Daily Digit


  • 7
  • The number of bullets legally allowed in a magazine under newly passed gun legislation in New York state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, however, has already said he wants to revise the law's provision regarding magazine limits.

  • $92,000
  • The salary of state legislators in California, which is the highest of all 50 states.

  • 58 percent
  • The portion of Americans who support same-sex marriage, which is an all-time high, according to a new poll.

  • 3,100
  • The number of vehicles in the city of Indianapolis' fleet -- all of which Mayor Greg Ballard plans to run on alternative fuels by 2025. Indianapolis would be the first major city to do so.

  • 4.6 percent
  • The population growth rate of Midland, Texas, in 2012, which is the fastest growing metro in the U.S.

  • 23
  • The number of states that have no system to compensate the wrongfully convicted.

  • 4
  • The number of state legislatures that meet every other year instead of annually.

  • $14 billion
  • The cost of NASA's new IT procurement system. Their previous system, purchased in 2007, cost $5.6 billion.

  • 7 million
  • The number of uninsured children in the United States. Roughly two-thirds of them are eligible for Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage, but they must enroll first.

  • 8,000
  • The number of jobs cut by state government last month. It marks the 5th consecutive month of job reductions at the state level.

  • 150
  • The approximate number of gay couples who have exchanged vows in Maine since same-sex marriage became legal Dec. 29.

  • $500
  • The recently proposed fee for mayoral candidates in Minneapolis. If passed, it will make filing to run for the office more expensive than filing to run for governor, which costs $20.

  • 100,000
  • The number of state workers in Texas recently moved onto Microsoft’s cloud. The deal is the “largest statewide cloud deployment” in the U.S., according to Microsoft.

  • 90
  • The number of potentially undocumented college students in the University of California system who took advantage of the in-state tuition law the first school year after its passage.

  • 55 percent
  • The growth in Amtrak ridership from 1997 to 2012, making it the fastest growing mode of transportation during that period.


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