• 23
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   September 18, 2012
• The number of states that didn't include pro and con arguments for ballot measures in their official voter guides in recent years, according to a new study.

• 8.1%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   September 17, 2012
• The decline in Americans' household incomes since 2007. View median household income totals for each state since 2000.

• More than 300,000
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   September 14, 2012
• The number of people who voted in the 2010 elections in part because of Facebook's efforts to encourage users to go to the polls, according to a new study.

• 2
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   September 13, 2012
• The number of states that formally approve physician-assisted suicide. Massachusetts could become the third in November if voters approve it.

• 52
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   September 12, 2012
• The number of electric utilities that offer prepaid service in the country -- most of which are in southwestern states like Arizona, Oklahoma and Texas where regulation is reportedly weak.
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• 19
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   September 11, 2012
• The number of cities (out of 20) where the tree population is falling. Experts say that trees increase an area's safety and real estate value as well as cut the cost of cooling a home or building.

• 1.3 years
• Source: Pew Center on the States   |   South Dakota   |   September 10, 2012
• The average time offenders released in 2009 spent in prison in South Dakota, reflecting the shortest prison stay among 35 states, according to a recent Pew report.

• 5.9%
• Source: Salt Lake Tribune   |   Utah   |   September 7, 2012
• The portion of high school students in Utah who smoke cigarettes -- a significant drop from 12 percent in 1999 and much lower than the national rate of 18 percent. Utah has the nation's lowest smoking rate among adults.

• $380,000
• Source: Indianapolis Star   |   Indiana   |   September 6, 2012
• The cost of renovations to the presidential office at Purdue University that Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, who is the school's next president, put a stop to, saying he wouldn't "initiate or condone a dollar of excessive or unnecessary spending."

• 6,968
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Illinois   |   September 5, 2012
• The number of local governments in Illinois, which is the most of any state. View state-by-state data from the Census of Governments here.

• 8,000
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   September 4, 2012
• The number of Americans that will turn 65 every day for the next two decades. To explore the impact of this generational shift through in-depth stories, data and interactive content, go to governing.com/generations.

• 2.94 %
• Source: New Hampshire Union Leader   |   New Hampshire   |   August 31, 2012
• The rate of New Hampshire's workforce lost to China in the past decade, representing more than 20,000 lost jobs and the highest rate of all 50 states.

• 54.5 mpg
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   August 30, 2012
• The new fuel efficiency standard that all new cars must meet by 2025. The Obama administration had already increased the standard (for the first time since 1985) to 35.5 mpg in 2010.

• 0
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   August 29, 2012
• The number of states that have fully implemented an electronic system -- as required by a 2008 federal law -- to verify the eligibility of people applying for Medicaid long-term care. Twenty-five states were supposed to have electronic verification in place by the end of 2011.

• 1.17
• Source: Birmingham News   |   Alabama   |   August 28, 2012
• The average number, which represents the highest rate in the nation, of narcotic prescriptions filled for every privately insured person in Alabama in 2010. The national average was 0.67.