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Notable numbers: Sharks, health care and $2 a day poverty

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2,835 The number of sharks captured or tagged from Florida to North Carolina in April and May

1,831 The number of sharks captured or tagged in 2012

36 The percentage of New Hampshire registered voters who have a favorable impression of Hillary Clinton

32 The percentage of Iowa registered voters who have a favorable impression of Clinton

53 million The number of freelance workers in the United States in 2014

38 The percentage of millennials who were freelancing

44 The percentage of freelancers who said they had had to deal with clients who refused to pay in the previous year

$6,000 The average amount owed

$5,000 The maximum amount that New Yorkers can sue for in small claims court

1 in 59 The number of American households with children that had cash incomes lower than $2 per person per day in 1996, the commonly used threshold of extreme poverty

1 in 23 The number of households living in extreme poverty by 2011

150 The percentage increase over those 15 years

32,300 The number of North Carolinians who dropped out of Affordable Care Act enrollment between April and June 30

4 Where North Carolina ranks in the country in terms of the number of residents enrolled

$695 What the penalty will be in 2016 for individuals who fail to obtain health insurance

81 The percentage of Americans who make more than $75,000 a year who drink alcohol

66 The percentage who make between $30,000 and $49,000 who do

46 The percentage who make less than $20,000 who do

This story was originally published September 11, 2015 at 4:43 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: Sharks, health care and $2 a day poverty."

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