Lists. Lists. And more lists.

By Gregory Goode

If there’s one thing we as a society like more than lists, it’s lists of lists. Whether it’s the movies we saw, the websites we frequented or the STDs we had the best chance of contracting, we love to know about the facts and figures that make up a year. So without further ado, we bring you another edition of Cityview’s Records and Rankings, 2012.

Entertainment

Top grossing films of 2011

Wizards, Michael Bay and sparkly vampires, oh my!

“Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part II” ($381,011,219)

“Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon” ($352,390,543)

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I” ($281,287,133)

“The Hangover Part II” ($254,464,305)

“Pirates of the Carribbean: On Stranger Tides” ($241,071,802)

“Fast Five” ($209,837,675)

“Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol” ($209,397,903)

“Cars 2” ($191,452,396)

“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” ($186,858,418)

“Thor” ($181,030,624)

Source: www.boxofficemojo.com

TOP SELLING ALBUMS OF 2011

People really love Adele... and artists with last names that sound like baby talk.

Adele – “21” (5.82 million)

Michael Buble – “Christmas” (2.45 million)

Lady Gaga – “Born This Way” (2.1 million)

Lil’ Wayne – “Tha Carter IV” (1.92 million)

Jason Aldean – “My Kinda Party” (1.58 million)

TOP SELLING DIGITAL SONGS OF 2011

Adele – “Rolling In The Deep” (5.81 million)

LMFAO – “Party Rock Anthem” (5.47 million)

Katy Perry – “E.T.” (4.83 million)

Maroon 5 – “Moves Like Jagger” (4.11 million)

Pitbull – “Give Me Everything” (3.87 million)

Source: www.billboard.com

BEST-SELLING BOOKS OF 2011

Six out of these 10 are also movies, if you want to save time.

“The Help” by Kathryn Stockett

“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins

“Heaven is for Real” by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent

“Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen

“Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins

“Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever” by Jeff Kinney

“Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins

“Steve Jobs: A Biography” by Walter Isaacson

“The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” by Steig Larsson

“Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand

Source: www.usatoday.com

TOP 10 WEBSITE HITS OF 2011

Minus Google, who compiled the list and took themselves out of the running.

Facebook.com (880,000,000)

Youtube.com (800,000,000)

Yahoo.com (590,000,000)

Live.com (490,000,000)

Msn.com (440,000,000)

Wikipedia.org (410,000,000)

Blogspot.com (340,000,000)

Baidu.com (300,000,000)

Microsoft.com (250,000,000)

Qq.com (250,000,000)

Source: http://www.google.com/adplanner/static/top1000/

EDUCATION

TOP FIVE MOST EXPENSIVE SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. FOR 2011

The best educations money can buy... or at least educations that massive amounts of money can buy.

Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, N.Y.), $58,334

University of Chicago (Chicago, Ill.), $57,590

The New School (New York, N.Y.), $57,199

Washington University (St. Louis, Mo.), $56,930

Columbia University (New York, N.Y.), $56,681

Source: forbes.com

TOP FIVE MOST EXPENSIVE SCHOOLS IN IOWA

Still pretty expensive, but closer, so you save on gas.

Grinnell College (Grinnell), $39,810

Luther College (Decorah), $32,290

Cornell College (Mount Vernon), $29,580

Coe College (Cedar Rapids), $29,270

Wartburg College (Waverly), $29,020

Source: collegeprowler.com

GENERAL IOWA STATISTICS

As Stanley “MC Hammer” Burrell once beseeched, let’s “break it down.”

Population: 3,062,309.

50.4 percent of the population is female.

88.4 percent of the population is white.

3.1 percent of the population is black.

5.2 percent of the population is of Hispanic or Latino origin.

1.9 percent of the population is of Asian descent.

89.9 percent of Iowans have a high school diploma.

24.5 percent of Iowans have a bachelor’s degree.

124,681 Iowans are foreign born.

192,618 Iowans speak a language other than English at home.

2.5 is the average Iowa family size.

Source: http://factfinder.census.gov

JOBS

1,577,700 Iowans who are currently employed.

85,200 Iowans who are currently unemployed.

13,563 initial unemployment insurance claims filed in May 2011.

12,882 initial unemployment insurance claims filed in May 2012.

$31,982,271 paid in unemployment insurance claims, May 2012.

Source: www.iowaworkforce.org

IOWA LIFESTYLE

MONEY

$48,872 is the median household income.

$25,335 is the per capita income.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

HOUSING

1,336,417 total housing units in 2010.

73.2 percent is the home ownership rate.

$119,200 is the median value of owner-occupied housing units.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

NEW VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS 2011

18,320 autos

18,833 MPVs

13,458 trucks

Source: www.iowaworkforce.org

2010 VITAL STATISTICS FOR IOWA

After scouring a 150-page report, these are the facts we felt you, gentle reader, would find most interesting.

BIRTHS

38,514 live births

19,557 male births

18,957 female births

13,190 out-of-wedlock live births

Oldest father: 71

Youngest father: 14

Oldest mother: 51

Youngest mother: 12

MARRIAGE

Oldest male: 92

Youngest male: 17

Oldest female: 86

Youngest female: 16

Male/female marriages: 19,286

Same-sex marriages: 1,594

Days on which most marriages occurred: Sept. 18 and June 26 (519)

Day on which fewest marriages occurred: Feb. 7 (four)

Month most marriages occurred: June (2,818)

Month least marriages occurred: January (676)

DIVORCE

Dissolutions: 7,444

Oldest male divorcee: 93

Youngest male divorcee: 18

Oldest female divorcee: 96

Youngest female divorcee: 17

Marriage of longest duration ending in divorce: 61 years

Marriage of shortest duration ending in divorce: 46 days

Deaths

Total deaths – 27,682

Oldest male at time of death – 105

Oldest female at time of death – 114

Day most deaths occurred – April 14 (104 deaths)

Day fewest deaths occurred – July 3 and Nov. 22 (52 deaths)

Month most deaths occurred – December (2,555 deaths)

Month fewest deaths occurred – June (2,117 deaths)

Leading causes of death

Diseases of the heart – 6,859

Malignant tumors – 6,346

All other diseases – 4,021

Chronic lower respiratory disease – 1,694

Cerebrovascular diseases – 1,531

Suicides

Total – 375

Teen – 27

Unintentional injury deaths

Total – 1,292

Poisoning – 205

Drowning – 38

Excessive natural heat/cold – 14

UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY COUNTY

Polk – 152

Linn – 71

Scott – 61

Pottawattamie – 48

Black Hawk – 42

HEALTH

Statistically, you are probably fat.

79.7 is the life expectancy from birth in Iowa.

66.2 percent of Iowa adults are overweight or obese.

26.5 percent of Iowa children are overweight or obese.

Source: www.statehealthfacts.org

2011 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE STATISTICS FOR IOWA

Just wrap it up, folks.

10,928 cases of chlamydia

1,966 cases of gonorrhea

20 cases of syphilis

Source: www.idph.state.ia.us

CRIME

Total prison population is 8,343.

Female prison population is 673.

At the current rate, the prison population will grow 29 percent by 2021, for a total of 11,300 inmates statewide.

31.2 percent of full-time Department of Corrections employees are female.

6.1 percent of full-time Department of Corrections employees are of a race other than white.

$81.83 is the average daily cost of one prison inmate in Iowa.

671 inmates are serving life sentences.

Sources: www.doc.state.ia.us, publications.iowa.gov

2011 DES MOINES CRIME

37,800 police reports were completed.

907 OWI (drunk driving) arrests.

24,336 traffic tickets were issued.

60,099 parking tickets were issued.

5,450 sex offenders registered.

8 murders reported; 6 were dismissed.

79 rapes reported; 33 were dismissed.

207 robberies reported; 66 were dismissed.

814 auto thefts reported; 128 were dismissed.

1,257 drug related arrests.

1,099 drug locker cases investigated.

168 tobacco compliance checks, 3 violations.

185 search warrants issued.

30 prostitution arrests.

11 clandestine meth labs.

16 meth lab dump sites.

116,516,460 grams of marijuana were seized with a $1,398,197 street value.

4,650,150 grams of meth were seized with a $581,269 street value.

$2,475,922 is the total street value of drug seizures.