400,000 bottles of beer on the wall: 2011 by the numbers in Lawrence

What did you do in 2011? Some of us had babies, a few of us built new homes and a lot of us had a glass or two of Free State beer. To give you an idea of what happened in Lawrence last year, we checked in with folks all over the city to see what numbers defined 2011. Here’s what we found:

1,076

Babies delivered at Lawrence Memorial Hospital

219

People buried at the city of Lawrence’s Maple Grove Cemetery, Memorial Park Cemetery and Oak Hill Cemetery.

643

Students graduated from Lawrence High School and Free State High School.

876

Students who entered kindergarten in the Lawrence school district.

60

Weddings at Kansas University’s Danforth Chapel

95

Building permits for single-family homes in Lawrence

A beer is poured at Free State Brewing Company, 636 Mass. More than 407,000 glasses of beer were sold at the business in 2011.

19

Days with temperatures 100 degrees or higher

9

Days with temperatures 0 degrees or lower

3.9 billion

Gallons of water produced by the city of Lawrence

407,595

Glasses of beer sold at Free State Brewing Co.

30,092

Total number of evening meals served and nighttime beds provided at the Lawrence Community Shelter.

5,422

People booked into Douglas County Jail

2,100

The number of youth baseball, softball, basketball and indoor soccer games played through the city’s Parks and Recreation Department.