24,738 -- Residential sales in Shelby County in 2005
25,290 -- Residential sales in Shelby County in 2006
38103 -- Zip code with largest increase in number of sales in 2006, up 37.8 percent
38028 -- Zip code with highest average home sale price in 2006, at $558,326
$3.9 million -- Price (in February) of the most expensive home offered for sale in Shelby County (owner: Jerry West)
$3.5 million -- Price at which West purchased the home in June 2002
3.1 -- The number of NBA basketball courts that could be squeezed into West's 15,000- square-foot home
1766 -- Date of first St. Patrick's Day held in America (in New York City)
2,000,000 -- Estimated number of spectators at 2006 St. Patrick's Day parade in NYC
1966 -- Year Congress authorized the Uniform Time Act, creating Daylight Saving Time. DST takes effect March 11th this year
4 -- Number of times the U of M basketball team has reached the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight (1973, 1985, 1992, 2006)
3 -- Number of times U of M coach John Calipari has reached the Elite Eight
(1995 and 1996 with UMass; last year with Memphis)
