Notable numbers: adoptions, airline profits and cheating VWs

40 The percentage of adoptions in the United states that are transracial

28 The percentage that were in 2004

7,092 The number of children U.S. parents adopted from foreign countries in 2013

22,291 The number in 2004

17.3 The percentage of Cumberland County residents who live in poverty

2,465 Where Cumberland County ranks, in the nation’s 2,478 counties, in upward mobility for the poor

$5.5 billion The net income for commercial U.S. airlines this year through June 30

53 The percentage increase in income over the same period last year

30 The percentage decrease in fuel costs over the same time period

40 The times more than the legal limit of nitrogen oxide that Volkswagen’s cheating cars emitted

This story was originally published September 25, 2015 at 4:36 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: adoptions, airline profits and cheating VWs."