News in Numbers
The number of faxes New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has received over the last three weeks urging him to sign a bill that would ease the requirements children must meet before they can use medical marijuana.
The new tax that 5,000 Oregon drivers will likely soon have the option of paying for every mile they drive in lieu of the 30 cents-per-gallon tax, making it the first state to do so.
The number of states that require school attendance until age 18. Kentucky and Maryland are set to become the next two as they phase in the new requirement.
The amount that state and local governments are estimated to spend on information technology in 2013.
The median monthly housing cost in the United States, according to new data from the Census Bureau’s 2011 American Housing Survey.
The estimated number of uninsured Ohioans who will miss out on health coverage if the state legislature doesn't heed Gov. John Kasich's call to return to session and reconsider expanding Medicaid.
The portion of the 50 largest U.S. cities that had a Democratic mayor between 2005 and 2010.
The number of protesters arrested inside North Carolina's Republican-led legislature over the past 10 weeks -- some of whom critics say were unnecessarily taken to jail for their anti-conservative agenda.
The number of arrests New York cops are allowed to make of women who go topless in the city. The NYPD recently reminded all of its officers that women who simply bare their breasts in public aren't committing any crime.
The number of places in the United States with the word "liberty." Pennsylvania, with 11, has more than any other state.
The increase in casino tax revenue in Kansas from 2011 to 2012. New casinos in the state have successfully siphoned revenues from Colorado, Indiana and Missouri.
The number of partial vetoes Gov. Scott Walker used to strip laws and programs out of Wisconsin's $68 billion budget bill that he signed over the weekend.
The number of Democratic secretaries of state, governors and attorneys general in the Deep South; the lone wolf is Mississippi AG Jim Hood.
The estimated number of Americans who have the highest level of Internet connectivity, accessing it from both their homes and another location from multiple devices.
The number of governors (Alabama, Florida and Tennessee) who don't accept any salary. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder returns all but $1 of his salary to the state treasury as well.
The number of inmates California must reduce its prison population by in order to comply with a federal court order. The state has until the end of 2013 to do so, and Gov. Jerry Brown recently proposed how the state should do it.
The estimated number of vacant buildings in Detroit. City officials say no more than 10 percent of them will ever be reused.
Texas' year-over-year nonfarm employment growth, which is the largest number of jobs added by any state this year.
The amount Americans received and spent on food stamps in 2012, which is more than ever before. Spending on the program is scheduled to be cut later this year, and both versions of the farm bill in Congress cut the program further.
The amount of federal funds that Mississippi receives is equal to nearly half of its state tax revenue, making it the highest ratio in the nation.
The value of tax incentives New Jersey has awarded to companies since January 2011, which is more than it awarded between the 15-year period between 1996 and 2011 combined.
The total number of gifts received by Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell from 2002 to 2012, which were collectively valued at $303,550.
The number of Pennsylvania residents who live in municipalities with a requirement to report missing firearms.
The average amount of unreserved general funds that localities keep in the bank each year.
Americans who oppose the use of affirmative action in college admissions. The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of the issue this year.
The portion of senior state and local officials who have been subject to pay freezes during the past year, according to a recent Governing survey.
The number of state legislatures where one party now enjoys a veto-proof majority in both chambers.
The value of goods California exported to China in 2012, which is the most sold to the Asian nation by any state.
The number of retired police and firefighters in Phoenix who have collected lump sum payments of more than $250,000 in addition to their pensions, due to a deferred retirement option plan passed by the state in 2001.
The portion of U.S. gross domestic product that's generated by metropolitan areas.
