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HTML

<div class="span4" id="statAssistance"><span class="statNum">62000000</span> <span class="statLabel">in assistance</span></div>

JavaScript

$(function(){
    var current = 0;
    var finish = jQuery('#statAssistance .statNum').text();
    var miliseconds = 3000;
    var rate = 100000;

    var counter = setInterval(function(){
         if(current >= finish) clearInterval(counter);
         $("#statAssistance .statNum").text("$" + current);
         current = parseInt(current) + parseInt(rate);
    }, miliseconds / (finish / rate));
});