Some Structure Numbers Everyone Should Know |
| Chris Boyer: 700,000 to 2 million people are homeless in the U.S. |
| Mary Brieschke: 3% of foster kids go on to graduate from college. |
| Lauren Clontz: 25.9 years old is the median age at which American women in 2006 were married for the first time. |
| Landon Dean: 1.6 billion adults are projected by the World Health Organization to be overweight. |
| Sarah Douglas: 27 of 34 teachers in the average Kentucky public school are likely to be white women. |
| Leah Fattaleh: 3.5 million Americans are likely to experience homelessness in a given year. |
| Olivia Fitzpatrick: 41% of low-income students entering four-year colleges graduate within five years. |
| Courtney Gilmore: 26.7% of Americans donated their time and resources in order to help others in their community. |
| Alex Headley:
30% of the world's waste is generated by Americans, though we represent only five percent of the world’s population. |
| Brittney Hertog: 2 dollars a day is the World Bank global poverty line. |
| Erica Horton: 47 million Americans have no health insurance. |
| Kerri Howard: 57% of the estimated 11,550,000 unauthorized immigrants living in the United States are from Mexico. |
| Jennifer Jones: $49,303 is the median income in 2005 for people 25 years of age and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher |
| Nina Marijanovic: 50% increase in the wealth gap in the U.S.A. since 1960. |
| Lindsay Maurer: 1 million more poor people in the American suburbs than in the cities. |
| Christopher McCarty: 27.2% of Americans over 25 had earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. |
| Scott Meltzer: $49,000 was the median annual income for an American white male in 2005. |
| Jasma Mendez: 46.1 babies were born per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15-44 in the United States in 2004. |
| Tyler Moody: 380,000 student athletes in American colleges and universities today. |
| Elijah Mullins: 10% of kids in the poorest fifth of Americans are likely to drop out of school. |
| Shannon Petree: 7.8 million people in America are considered working poor. |
| Melissa Raley: 31% was the United States divorce rate in 2002. |
| Valerie Rissel: Five babies are born in the world every second. |
| Bess Rives: $477 billion spent in U.S. federal programs to fight poverty. |
| Tres Russell:
3.31% is the dropout rate in Kentucky today. |
| Emily Shelley: 36.5 million people living in poverty in the U.S.A. in 2006. |
| Cole Tomlinson: 82 is the Economic Freedom Index score of the United States in 2007. |
| Katherine Wakefield: 2.2 million marriages take place in the United States annually. |
| Ted Wright: 21% of Japanese are overthe age of sixty-five. |
| Chris Zimmerman:
28% of Americans, ages 25 and older, have attained a bachelor’s degree. |
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A Comparison of Two Important Numbers |
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| Chris Boyer: 700,000 to 2 million people are homeless in the U.S including 10% of the 7.6 million released prisoners |
| Mary Brieschke: 41% of poor kids graduate from college in four years vs. 66% of rich kids |
| Lauren Clontz: Median income for 25-year-old couples with various academic degrees |
| Landon Dean: 1.6 billion adults are projected by the World Health Organization to be overweight including 75% of Americans |
| Sarah Douglas: Unemployment rates for people with various degrees |
| Leah Fattaleh: The 1999 median income of American women was $27,200 while it was $37,100 for men |
| Olivia Fitzpatrick: 41% of poor students entering four-year colleges graduate within five years while tuition has gone up 57% |
| Courtney Gilmore: 26.7% of Americans donated volunteer vs. 44% of Britons |
| Alex Headley:
90 % of divorced women under 25 remarried vs. fewer than one third of divorced women over the age of 40 |
| Brittney Hertog: 1 dollar a day vs. 2 dollars a day World Bank global poverty lines. |
| Erica Horton: 47 million Americans without health insurance but only 36.5 million Americans “in poverty” |
| Kerri Howard: 4.6 million unauthorized vs. 9.2 million authorized Mexican immigrants in the U.S. |
| Jennifer Jones: $477 billion in U.S. anti-poverty spending vs. 7.8 million ?working poor.? |
| Nina Marijanovic: Post-genocide unemployment rates in Bosnia and Rwanda |
| Lindsay Maurer: Mobility of the top and bottom quintiles, 1988 - 98 |
| Christopher McCarty: 27.9% Men and 26.2% of Women in America over 25 have Attained a Bachelor's Degree |
| Scott Meltzer: Anesthesiologists annual mean salary of $184,340 vs. U.S. Supreme Court justices earn $203,000 |
| Jasma Mendez: Beween 2004 and 2005 the U.S. poverty rate for Whites decreased; the Black rate was unchanged |
| Tyler Moody: 59% of black athletes graduate from college vs. 82% of white athletes |
| Elijah Mullins: 91% of Duke athletes graduate vs. 60% of USC athletes |
| Shannon Petree: Housing problems of the working poor |
| Melissa Raley: $477 billion spent to fight poverty vs. 31% divorce rate |
| Valerie Rissel: The Kentucky dropout rate and the poverty rate |
| Bess Rives: $477 billion in 2006 U.S. federal programs and $9 trillion since 1964 |
| Tres Russell: The 2006 Kentucky graduation rate was 83.26% while the dropout rate was recorded at 3.31% |
| Emily Shelley: 36.5 million people living in poverty in the U.S.A. in 2006 and 47 million Americans without health insurance |
| Cole Tomlinson: The Gross Domestic Product per capita of the richest and poorest countries are $87,955 (Luxembourg) and $119 (Burundi) |
| Katherine Wakefield: The median age of American women at time of first marriage in 2006 was 25.9 years vs. 20.8 in 1970 |
| Ted Wright: China and the U.S. produce 3.19 and 19.81 tons per person of the carbon dioxide, respectively |
| Chris Zimmerman:
28% of Americans, ages 25 and older, have attained a bachelor’s degree, 65% of whom are in debt for it |
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Number Trends |
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| Chris Boyer: Homelessness in the United States |
| Mary Brieschke: Education is a vital element in getting a job |
| Lauren Clontz: The Trend in the Median Age of Women at the Time of Their First Marriage |
| Landon Dean: MRSA |
| Sarah Douglas: Marriage and Divorce in Kentucky |
| Leah Fattaleh: Women's Earnings |
| Olivia Fitzpatrick: Workin’ Nine to Five? I Don’t Think So! |
| Courtney Gilmore: Volunteering over the Past Thirty Years |
| Alex Headley: Divorce Trends |
| Brittney Hertog: Over 80% increase in the number of individuals in extreme poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1981 to 2004 |
| Erica Horton: The Aging American Population |
| Kerri Howard: Mexican-born percentage of the U.S. population |
| Jennifer Jones: Age of Women's First Marriage |
| Nina Marijanovic: Black Graduation Rate |
| Lindsay Maurer: U.S. Social Mobility |
| Christopher McCarty: How the Percentage of Bachelor’s Degree Holders in Kentucky Changed Over Time |
| Scott Meltzer: Our Youth and Voter Apathy |
| Jasma Mendez: African American Marriage |
| Tyler Moody: Scholar-Athlete Graduation Rates |
| Elijah Mullins: The High School Graduation Rate in Kentucky |
| Shannon Petree: Working Poor Children |
| Melissa Raley: Trends in Black vs. White Non-marriage Trends |
| Valerie Rissel: Working at Home |
| Bess Rives: U.S. Poverty |
| Tres Russell: Kentucky Dropout Rate |
| Emily Shelley: Births to Unmarried Women |
| Cole Tomlinson: Income Gaps Among Nations |
| Katherine Wakefield: Women's Age of First Marriage |
| Ted Wright: Carbon Dioxide Emissions |
| Chris Zimmerman: ACT Scores in the US: Past 13 years |