News in Numbers
Americans who support physician-assisted suicide or "aid-in-dying" for terminally ill people -- a practice legal in only a few states.
Portion of cities in Washington state that have banned marijuana shops since the substance was legalized there in 2012.
Increase in revenue from U.S. cigarette sales since 2004, despite a 16 percent decline in smoking during the same period.
Portion of Louisiana residents who identify as Christian, which is the highest rate of any state in the nation.
Amount Tennessee has spent on health insurance premiums for state lawmakers since 2008.
Number of "minor" accidents in which Google's fleet of self-driving cars have so far been involved.
Amount of taxpayer dollars New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spent on concessions at NFL games.
Number of law enforcement officers feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2014. That's up from 27 deaths in 2013, which was the lowest in decades.
Alaska's population drop from 2013 to 2014, which represents the state's first decline since the late 1980s when a recession drove tens of thousands away.
Number of states where it's still legal to text while driving. They are Arizona, Montana, Texas and Missouri.
Portion of Americans who spend at least least half their family income on housing and utilities.
Number of the 23 health insurance co-ops created under the Affordable Care Act that reported losses last year.
Portion of Campo, Colo.'s annual budget that's generated from traffic tickets issued by one police officer.
Portion of Baltimore's population that was arrested in one year under the zero-tolerance policing policy that Martin O'Malley instituted when he was mayor.
Portion of the adult population in the Baltimore neighborhood where Freddie Gray lived that doesn't have a job.
Amount of time a prisoner in South Carolina was assigned solitary confinement for posting on Facebook.
A typical annual percentage rate offered to small business owners taking a loan from an alternative lender.
Listing price for a 1,096 square-foot garage in Washington, D.C., one of the most expensive real estate markets in the United States.
Number of unanswered calls from U.S. taxpayers to the Internal Revenue Service this year. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said budget cuts have forced the agency to reduce services.
Portion of California children between the ages of 1 and 3 who are insufficiently immunized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Percent of Rhode Islanders 12 and older who reported using marijuana in the past month. That's the highest rate of any state in the nation.
Number of gallons of water California uses every year to grow almonds, which is more than the state's residents use indoors. Farms, however, are exempt from the state's water restrictions.
Range of parked cars with disability placards or license plates on 10 blocks in Washington, D.C. Only 5.3 percent of working-age Americans have ambulatory disability.
Percent of students (519 of them) in Madison, Wis., whose parents refused to let them take the state's standardized tests this year. That's up from 87 last year.
Portion of children born in the United States to mothers who get Medicaid benefits.
Amount Chicago proposes paying dozens of torture victims connected to former Police Commander Jon Burge and his so-called midnight crew of rogue detectives, who solved murder, rape and arson cases by torturing suspects into confessing.
Residents of Pickett County, Tenn., who are worried about climate change, which is the lowest percent of any U.S. county. Washington, D.C., residents are the most worried (74 percent), compared to 52 percent nationwide.
Portion of recently hired New York City correction officers whose applications should have disqualified them.
The decrease in the number of Washington, D.C., businesses with five to nine employees between 1998 and 2012. During that time, D.C.'s increase in big retailers outpaced the nation's by 30 percent.
