• 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.

• 18%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   August 27, 2012
• The rise in the portion of part-time public workers in Utah from 2010 to 2011, according to census data, representing a trend among many state and local governments hiring more part-time workers to fill the void left by a gradually shrinking public workforce.

• 2
• Source: Reuters   |   Arizona   |   August 24, 2012
• The number of days that the two people responsible for starting the largest wildfire in Arizona's history will spend in jail. The pair admitted to leaving a campfire unattended, which led to the destruction of 840 square miles and cost approximately $83 million to extinguish.

• 0%
• Source: GOVERNING Data   |   Georgia   |   August 23, 2012
• The percent of Georgia's state higher education grants that are based on need. This is partly because most money is already reaching students in the state, which has a low average income. View a map with higher education funding data for each state.

• 1
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   August 22, 2012
• The number of states -- in this case, Montana -- with no anti-bullying law.

• 13.5%
• Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution   |   Georgia   |   August 21, 2012
• The amount that Georgia's graduation rate fell by when using a new federal formula. Part of the reason for the steep decline is that the new calculation defines a graduate as someone who earns a diploma in four years.

• 232,654
• Source: GOVERNING Data   |   Nation   |   August 20, 2012
• The number of full-time equivalent parks and recreation workers on local government payrolls in 2010. View trends and estimates for each sector of local government.

• 22
• Source: Sacramento Bee   |   California   |   August 17, 2012
• The number of University of California employees who earned more than $1 million during a time of budget cuts last year. In 2007, only six of the public university system's employees made that much.

• $166.9 million
• Source: Houston Chronicle   |   Texas   |   August 16, 2012
• The amount of health insurance rebates that Texans received, which is more than any other state, under the Affordable Care Act. The law requires insurance companies to return a portion of the premiums if they spend less than 80 percent on medical care.

• 6th
• Source: CNN   |   Texas   |   August 15, 2012
• Brian Bachmann, who was fatally shot Monday near Texas A&M University, is the sixth law enforcement official killed so far this year in Texas. View the number of police officer deaths from 1990 to 2011 here.

• 38,000
• Source: The Associated Press/Detroit Free Press   |   Nation   |   August 14, 2012
• The number of U.S. and Canadian police cars that General Motors is recalling because a part in the front suspension can crack and cause a crash. The company will fix the problem at no cost to police departments.