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Thursday, March 6, 2008

200 million

Boxes of Girl Scout cookies sold last year

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in the United States

4.1 million

Boxes sold by Washington-area scouts

307

Number of local girls who sold more than 500 boxes

109.6

Average number of boxes sold locally, per scout

$700 million

Total cookie sales nationwide last year

25-30 cents

Price of a dozen cookies

in 1922

$3.50

Price of a box today in the Washington area

Sources: Girls Scouts of the USA;

Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital



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