• 80%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   November 20, 2012
• The portion of 20 of the most populous cities where tax-exempt properties account for a higher share of the total assessed value than they did five years ago, according to a Governing analysis.

• $243 million
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   November 19, 2012
• The scheduled cut to Community Development Block Grants, which are one of the biggest direct sources of federal aid to cities, if sequestration takes effect in January.

• 68%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   November 16, 2012
• The portion of ballot measures to extend funding for highways, bridges and transit that were approved on Election Day last week.

• 70%
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   November 15, 2012
• The portion of students in New Orleans who are enrolled in charter schools, which is the highest rate in the nation, according to a new report on charter school enrollment around the country.

• 120 billion tons
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Montana   |   November 14, 2012
• The amount of coal below Montana's surface, which accounts for nearly one-quarter of the known coal reserves in the United States.

• 25
• Source: Huffington Post   |   Nation   |   November 13, 2012
• The number of states where residents filed petitions on WhiteHouse.gov to secede from the United States after last week's elections.

• 11/16/12
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   November 12, 2012
• The deadline, which is this Friday, for states to decide whether they will run their own health insurance exchange, let the federal government run one for them or have a state-federal partnership exchange. The federal government did, however, extend the deadline for the full blueprint to Dec. 14.

• 51st
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Puerto Rico   |   November 8, 2012
• Puerto Rico voted to become the 51st state in the union; however, the referendum is nonbinding, and statehood would require Congress' approval.

• 41
• Source: GOVERNING   |   California   |   November 8, 2012
• The number of cohousing developments -- where residents live in and run communal facilities -- in California, which is more than in any other state. Once a relative novelty, cohousing developments continue to increase in popularity.

• 1800s
• Source: Raleigh News & Observer   |   North Carolina   |   November 7, 2012
• The last time North Carolina had a Republican governor and GOP-dominated Legislature. Pat McCrory changed that Tuesday night when he became the state's first Republican governor in 20 years.

• 21
• Source: GOVERNING   |   The West   |   November 6, 2012
• The age that adults can legally possess marijuana in Colorado, Oregon and Washington state if voters approve making their state the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use.

• 120 billion
• Source: Governing   |   Montana   |   November 5, 2012
• The estimated number of tons Montana has in its coal reserves, which represents one-quarter of all U.S. reserves.

• 142,000
• Source: The New York Times   |   November 2, 2012
• The number of people licensed to carry concealed weapons in Oklahoma who can now carry them openly in a belt or shoulder holster, loaded or unloaded, thanks to a new law that took effect November 1st.

• 18.14 million
• Source: The Los Angeles Times   |   November 1, 2012
• The record number of Californians that have registered to vote for the Nov. 6 election, as of October 31st. The state attributes the surge to implementation of online voter registration.

• $180 million
• Source: Stateline   |   October 31, 2012
• The value of the contract the state of Idaho signed last week with Hewlett Packard to provide laptops to all high school students in the state by the fall of 2015. The laptops are part of a series of education reforms passed last year that voters will have the opportunity to overturn at the polls next week.