News in Numbers
Average increase in fuel efficiency for vehicles in California as a result of trade-ins in the federal "cash for clunkers" program, the nation's highest increase,...
Amount in unpaid fines and replacement fees due the Denver Public Library, which has already written off $2.8 million of the total as uncollectable.
Percentage of the U.S. population in whose urine the chemical bisphenol A, a compound found in thousands of consumer products and which some studies...
Average increase in tuition and fees for the country's four-year public colleges for the 2009-10 academic year compared to 2008-09, an increase of $429, while tuition...
Amount spent by the California Department of General Services in February for 50 new hybrid Toyota Prius sedans, which have been parked unused for months, with...
Amount owed by convicted criminals in Colorado to victims for restitution and to the courts for fines and court costs, with the $215 million owed to...
Amount per voter that Philadelphia spends annually on its election system, more than any of the state's 15 most populous counties and nearly twice as much...
Number of Chinese people caught trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in the Tucson sector this year as of early October, eight times...
Number of jobs that have been created or saved by federal contracts under the stimulus law in Michigan, which has the nation's worst unemployment rate,...
Value of a GMC Yukon XL Denali SUV -- with heated leather seats, a Bose stereo system and satellite radio -- leased for $1,053 a month...
Number of contraband cell phones confiscated this year in California's prisons, more than were seized in the previous three years combined
Percentage of state and local tax revenue coming from sales taxes, while property taxes account for 30.1 percent and individual income taxes account for 22.6 percent, according...
Number of people in the United States who are using cellphones while driving at any given moment, according to federal statistics, while safety experts believe...
Homicide clearance rate in Philadelphia, an increase from 60 percent in the two years since Mayor Michael Nutter declared a "crime emergency" and an improvement that...
Number of California state employees who are collecting state pension checks along with their paychecks, 57 percent more than a decade ago, as billions of dollars...
