You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 11 percent At the current pace, FBI National Instant Criminal Background Checks for firearm sales will be down 11 percent compared to last year. It’s an imperfect proxy, but across the industry the election of Donald Trump to the White House […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 2.7 million Hurricane Irma is pummeling Florida, leaving about 2.7 million without power as of 5:30 p.m. yesterday. The storm is hitting Florida’s western coast where there are many assisted living facilities, many areas where a substantial percentage of people who […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 16 weeks Taylor Swift, a local and pop musician, prevented “Despacito” from breaking the record for the longest reign at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 list. Swift’s new single, “Look What You Made Me Do” is the new […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 176 school districts There are still 176 U.S. school districts (of about 13,500 total) that are under federal oversight to ensure that they continue to uphold desegregation. One of them is in Jefferson County, Alabama, and, wouldn’t you know, it appears […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 3 percent Drop in profit for Lego — yes, that Lego — in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. The company’s chairman attributes the troubles to too-rapid growth. [Quartz] 1,000-1 The New York Jets have […]