News in Numbers
The portion of people who bike to work in Davis, Calif., which is more than any other city in the country. View interactive GOVERNING Data maps for more than 400 localities.
The annual fee that Texas inmates can pay for medical care. Until last year, they paid $3 copays each time they saw a doctor. The higher, one-time fee has led some prisoners to refuse treatment, according to critics.
The cost of processing a single online voter registration in Arizona, compared to 83 cents for a paper registration. Arizona was the first state to allow voters to register online in 2002.
The number of Democratic attorneys general and the number of Republican attorneys general. But if current trends hold, Governing contributor Louis Jacobson predicts that Democrats could net one AG seat this year.
The rate of homes in some stage of foreclosure in Florida last month, which is the first time the state has had the nation's highest foreclosure rate since April 2005.
The number of people who called 911 during a fatal shooting rampage in Minneapolis last month but hung up because no one answered. The incident prompted the agency to change its 911 system.
The extra income that residents of wind-rich states took home for every megawatt of installed wind power, according to a new federal study that examined economic data from 1,009 counties in 12 states with high wind-resource potential.
The price of gas in California today, which is the highest in the state's history and the nation. The price led Gov. Jerry Brown to authorize oil companies to start selling cheaper, less environmentally friendly, winter-blend gasoline, but it could take days before consumers see costs at the pump drop.
The portion of commuters who walk to work in Ithaca, N.Y., which is the highest rate in the nation. View data for 100 metro areas.
The rise in graduation rates at Pennsylvania universities since the state started financially rewarding schools for meeting certain performance metrics in 2000. Thirty states either use or are considering using performance-based funding for higher education.
The number of people in households earning at least $1 million who got unemployment benefits in 2009. According to a Congressional report, prohibiting such payments to millionaires would save $20 million in the next decade.
The number of regular session bills that Gov. Jerry Brown has signed, which is more than any other California governor since 1967. Brown has also vetoed the fewest bills.
The number of metro areas where commuters increased their use of public transportation last year, according to a Governing analysis of new census data. Find out if yours was one of them.
The portion of deaths in Utah that occurred in a person's home -- the highest at-home death rate of any state.
The portion of Americans who trust their state government, according to a recent Gallup poll. Citizens' confidence in state government is among the strongest since Gallup started the poll in 1997.
The new font size that candidates' names will appear in on New York City's general election ballot this fall. Voters had complained that they could barely read the names when they were printed in a 7-point font.
The portion of California voters who would repeal the death penalty, while 45 percent would retain it, according to a new poll. Voters will decide this November whether to make the state the 18th to abolish capital punishment.
The cost of a newly built 18,000-seat high school football stadium in Allen, Texas. More than 100 stadiums have been built in the state using voter-approved bonds.
The number of states where income inequality significantly increased from 2010 to 2011, according to new census estimates. View data for each state with GOVERNING Data's interactive map.
The portion of their income that low-income smokers in New York spend on cigarettes, according to a new study. The state has the nation's highest cigarette taxes.
The portion of Chattanooga, Tenn.'s budget spent on employee health care, which is almost half the rate that localities spend on employee health care, on average. Chattanooga lowered its spending in this area by setting up an on-site, government-sponsored clinic and pharmacy and providing financial incentives for workers to get or stay healthy.
The maximum rate that public universities in Michigan can raise their tuition by in a single year and still get extra funding. The state set aside more than $9 million this year to reward colleges that kept their tuition increases low – something every school did.
The number of states that didn't include pro and con arguments for ballot measures in their official voter guides in recent years, according to a new study.
The decline in Americans' household incomes since 2007. View median household income totals for each state since 2000.
The number of people who voted in the 2010 elections in part because of Facebook's efforts to encourage users to go to the polls, according to a new study.
The number of states that formally approve physician-assisted suicide. Massachusetts could become the third in November if voters approve it.
The number of electric utilities that offer prepaid service in the country -- most of which are in southwestern states like Arizona, Oklahoma and Texas where regulation is reportedly weak.
The number of cities (out of 20) where the tree population is falling. Experts say that trees increase an area's safety and real estate value as well as cut the cost of cooling a home or building.
The average time offenders released in 2009 spent in prison in South Dakota, reflecting the shortest prison stay among 35 states, according to a recent Pew report.
The portion of high school students in Utah who smoke cigarettes -- a significant drop from 12 percent in 1999 and much lower than the national rate of 18 percent. Utah has the nation's lowest smoking rate among adults.
