Notable numbers: Nepal, Baltimore and our wealthiest neighbor

Statistics from the past week that deserve a doubletake

6,200 The ever-rising death toll from the earthquake in Nepal

125 The number of ethnic groups living in Nepal

127 The number of languages spoken there

1 in 15 The number of children in the United States who have an unauthorized parent

101 The number of lynchings in North Carolina between 1882 and 1968

85 The percentage of the victims who were black

18.4 The U.S. federal gasoline tax, in cents a gallon – the same since 1993

10 Adjust for inflation, what that 18.4 cents is in 2015

3 Where the United States ranks, from the bottom, on gas taxes in the world; only Kuwait and Saudi Arabia tax gas less

458 The number of deaths from police shootings in the United States in 2013

8 The number in Germany

0 The number in Britain and Japan

15 The number of structural fires during the violence in Baltimore

144 The number of vehicle fires

19 The number of police officers injured

$7.5 billion What Jim Goodnight of SAS is worth, making him the richest person in North Carolina

$42.7 billion What David Koch is worth, making him the richest person in New York

$78.8 billion What Bill Gates is worth, making him the richest person in Washington state (and the United States)

10 The number out of the 50 richest Americans who simply inherited their fortunes

$320 million What money manager Robert Gillam of Alaska is worth, making him that state’s richest person but the poorest richest person of the 50 who are the top in his or her state

70 The number of bills the N.C. House passed in 10 hours during the race to beat the crossover deadline in the General Assembly

1 Where Switzerland ranks on the world happiness scale

15 Where the United States ranks

156 Where Syria ranks

This story was originally published May 1, 2015 at 5:34 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: Nepal, Baltimore and our wealthiest neighbor."