News in Numbers
The amount of money Johnson County, Ind., (pop. 139,000) could save per election by implementing voting centers, instead of continuing to vote by precinct. All of...
Number of Americans who have become ill from the H1N1 influenza virus, of which nearly 11,700 have died, according to estimates by the Centers for...
The funds set aside this fiscal year by Cherry Hill, N.J., for snow-related expenses, which are gone following three major storms. Now the town...
The number of hours of audio recordings that federal authorities secretly made of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's telephone conversations during a corruption investigation that...
The number of adult day-care recipients who received a letter from the California Department of Health Care Services with their Social Security numbers printed outside...
The dollar value of services consumed per year, which counts for about two-thirds of total consumer spending. Yet services aren't widely taxed by state and...
The amount of fewer calories customers ordered after New York City implemented a law requiring fast-food outlets to post calories, according to a study of...
The amount of stimulus money President Barack Obama said Florida would receive for preparing a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando.
The number of previously uninsured children who gained coverage last year in government health programs, according to a federal study. The gains were due to...
The number of Arizona state parks that would be kept open after June 3, if recommendations due to budget problems are accepted by the Arizona State Parks Board.
The amount of money Newark, N.J. could save if nonpartisan municipal elections are moved from May to November. The state Assembly recently approved a...
The amount of money New York City spent to distribute 70,000 copies of a flier with "tips for safer use" of heroin. Critics argue the flier...
The total U.S. population on Jan. 1, 2010, as projected by the U.S. Census Bureau. This would represent a nearly one percent increase from New...
The amount that Phoenix home prices rose in the last three months, according to Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index, recently released for October 2009. San...
The percentage of average decrease in revenue localities are anticipating from payments from the state, according to a report by the International City/County Management...
The number of California vanity license plates with an image of the Golden Gate Bridge sold within a one-year span. The fees from the plates...
The budget for Johnson County, Kansas's library system to buy video games for checking out. There are currently 1,821 video games available to check out currently,...
The amount of population growth California has seen in the last year, which is also the slowest growth rate in more than 10 years. Demographers attribute...
The amount of publicly funded legal costs Massachusetts Treasurer Tim Cahill and the Executive Director of the Massachusetts State Lottery, Mark Cavanagh, have racked up...
The number of Americans who have been exposed since 2004 to drinking water that did not meet at least one commonly used government health guideline intended...
The number of New York City students who receive free or half-fare MetroCards, who may all pay half-fare next September, and full fare in September 2011...
The percentage increase in the total number of Southern California homes sold in November, which rose from the same month last year. The median home...
The amount of the lowest bid recently submitted to the Missouri Department of Transportation in order to build a crossing over the Mississippi River just...
The number of Defense Department civilian employees earning $150,000 or more in June 2009. In December 2007, that number of employees making that salary was 1,868.
The estimated amount of sales tax that Pennsylvania misses out on due to online sales every year.
The percentage of Americans who support the idea of a global treaty that would require the United States to reduce significantly greenhouse gas emissions, a...
The amount of depleted uranium already buried in a low-level radioactive waste site operated by EnergySolutions Inc. in Tooele County, Utah.
The percentage Hawaii spent on public health and hospitals last year (out of total expenditures) -- the most of any state, according to a new...
Number of Americans since 2004 whose water supplies have contained illegal concentrations of chemicals like arsenic or radioactive substances like uranium, as well as dangerous bacteria...
The percentage of all households that either don't have a checking or savings account at all, or have an account but rely on "alternative financial...
