CCC FACTS

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Duration of Program: April 5, 1933 to June 30, 1942
Nicknames: "Roosevelt's Tree Army", "Tree Troopers", "Soil Soldiers", "CCC", "Colossal College of Calluses"
Total Men Enrolled: 3,463,766
Juniors, Veterans and Native Americans Enrolled: 2,876,638
Territorial Enrollees: 50,000 (Estimated)
Non-Enrolled Personnel: 263,755
Average Enrollee: "18 - 19 years old, 147 pounds, 5'8 1/4" tall
Average Weight Gain of Enrollee in First 3 Months: 11.5 pounds
Well Known Actors Enrolled in CCC: Raymond Burr & Walter Matthau    Number of Illiterate Enrollees Taught to Read: More than 40,000
Average Number of Camps Operating in U.S. Per Year: 1,643
Total Number of Different Camps: 4,500
Highest Elevation of CCC Camp: 9,200 feet above sea level in Colorado
Lowest Elevation of CCC Camp: 270 feet below sea level, Death Valley, CA   Camp Locations: Every state in the Union, plus Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Total Cost: 3 billion dollars
Approximate Cost Per Enrollee Per Year for Food, Clothing, Overhead, and Allotments to Dependents: $1,000
Allotments to Dependents: $662,895,000
Number of People Directly Benefited From Enrollees' Checks: 12 to 15 million Value of Work in 1942 Dollars: 2 billion dollars
Miles of Roads Built: 125,000
Miles of Telephone Lines Strung: 89,000
Miles of Foot Trails Built: 13,100
Farmlands Benefited from Erosion Control Projects: 40 million acres
Stream and Lake Bank Protection: 154 million square yards
Range Re-vegetation: 814,000 acres
Fire fighting Days: More than 8 million
Number of Enrollees Who Died fighting Fires: 79
Overall Death Rate: 2.25 per thousand
State Parks Developed: 800
Public Campground Development: 52,000 acres
Mosquito Control: 248,000 acres
Number of Fish Stocked: 972 million
Historic Restoration: 3,980 structures
Number of Trees Planted: Between 2 and 3 billion
Number of Conservation Work Days: 7,135,000
Federal Departments Administering the Program: Agriculture, Interior, Labor, War
Total Number of Federal Government Agencies Participating in Some Capacity: 25
Unofficial Motto of the CCC: "WE CAN TAKE IT!"

SOURCES: Stan Cohen, 1980 - The Tree Army. A Pictorial History of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933 - 1942. Pictorial Histories Publishing Co. Missoula, Montana
Fred E. Leake. 1982 Roosevelt’s Tree Army: A Brief History of the Civilian Conservation Corps, National Association of CCC Alumni St. Louis, Missouri