News in Numbers
Total number of people who signed up for health insurance in October using the federal exchange on HealthCare.gov.
Number of full-time U.S. Postal Service employees, down from almost 800,000 in 2000.
Number of farmers markets throughout the country that accept food stamps, according to the Farmers Market Coalition. The number has tripled since 2009.
Number of jobs the federal government eliminated in the month of October, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Place that Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz came in the Boston mayoral race. Ortiz wasn't running, but he got the most votes of any write-in candidate.
Percent of U.S. rental housing that's vacant, which is the lowest level since 2001.
Amount Washington, D.C.'s education department paid a Chicago consulting firm, SPC Consulting, for one-day services at a city education conference. Fee included a half-hour speech, three 45-minute parent workshops and copies of parenting books.
Percent of welfare applications the state of Kansas denies, more than double the denial rate in neighboring Missouri.
Estimated annual cost increase for the average family if voters in Washington state pass genetically modified food labeling laws, according to the Washington Research Council.
Total unemployment insurance paid to furloughed federal workers in Oregon, which they won't have to pay back despite receiving full compensation for their time off.
Amount spend by multi-national companies to help defeat an effort to require labeling of genetically modified foods in Washington State, compared to $7 million spent by supporters of the labeling.
Number of open jobs in Massachusetts for which employers did not hire people yet the state has 250,000 residents looking for work.
Decline in the number of statehouse reporters across the country, from 524 in 2003 to 355 in 2009.
Amount the federal government has paid to CGI Federal, the IT contractor that has orchestrated most of Healthcare.gov.
Number of school bullying incidents in Tennessee last year, according to the first-ever investigation attempting to count such incidents.
Detroit's projected 10-year budget deficit if it hadn't entered bankruptcy protection, according to a lawyer representing the city in its bankruptcy trial.
Amount per dollar that investors are likely to recover in city bonds in bankruptcy trials in Detroit; Jefferson County, Ala.; Stockton, Calif.; and Harrisburg, Pa.
The tax rate on a pack of cigarettes in Chicago (the highest rate in the nation), if Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposed 75-cent increase goes into effect.
Percent of New Jersey residents who voted in the special election for U.S. Senate last week, which was the the lowest turnout for a general election in state history.
Number of retail marijuana stores that can operate in Washington state, according to state Liquor Control Board rules adopted Wednesday.
Percent of American students enrolled in charter schools, up from one percent in 2000.
Percent of children in foster care taking psychotropic drugs for mood and behavioral disorders, which is four times the rate of children covered by private health insurance.
Number of violent crimes per 100,000 people in Tennessee, the highest rate of any state in the nation.
Percent of cities that implemented hiring freezes in 2013 -- down from 45 percent in 2012 and 74 percent in 2010.
The effective state and local tax rate for businesses was 4.8 percent of the private-sector gross state product in fiscal year 2012, according to the Council on State Taxation.
Total annual compensation provided to every member of the New Hampshire state legislature.
Percent of state and local governments reporting hiring freezes last year (down from 41.6 percent the year before).
Number of New Hampshire residents represented per state legislator. In California, there's one legislator for every 475,518 residents.
Number of states with pension systems that aren't "fiscally sound," according to investment research firm Morningstar, Inc.
