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Notable numbers: Home sales, presidential preferences and life expectancy

74 The percentage of Americans who say they would vote for a gay or lesbian presidential candidate

73 The percentage who say they would vote for an evangelical Christian

60 The percentage who would vote for a Muslim

58 The percentage who would vote for an atheist

47 The percentage who would vote for a socialist

30.2 The percentage of American women 25 and older who have four-year college degrees

29.9 The percentage of men that age who do

$42,000 Median earnings last year for women whose highest credential is a bachelor’s degree

$46,000 Median earnings for men whose highest credential is an associate degree

26.6 The number of more years a man born in 1930 who reached age 50 could expect to live if he were in the lowest income bracket

31.7 The number more years he could expect to live if he were in the highest bracket

26.6 The number of more years a man born in 1960 who reached age 50 can expect to live if he’s in the lowest income bracket

39 The number more years those men in the highest income bracket can expect to live

11 The percentage decrease in the number of homes for sale in Durham, Johnston, Orange and Wake counties at the end of September over the same period a year ago

38 The percentage decrease in the number of homes for sale over the same period four years ago

42 The average number of days on the market of the homes that sold in the third quarter

66 The average number of days on the market over the same period last year

This story was originally published October 16, 2015 at 1:34 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: Home sales, presidential preferences and life expectancy."

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