News in Numbers
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.
Percent of franchised hotels and motels in the United States that have direct 911 dialing, according to a survey taken after a child couldn't call for help while her mother was being killed in a Texas motel.
Number of 911 calls made in 2013 connected to Martha Rigsby, Washington, D.C.'s most frequent 911 user.
The cost (out of a total $1.2 million) of state equipment designed to keep polling stations in New York open after Superstorm Sandy that was never received, disposed of properly or recovered.
Percent of household electricity use in California that comes from the indoor growth of marijuana.
Tennessee’s combined state and local sales tax rate, the highest in the United States.
Percent of U.S. flights that arrived on-time in January, the worst record since the Transportation Department started keeping records in the 1990s.
Number of child abuse and neglect cases opened in Arizona since 2009 that have been closed without investigation.
Percent of children living in New Mexico and Washington, D.C., whose households did not have a consistent food supply in 2011. These were the highest such rates.
Amount raised by the Dallas Safari Club in January for the protection of black rhinos through the selling of permits to hunt black rhinos.
Estimated value of the underground sex industry in Washington, D.C. The sex economy has decreased in most cities, a new study reports.
Number of traffic tickets issued per driver in the state of Iowa for fiscal year 2014.
Number of police officers assigned to the Boston Marathon on April 21, which is double the number last year.
Amount Colorado collected in taxes on the sale of recreational marijuana in the month of January.
Estimated cost of the damage this season's winter weather has caused the country.
The annual cost to doctors of obtaining multiple state licenses, which are necessary for them to give medical advice remotely.
Amount that President Obama's 2015 fiscal year budget exceeds what’s allowed under the budget deal signed into law earlier this year.
Number of 17-year-olds who registered to vote in the Chicago area, thanks to a new Illinois law that allows them to vote in primary elections if they'll be 18 by the November general election.
The cost to taxpayers for flaws in Maryland’s online health insurance exchange, according to a report by state budget officials.
Percent of young people in homeless shelters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.
Number of pre-k openings New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he can create for children. He proposes to pay for the expansion with a higher income tax.
Number of National Guard troops funded under the Pentagon spending proposal -- down from 355,000 troops currently.
Amount in financing that Puerto Rico is seeking to garner through the sale of municipal junk bonds in March.
Percent of U.S. households that are “severely cost-burdened,” meaning more than half of their income goes toward housing expenses.
Number of times a teacher, babysitter or parent would be allowed to strike a child (hard enough to leave marks) under a bill in Kansas. Current state law allows spanking without leaving marks.
Average monthly rent for a 700-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment in Williston, N.D., the city with the highest rent in the United States.
Percent of Washington, D.C., residents who believe the mayor is doing a "good to excellent" job reducing crime, making it difficult for his challengers to use it against him during the election.
