News in Numbers
Maximum number of cars rideshare companies can have on the road at any time in Seattle. The city was the first to put a cap on this.
Total cost of Phoenix's public-employee retirement system in 2013. The system's fund now only has enough money to cover about 56 percent of its obligations.
Percent of Florida's public employees who would have to retire at the same time in order for the Florida Retirement System to go bankrupt.
Percent of American households that are "middle class," earning between $35,000 to $100,000 annually. In the mid-1970s, 52 percent of U.S. households were earning the equivalent amount.
Number of people sentenced to death in the United States between 1973 and 2004 (about 4 percent) who were likely innocent.
Number of video stores remaining in the United States, down from 17,828 in 2006.
Percent of U.S. cities reporting quantifiable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in city operations.
Decline in black enrollment at the University of Michigan between 2006, when the state's affirmative action ban went into effect, and 2012.
Ounces of marijuana left so far in "amnesty boxes" at the City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport in 2014.
Amount paid by the Illinois Medicaid program for medical services for people who had already died.
Number of Californians who enrolled in health coverage through the state's insurance exchange, which makes up about one-eighth of both state and federal enrollment on the exchanges.
Percentage of same-sex marriages performed in Iowa in the past year that have been between people from out of state.
Number of Wisconsin households expected to apply for federal assistance to help pay their energy bills after the state's ban on disconnecting utility customers in the winter ended Tuesday.
Percent of people age 20 to 24 who are employed in the Washington, DC, area -- down from 72 percent in 2000 and portraying a national trend.
Amount of damage caused to a community center in Fort Wayne, Ind., by a single squirrel when the animal got into the structure's electrical system and caused a massive power surge April 1.
The number of states where the average annual cost of day care is higher than the annual cost of in-state tuition at a public college.
Percent increase in real per capita personal income in Williams County, N.D., between 2007 and 2012 -- the highest increase of any county in the United States.
Number of Subway sandwich shops probably robbed by a single man in the Fairfax County, Va., region in the last several weeks, according to police.
Percent of Americans who do not have health insurance, the lowest point since 2008.
Percent of federal funding for wireless technology that goes to urban school districts.
The maximum amount of unrolled coins that Millcreek Township, Pa., will accept for payment of municipal service bills. The town instituted the rule after a woman paid a $200 sewer bill with a shoe box full of nickels, dimes and quarters.
"Hotness" of Chris Christie, according to Quinnipiac University’s National Thermometer rankings. The New Jersey governor has dropped from first to ninth place on the list since January.
Number of Washington, D.C., students who entered 2014's school lottery. About 71 percent of families were matched with at least one of their choices.
Amount of extra money given to food stamps recipients in Georgia due to processing errors, either accidental or deliberate.
Number of Washington, D.C., voters who cast ballots during a two-week early voting period for the mayoral election, down from 22,000 early voters in the city's last election four years ago.
Amount of the $1.46 billion in federal Hurricane Sandy relief aid New Jersey has set aside for low- and moderate-income families who did not apply for the state's major home rebuilding program.
