• 5.2%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   November 28, 2012
• The average rate at which personal income grew last year, according to recent federal data. In 2010, personal income grew only 3.9 percent.
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• 19
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   November 27, 2012
• The number of states with laws that discourage or prevent localities from creating new community broadband networks.

• $29.4 billion
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   November 26, 2012
• The estimated damage that Hurricane Sandy caused in New Jersey, according to Gov. Chris Christie who is asking the federal government for help.

• 9
• Source: McClatchy/GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   November 21, 2012
• The number of states, including Wisconsin, that allow voters to register at their polling place on the day of the election; however, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker recently said he's considering ending same-day voter registration.

• 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.