News in Numbers
Public swimming pools inspected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not meet basic requirements for sanitation.
Gallons of chemical mixture Corexit 9500 BP has used – both above and below the surface – to break up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Cost of a new Interstate-median bus stop in the Seattle suburb of Mountlake Terrace, which transportation officials say is needed to keep buses from having to cross three lanes of Interstate traffic.
The number of sea turtle fatalities recorded in the Gulf of Mexico from late April to mid May, about 100 more than usual.
The estimated number of juvenile defendants in the United States serving life-without-parole sentences – mostly for homicides.
The number of official California voter guides printed with gubernatorial candidate Mohammad Arif's name spelled incorrectly.
Percentage of obese Americans today. Percentage who were obese in the 1970s: about 16%.
The amount homeless residents pay monthly for meals and a place to sleep at Hawaii's Institute for Human Services' men's shelter.
The cost of purchasing a pack of cigarettes in South Carolina in 1977 – when the state's current 7¢ cigarette tax was originally put in place.
The amount of money the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has direct control over annually — more than a third of all federal spending.
The number of primary care doctors the US is estimated to be short of by 2025, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.
The total amount spent on U.S. health care in 2009. That's $8,047 per person and 17.3 percent of the entire economy.
The cost of a visit to the office of Dr. George Holmes III, a primary care doctor, in 1972.
The minimum eBay bid set for an oil painting of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, which is being auctioned off by the state Republican Party now...
The amount of additional money Pennsylvania needs annually for their transit systems, according to a state advisory panel.
The planned increase in fares -- the largest in the history of Washington, D.C.'s Metro -- for rail riders, which is intended to...
Gallons of oil spilled by retreating Iraqi forces when they left Kuwait in 1991.
The average number of full-time employees ABC-TV's "Lost" employed each year while filming in Hawaii. Nine out of 10 employees were local hires.
The number of Utah Transit Authority employees who qualify for performance pay and have agreed to forgo any bonuses this year due to tax revenue...
The annual salary of Detroit's new chief operations officer, Bob Buckler, who said he will be donating his $156,000 salary to the city's general fund.
The drop in crime against Seattle taxi drivers when they were required to install cameras. Chicago is now starting to install cameras as well.
The amount California would have to pay in rent over 20 years as a tenant of 11 state properties, if they were to sell them.
The number of potential teacher layoffs without additional funding for schools, according to a warning by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Since the Senate...
The number of viewers when Pinellas County, Fla., held its online e-town hall meeting. The online meeting blog had 602 readers and 304 published comments. Previously, town...
The percent of Americans surveyed that said they trusted the government in Washington "almost always" or "most of the time." This result was among the...
The state of California's 20-year cost to lease back properties it will sell for $2 billion, in an effort to reduce the budget deficit. Under a...
The total sales-tax tab, if Arizona's Prop. 100 passes. The temporary 1-cent-per-dollar increase in the state sales tax is expected to raise about $1 billion a year....
The shortfall in some 59 teacher pension funds, according to a new analysis. The funds promise to pay lifetime benefits to millions of the nation's retired...
The increase in California state workers who took their first pension check in January 2010, over the same month in 2009, a strong indication that the state's...
The annual economic impact of one dairy cow. "So if a thousand cows go into a county, that's $15 million," said Mike Meissen, vice president for...
