$126,400 The median net worth, the value of assets minus the value of debts, in the United States in 2007

$77,300 The median net worth in 2010, down 39 percent

8 The percentage of the nation’s 22.7 million veterans who are women

15 The projection for women’s share in 2035

30 The percentage of the state’s third-graders who failed the state end-of-grade reading test last year

3 The percentage of those who repeated the grade

29 The number of states where gay workers can be fired or denied promotions simply because they’re gay

250,000 The number of Americans living with a spinal-cord injury; 52 percent of those are paraplegic