NEWS IN NUMBERS

$5.8 million

Amount Tennessee has spent on health insurance premiums for state lawmakers since 2008.

THE TENNESSEAN  |  MAY 19, 2015

11

Number of "minor" accidents in which Google's fleet of self-driving cars have so far been involved.

CIRCA NEWS  |  MAY 18, 2015

$82,594

Amount of taxpayer dollars New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spent on concessions at NFL games.

THE HUFFINGTON POST  |  MAY 15, 2015

51

Number of law enforcement officers feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2014. That's up from 27 deaths in 2013, which was the lowest in decades.

THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION  |  MAY 14, 2015

61 people

Alaska's population drop from 2013 to 2014, which represents the state's first decline since the late 1980s when a recession drove tens of thousands away.

THE ALASKA DISPATCH NEWS  |  MAY 13, 2015

4

Number of states where it's still legal to text while driving. They are Arizona, Montana, Texas and Missouri.

THE HUFFINGTON POST  |  MAY 12, 2015

1 in 4

Portion of Americans who spend at least least half their family income on housing and utilities.

AOL  |  MAY 11, 2015

22

Number of the 23 health insurance co-ops created under the Affordable Care Act that reported losses last year.

HARPER'S  |  MAY 8, 2015

93%

Portion of Campo, Colo.'s annual budget that's generated from traffic tickets issued by one police officer.

GAWKER  |  MAY 7, 2015

16%

Portion of Baltimore's population that was arrested in one year under the zero-tolerance policing policy that Martin O'Malley instituted when he was mayor.

THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER  |  MAY 6, 2015

60%

A typical annual percentage rate offered to small business owners taking a loan from an alternative lender.

GOVERNING  |  MAY 5, 2015

51.8%

Portion of the adult population in the Baltimore neighborhood where Freddie Gray lived that doesn't have a job.

VOX  |  MAY 4, 2015

37 years

Amount of time a prisoner in South Carolina was assigned solitary confinement for posting on Facebook.

HARPER'S  |  MAY 1, 2015

$900,000

Listing price for a 1,096 square-foot garage in Washington, D.C., one of the most expensive real estate markets in the United States.

GAWKER  |  APRIL 30, 2015

8 million

Number of unanswered calls from U.S. taxpayers to the Internal Revenue Service this year. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said budget cuts have forced the agency to reduce services.

THE NEW YORK TIMES  |  APRIL 29, 2015

1 in 3

Portion of California children between the ages of 1 and 3 who are insufficiently immunized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

HARPER'S  |  APRIL 28, 2015

15.76%

Percent of Rhode Islanders 12 and older who reported using marijuana in the past month. That's the highest rate of any state in the nation.

SALON  |  APRIL 27, 2015

1.07 trillion

Number of gallons of water California uses every year to grow almonds, which is more than the state's residents use indoors. Farms, however, are exempt from the state's water restrictions.

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS  |  APRIL 24, 2015

40% to 90%

Range of parked cars with disability placards or license plates on 10 blocks in Washington, D.C. Only 5.3 percent of working-age Americans have ambulatory disability.

THE WASHINGTON POST  |  APRIL 23, 2015

4.6%

Percent of students (519 of them) in Madison, Wis., whose parents refused to let them take the state's standardized tests this year. That's up from 87 last year.

THE WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL  |  APRIL 22, 2015