July Fourth by the Numbers

July fourth is filled with food, fireworks and festive-colored items. It's hard to look around and not see a hot dog, balloon or dessert.

Local Numbers for the event at Rose Park Monday

2: Sides of the Village will participate in a tug of war, East versus West.

9: Years of Concerts in the Park.

200: The number of Mrs. Fields Cookies that will be served at the parade and concert.

250: Red, white and blue balloons provided by Tutt, Taylor, Rankin Sotheby's International Realty.

National Numbers for the Fourth of July

81 million: Number of Americans who said they have taken part in a barbecue during the previous year. It's probably safe to assume a lot of these events took place on Independence Day.

More than 1 in 4: The chance that the hot dogs and pork sausages consumed on the Fourth of July originated in Iowa. The Hawkeye State was home to 19.0 million hogs and pigs on March 1, 2011. This estimate represents more than one-fourth of the nation's estimated total. North Carolina (8.6 million) and Minnesota (7.6 million) were also homes to large numbers of pigs.

Over 1 in 3: The odds that your side dish of baked beans originated from North Dakota, which produced 36 percent of the nation's dry, edible beans in 2010. Another popular Fourth of July side dish is corn on the cob. Florida, California, Georgia, Washington and New York together accounted for 68 percent of the fresh market sweet corn produced nationally in 2010.

7 in 10: The chances that the fresh tomatoes in your salad came from Florida or California, which combined accounted for 71 percent of U.S. fresh market tomato production last year.