News in Numbers
The estimated number of protesters that gathered outside Harrisburg (Pa.) City Hall Feb. 14, demanding the resignation of Mayor Linda Thompson
The amount that the city of Pittsburgh spends a year managing its pension benefits and investing its retirement pool.
The number of passengers that passed through Miami International Airport last year, a record high.
The amount in unpaid lunch fees New York City has absorbed since 2004. The New York City Department of Education told principals to collect overdue lunch money or risk having it taken from their school budgets.
The amount that Oklahoma would save by moving to paperless billing and payment.
The salary of Jerome Gray, a former TV anchor who will soon be the chief spokesman for Metro, Houston's transit system. The Houston Chronicle found that Gray will be the highest paid spokesperson among 15 public agencies.
The number of Washington state corrections officers that are women, making up 15 percent of the state's 3,708 officers.
The number of residents that Census workers counted in New Orleans last year, down from 485,000 in 2000 (or a 29% drop), according to the data.
The number of illegal immigrants living in the United States last year, according to a report by the Pew Hispanic Center.
The amount that Minneapolis has spent beyond its snow-removal budget for 2010. This is more than the city spends on pothole repairs for the entire year.
Amount collected by the Illinois Tollway from Indiana motorists who didn't pay tolls or fines for two years while the tollway's violation notice system was inadvertently turned off.
The amount of snow that has fallen since Christmas in Boston. Plows are depositing the excess snow at six "snow farms," or vacant lots, around the city.
The number of Chapter 7 bankruptcies filed in Massachusetts in 2010. This is an increase over the 16,118 filed in 2009.
The number of retail locations that the U.S. Postal Service plans to close in the next two years.
The number of Texas drivers who may be eligible for a new amnesty program that would allow drivers to get their suspended driver's license back and receive a 90 percent break on their debts.
The amount that deadbeat parents owe in Oregon child support payments.
The cost that the city of Pittsburgh has paid towards settlements in police misconduct cases in the past 13 months.
The number of hours a year that Washington, D.C.-area drivers lose crawling in traffic. Washington and Chicago are tied for first in the nation when it comes to hours wasted in traffic, according to a national annual traffic survey.
The cost of pursuing the second phase of expansion at O'Hare International Airport.
The number of bariatric surgeries that TennCare, Tennessee's Medicaid program, paid for in 2008.
The fee grieving families in King County, Wash., must pay to report a death to the Medical Examiner's Office. The fee went into effect Jan. 1 and will pay for the cost of reviewing 13,000 deaths each year in the county.
The amount of interest Wisconsin accrues each day it doesn't pay the state of Minnesota the $58 million it owes them in taxes.
The amount of Massachusetts film tax credits applied for by film production companies in 2009.
The yearly increase in taxes an individual or family in Illinois earning $40,000 annually will see with the newly raised income tax. It rose from 3 to 5 percent.
The percentage of Texans polled who said they disapproved of politicians switching parties, describing it as distrustful and unseemly.
The amount of money set aside by the city of Paramount, Calif., for the 2011 City Council elections -- which was canceled because no challengers registered to run.
The percentage of American adults who get health insurance through their employers.
The ratio of Americans sickened annually by foodborne illnesses, according to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The percentage of adults in Montgomery, Ala., and Stockton Calif., who were obese in 2009. These two cities were ranked the most obese metro areas in the country, clearly surpassing the national average of 26.5%.
