News in Numbers
The proportion of Americans that believe the United States should use taxpayer money to pay reparations to African Americans, according to a recent survey. The poll also found that only 10 percent of white Americans support the payments and that nearly 80 percent of Republicans were “heavily opposed.”
The average poverty rate in opportunity zones, according to the Economic Innovation Group. Nearly 60 percent of opportunity zone residents are nonwhite.
The number of new coronavirus cases over a five-day span, as reported by the Mississippi Department of Health.
The number of years before there will be a COVID-19 vaccine for everybody in the world, as predicted by Dr. David Nabarro, the WHO’s special envoy. “I would love it to be proved wrong.”
Hawaii’s May unemployment rate, a decrease from the state’s 23.8 percent in April. Two and a half years ago, Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in the country at just 2.2 percent.
The number of Americans that applied for unemployment assistance during the week ending on June 13, according to the Department of Labor. While the overall number of unemployed workers is in decline, some analysts are concerned there are still new jobless applicants.
The amount that Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, are donating to student scholarships at historically black colleges and universities.
The proportion of Americans who supported removing election and other political information from social media that was intentionally false or misleading, according to a recent poll.
The number of Clark County, Nev., public school students who were unaccounted for by the end of the school year, with many lacking computers or Internet access, or having gotten a job instead of attending online schooling.
The amount that it cost California to deploy 8,000 National Guard troops across the state during recent protests against police violence, including $18.2 million to deploy troops in Los Angeles County.
The number of new coronavirus cases that are confirmed every day, as the virus continues to spread across the globe.
The amount that the Federal Communications Commission has proposed to help expand broadband services. The funds would be awarded in an auction system and repaid by auction applicants over 10 years.
The learning rate at which students in grades 3-8 are gaining math skills while learning from home. The same students are only experiencing reading gains of 70 percent during this period of e-learning.
The amount proposed by the federal government to protect low-lying areas of Miami, Fla., from rising sea levels. The money would be used, in part, to create many miles of sea walls around the area.
The proportion of coronavirus-induced layoffs that are predicted to be permanent, according to a recent survey.
The number of Americans who filed for unemployment last week, the first time the number has dropped below 2 million since the middle of March. This brings the total to almost 43 million filed claims.
The proportion of American workers who were working remotely in May due to concerns over COVID-19, according to a Gallup poll.
The amount that the GoFundMe to support George Floyd’s family in the wake of his death has raised in the five days since it’s been posted. Over 345,000 donors have contributed to the fund.
The amount that New Jersey needs to borrow to offset tax losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
The amount that Washington officials have recovered from the hackers who cyberattacked the state’s unemployment benefits system, but it’s only a partial sum of the total loss due to fraud.
The expected unemployment rate for May as the jobless numbers continue to climb despite states reopening their economies.
The amount that Amtrak has told Congress it would need to be bailed out if it was going to avoid severe cuts to services and routes. The railway company expects passenger demand to halve, dropping down to 16 million by the 2021 budget year.
The April unemployment rate in Nevada, the highest of any state in the country. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said that while 43 states had record-breaking unemployment numbers last month, every state experienced increases in unemployment.
The proportion of Americans who have little to no interest in getting a coronavirus vaccine, according to a Reuters poll. Of those that took the survey, 36 percent said that they would be less willing to receive a vaccine if President Trump said it was safe. Forty percent reported that they believed the vaccine would be riskier than the disease itself.
The number of states that are either entirely or partially open for the first time in nearly two months.
The number of coronavirus deaths that occurred in California’s San Francisco Bay Area during May 17 and May 18. Before May 17, the last day that had no coronavirus-related deaths in the area was March 21.
The number of unemployment claims that the Indiana Department of Workforce Development had to process last week, a significant decrease from previous weeks. During the final week of March, the department received 139,174 claims.
The year by which General Motors plans to power its Spring Hill, Tenn., manufacturing plant with electric power. The car manufacturer hopes to have U.S. GM-owned sites be 100 percent electric-powered by 2030.
The amount that U.S. airlines are collectively wasting each month as Americans have stopped nearly all air travel due to the coronavirus pandemic.
