News in Numbers
The estimated amount of federal rental assistance funds that have been given to low-income tenants, the Treasury Department reported. The largest percentage of recipients were Black followed by female-led households.
The proportion of Americans who say that it’s not important to them personally that a Black woman becomes a Supreme Court Justice; 63 percent of Black Americans say it’s very or extremely important to them personally, compared to just 21 percent of white Americans and 33 percent of Hispanics.
The number of maternal deaths per 100,000 births among Black people in 2020, almost triple the rate for whites. Black and Hispanic people saw increases in pregnancy-related deaths, the white death rate remained essentially unchanged.
The median rent increase across the 50 largest U.S. metro areas from December 2020 to December 2021 for properties with two or fewer bedrooms. But some areas experienced much larger increases, such as the Miami metro area where rent increased 49.8 percent.
The number of children who are in poverty since the monthly Child Tax Credit payments expired at the end of 2021, an increase of nearly 5 percent between December 2021 to January 2022, with an even higher growth in poverty for Black and Latino children.
One model’s estimate of how many Americans who are, for now, immune to the omicron variant of COVID-19, with predictions that the immunity rate could rise to 80 percent by mid-March.
The number of San Francisco school board members that have been recalled, for what critics say are misplaced priorities and putting progressive politics over the needs of children during the pandemic. Tuesday’s special election was the first recall in the city since 1983, when the city failed to remove then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein.
The number of states that have proposed legislation that would restrict a medical board’s authority to discipline doctors for their advice on COVID-19.
The number of years since the last time the Western U.S. and Northern Mexico was this dry, according to new research. In A.D. 800, Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of Rome.
The estimated amount of what taxpayers will have to pay each month for fare-free transit in Tucson, Ariz. Fare-free transit would save the typical transit rider $40 monthly which, some say, could make a significant difference for low-income riders.
The amount in grants that would be used to fund legal aid for renters at risk of eviction, according to new legislation proposed by Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Rosa DeLauro and Cori Bush. The bill would also require landlords to inform tenants of their rights and responsibilities and would create a national database to track evictions.
The new estimated price tag to finish California’s high-speed rail route from San Francisco to Los Angeles, after another $5 billion was added to the cost. When the project was first proposed in 2008, the initial cost was estimated to be $40 billion, but has continued to climb since then.
The approximate amount that the U.S. government must pay to the 80 people who were either victims or families of victims in the 2017 Sutherland Springs, Texas, church massacre.
The proportion of Black people in the U.S. who are either immigrants or children of immigrants, according to recent data from the Pew Research Center.
The cost of California’s failed recall election; almost 87 cents of every dollar spent came from California’s 58 county election departments.
The number of states that allow the medical use of marijuana after Mississippi legalized the practice on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. State residents are now allowed to use medical cannabis to treat debilitating conditions, such as cancer, AIDS and sickle cell disease.
The settlement amount that has been reached between Native American tribes, Johnson & Johnson and three of the country’s largest drug distribution companies over the opioid crisis and its impact on Native American tribes across the nation.
The proportion of teachers who have said they will be leaving teaching sooner than they had originally planned because of the pandemic’s heavy toll, according to a recent poll. The poll also found that 90 percent of respondents said that feeling burned out is a serious problem and 80 percent reported that unfilled job openings have led to more work obligations for those that remain.
The amount that California’s bottle recycling program has in surplus after the department amended a previous underestimation by $100 million. Recycling centers have closed in mass over recent years and only about 68 percent of bottles and cans in California are recycled today, compared to 85 percent in 2013.
The annual salary that Mayor Eric Adams can give to his brother as senior security adviser, as agreed upon by a New York City ethics panel. Adams had initially said he would hire his brother, Bernard, as deputy police commissioner with a yearly salary of $240,000.
The nation’s gross domestic product growth last year as it rebounded from the 2020, pandemic-induced recession, the largest increase since 1984.
The trust gap between Democrats and Republicans in the scientific community, with 64 percent of Democrats trusting science and only 34 percent of Republicans, the largest gap since NORC at the University of Chicago began administering the General Social Survey in 1972. The science trust gap has widened significantly since 2018 when 51 percent of Democrats and 42 percent of Republicans had high confidence.
The number of people in Wisconsin who lack access to quality broadband services according to a 2021 report from the Federal Communications Commission. However, a privately conducted study estimated the actual number of disconnected residents could be more than 600,000. Gov. Tony Evers is urging residents who can’t afford Internet service to sign up for new federal subsidies.
The number of people who died in avalanches across the nation last year, the most in at least 70 years, with 12 of those deaths occurring in Colorado, the most the state has seen since the 1915-1916 season.
The national median sale price for an existing home in 2021, a 17 percent increase from the year prior. The typical American home gained $50,200 in value last year.
President Joe Biden’s approval rating after one year in office. Only 28 percent of Americans, just 48 percent of Democrats, want Biden to run for re-election in 2024.
The amount that the Biden administration will use to improve the country’s ports and waterways to increase climate resilience, improve drinking water and bolster the nation’s supply chain. The funds will assist more than 500 projects.
The cost of the Biden administration’s plan to significantly expand wildfire fighting efforts, by doubling the use of controlled fires and logging to reduce catastrophic fire risk.
The number of acres for the proposed construction of a lake in Nebraska. State lawmakers made the proposal for the reservoir to be placed between Omaha and Lincoln. The $200 million project would improve the water supply in the area and boost economic development.
The number of Americans who have signed up for health insurance since the beginning of the 2022 open enrollment period in November, including 10 million people across 33 states who have utilized the federal marketplace exchange. The number reflects a 21 percent increase compared to the year prior.
