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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally in Purchase on Thursday.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally in Purchase on Thursday. AP

Statistics from the past week that deserve a doubletake

19 NCAA basketball tournament Final Four berths the University of North Carolina has earned, the most in history

17 Final Four berths by Kentucky and UCLA, second in history

16 Final Four berths Duke has earned, third in history

3 Final Four berths N.C. State has earned

5 NCAA basketball championships the Tar Heels have won

4 NCAA basketball championship game losses for UNC

$99,000 Amount members of the U.S. women’s World Cup soccer team can earn if they win all 20 exhibitions, according to a lawsuit

$263,320 What members of the U.S. men’s World Cup soccer team can earn by winning all their exhibitions

$30,000 What each member of the U.S. women’s national team earns for making the World Cup, according to the lawsuit

$68,750 What each member of the U.S. men’s national team earns for making the World Cup

11 Percentage of voters who perceive Hillary Clinton as a great president, according to a Pew Research Center poll

10 Percentage of voters who perceive Bernie Sanders as a great president

10 Percentage of voters who perceive Donald Trump as a great president

7 Percentage of voters who perceive Ted Cruz as a great president

5 Percentage of voters who perceive John Kasich as a great president

44 Percentage of voters who perceive Donald Trump as a terrible president

30 Percentage of voters who perceive Hillary Clinton as a terrible president

21 Percentage of voters who perceive Bernie Sanders as a terrible president

19 Percentage of voters who perceive Ted Cruz as a terrible president

7 Percentage of voters who perceive John Kasich as a terrible president

$100 million-plus Potential economic benefit to a city hosting the X Games, with Charlotte in the running unless sponsors withdraw because of HB2, the law banning localities from establishing anti-discrimination ordinances stricter than the state’s

$100 million-plus Potential economic benefit to Charlotte for hosting the 2017 NBA All-Star Game, now possibly threatened because of the league's opposition to HB2

$300 million Economic benefit to city of Houston for hosting the 2016 NCAA Final Four; NCAA opposed to HB2

$7 million One estimate of lost economic benefit to South Carolina through boycotts while the state was flying the Confederate flag on the Capitol grounds

This story was originally published April 1, 2016 at 9:59 PM with the headline "Notable numbers."

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