about 300,000 just 30 years ago).73,298: Seating capacity at Bank of America Stadium.53,158: Number (in dollars) of median household income (compares to $43,754 for the state and $50,221 for the nation).19,077: Seating capacity at Time Warner Cable Arena (can be expanded to over 20,000 if need be).4,881: Number of violent crimes in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police coverage area in 2010. Good news - that was down 13.1 percent from 2009.1,747: Number of people per square mile (far more than the state average of 195.8 and the national average of 87.3).890: Highest elevation (in feet). It's a spot near West Sugar Creek Road and W.T. Harris Boulevard in north Charlotte. In the surrounding counties, the highest elevation is 1,690 feet at Kings Mountain in Cleveland County.871: Elevation (in feet) of the tallest building, the Bank of America Corporate Center.804: Number of full-service restaurants operating in mid-2010.351: Number of bridges in the county.181.5: Percentage of population growth during the past decade in Indian Trail, in western Union County (that made Indian Trail the ninth-fastest-growing municipality in the country).114: Number of seconds between flights at Charlotte/Douglas Airport, on average. That's one flight every minute and 54 seconds, between 6 a.m.-11 p.m.104: Charlotte's hottest temperature, reached three times (Sept. 6, 1954; Aug. 9, 2007; and Aug. 10, 2007).55.3: Percentage of white residents in the county.40: In years, the oldest ongoing Charlotte sports team, the Charlotte Rugby Football Club. The Charlotte Knights have been in business 35 years.33.7: Median age (younger than the 36.5 median nationally).32.2: Percentage of population growth in Mecklenburg County in the past decade (compared to 18.5 percent for the state).30.8: Percentage of African American residents in the county.30.4: Percentage of residences in apartments or townhouses in the county (almost double the state average and exceeds the 25.9 percent figure for the nation).22.6: Number of inches of snow in Charlotte's snowiest winter, 1959-60.20-24: Average commuting time (in minutes) for 17.5 percent of us. Next-highest percentage is 16.5, for those who commute 30-34 minutes.17.4: Number of inches of snow that fell in Charlotte's biggest snowstorm, Feb. 14-17, 1902.12.2: Percentage of Latino residents in the county.7:00: The time of day when most of us leave for work. Actually, 16.9 percent leave between 7 and 7:30 a.m. Next-highest is 13.4 percent, between 7:30 and 8 a.m.6.88: Number of inches of rain that fell July 23, 1997, as Tropical Storm Jerry came through -- Charlotte's rainiest day.1: Ranking among North Carolina's 100 counties in number of DWI arrests in 2010.-5: Coldest temperature, reached three times (Dec. 30, 1880; Feb. 14, 1899; and Jan. 21, 1985).