1. The average American makes $735/week.
Current Population Survey
2. The average American has $34 in his/her wallet.
Survey of Consumer Payment Choice
3. The average American spends $69 a day.
Gallup
4. The average American has a job (58%).
Bureau of Labor Statistics
5. The average American thinks hard work is the way to get ahead (70%).
General Social Survey
6. The average American thinks the government’s number-one priority should be to help keep and create jobs in America (51%).
Economic Mobility Project
7. The average American has employer-provided health insurance (56%).
Current Population Survey
8. The average American household spends $3,126 a year out-of-pocket on health care.
Consumer Expenditure Survey
9. The average American has a landline telephone (70%).
National Health Interview Survey
10. The average American has a cell phone (87%), but does not own a smart phone (only 35% own one).
National Health Interview Survey, Pew Research Center
11. The average American says the economy/jobs will be the top issue in the 2012 election (60%).
Kaiser Polls
12. The average American has less than $100,000 in savings (54%).
AARP
13. The average American does not directly own any stock. (Only 19% of households own stock directly.)
Survey of Consumer Finances
14. The average American household is $75,600 in debt (including the mortgage).
Survey of Consumer Finances
15. The average American has been to college (56%), but does not have a college degree.
Current Population Survey
16. The average American owns a desktop (59%) and/or laptop computer (52%).
Pew Internet & American Life Project
17. The average American used the Internet today (59%).
Pew Internet & American Life Project
18. The average American says he/she is in very good or excellent health (56%).
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
19. The average American is overweight (63%).
National Health Interview Survey
20. The average American eats at least two snacks a day (65%).
USDA
21. The average American drinks alcohol regularly (52%).
National Health Interview Survey
22. The average American goes to the doctor at least twice a year (65%).
National Health Interview Survey
23. The average American is taking at least one prescription drug.
Health, United States
24. The average American sometimes or often has trouble sleeping (55%).
General Social Survey
25. The average American is currently married (51%).
Families and Living Arrangements
26. The average American has never divorced (only 21% have ever divorced).
Survey of Income and Program Participation
27. The average American lives in one of the top 50 metropolitan areas (54%).
2010 census
28. The average American is a homeowner (65%).
2010 census
29. The average American lives in an 1,800 square foot house.
American Housing Survey
30. The average American lives in a house built before 1975.
American Housing Survey
31. The average American believes the effects of global warming have already begun or soon will (53%).
Gallup
32. The average American household is air-conditioned (87%).
American Housing Survey
33. The average American watches 2 hours and 49 minutes of television a day.
American Time Use Survey
34. The average American has two or more children (57%).
General Social Survey
35. The average American favors spanking children, if necessary (69%).
General Social Survey
36. The average American was born in-state (52%).
American Community Survey
37. The average American’s parents were born in the United States (78%)
General Social Survey
38. The average American’s grandparents (all four) were born in the United States (59%).
General Social Survey
39. The average American household owns two vehicles.
Consumer Expenditure Survey
40. The average American household owns at least one pet (62%).
American Pet Products Association
41. The average American pays his/her credit card bill in full each month (54%).
National Bureau of Economic Research
42. The average American household has a net worth of $96,000.
Survey of Consumer Finances
43. The average American believes in God without a doubt (59%).
General Social Survey
44. The average American believes in evolution (56%).
General Social Survey
45. The average American favors the death penalty (68%).
General Social Survey
46. The average American often or always recycles (64%).
General Social Survey
47. The average American wants the government to spend more on education (74%), health care (60%), and the environment (60%).
National Opinion Research Center
48. The average American is worried about being able to maintain his/her standard of living (58%).
Gallup
49. The average American believes the honesty and ethical standards of Congress are low (57%).
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
50. The average American does not know which political party controls the House of Representatives (62%).
A little dated but still pretty accurate.