Notable numbers: education spending, cohabitating and who wins against whom
$1.7 million Revenue lost from the decision by the Community Transportation Association of America to cancel plans to bring 1,000 people to Wake County in June 2018 for a weeklong event because of House Bill 2. The Washington, D.C.-based association will instead hold its event in Baltimore
41 The percentage of transgender people who attempt suicide at some point in their lives
4.6 The percentage of the general population who do
$11,841 The U.S. national average of money spent per public school student in 2013, according to Education Week
$8,867 The average spent per student in North Carolina that year, adjusted for regional cost differences
$7,373 What Wake County spent per student that year, adjusted for regional differences
$9,713 What Durham County schools spent
$7,538 What Charlotte- Mecklenburg schools spent
6 in 10 The proportion of Americans in 2002 who said they thought it was OK for a young couple to live together without being married
7 in 10 The proportion who said that 2011-2013
46.7 The percentage of American women who agreed in 2002 that, “Divorce is usually the best solution when a couple can’t seem to work out their marriage problems”
38 The percentage of women who agreed 2011-2013
44.3 The percentage of American men who agreed with that statement in 2002
39.3 The percentage who agreed 2011-2013
73 The percentage of Americans who say it is very important (10 on a 0-10 scale) to work hard to get ahead in life
60 The percentage of Britons who said that
49 The percentage of Germans
35 The percentage of Italians
25 The percentage of French
21 The percentage of Greeks
57 The percentage of Americans who disagreed with the statement, “Success in life is pretty much determined by forces outside our control”
55 The percentage of Brits who disagreed
50 The percentage of French who disagreed
37 The percentage of Greeks who disagreed
32 The percentage of Italians who disagreed
31 The percentage of Germans who disagreed
68 The percentage of American voters who said this week that they couldn’t imagine themselves casting a vote in the general election for Donald Trump
61 The percentage who said that about Ted Cruz
58 The percentage who said that about Hillary Clinton
48 The percentage of the vote John Kasich would get against Hillary Clinton in November, the average of most recent polls calculated by Real Clear Politics
40.2 What Clinton would get against Kasich
48.8-39.5 What the Clinton-Donald Trump vote would be
52.8-37.6 What the Bernie Sanders-Trump vote would be
45.3-43 What the Clinton-Ted Cruz vote would be
46.2-42.2 What the Sanders-Kasich vote would be
This story was originally published April 22, 2016 at 5:00 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: education spending, cohabitating and who wins against whom."