Notable numbers: Women in technology, NC per capita income and presidential lows

2043 The year the United States is expected to become a majority-minority nation

25 The percentage of tech jobs held by women, a lower percentage than in the 1980s

15 The percentage of executive directors at Fortune 500 companies who are women

78 The percentage of health care and social services jobs held by women

14 The percentage of executives in those two fields who are women

6 Where North Carolina ranks in the country for technology sector employment growth between 2008 and 2013

1 Where North Carolina ranks in percentage of the technology workforce that is female

10 The percentage of children born to college graduates who grow up in single-parent homes

70 The percentage of children born to high school grads who do

16,235 The number of Americans who died from opioids in 2013

175,000 The number of prescription opioid overdoses between 1999 and 2013

2 The percentage increase in spending on higher education in the United States in real dollars over what we spent 25 years ago

60 The percentage increase in enrollment over the same period

30 The percentage decrease in money spent per student over the same period

(Correction: The previous three numbers were incorrectly reported as North Carolina numbers in an earlier version.)

220,000 The number of students in the UNC university system

60,000 The number of people those campuses employ

$1.2 billion The amount of research grants those campuses attract annually

25 The number of states in which students at public universities pay more toward the cost of their education than the state does

3 The number of states that was true for in 2000

4 The number of states including North Carolina that have reduced per-student funding by more than 20 percent since the recession began in 2008

38 Where North Carolina ranked among states in per capita income in 2012

34 Where it ranked in 2002

31 Where it ranked in 1991

22 George W. Bush’s lowest approval rating while in office, according to Pew Research

24 Nixon’s lowest

28 Carter’s lowest

41 Obama’s lowest

4 Where North Carolina ranks in the number of residents getting subsidized health coverage through the Affordable Care Act

This story was originally published March 13, 2015 at 3:14 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: Women in technology, NC per capita income and presidential lows."