Notable numbers: College debt, foreign-born residents and what women make

48 The percentage of American parents who think their children should pay part or all of the cost of college

39 The percentage who thought that four years ago

$28,950 The average debt for an American undergraduate in 2014

21,579 The number of North Carolinians enrolled in 79 for-profit two-year and four-year institutions

51 The percentage of those students who are African-American

$16,533 The average debt of those enrolled in two-year for-profit institutions

$9,728 The debt load of the average student at a two-year public college

42 The percentage of for-profit student borrowers who were able to make even one dollar toward the principal of the loan after three years

70 The percentage of student borrowers from the state’s private colleges who did

62 The percentage of borrowers from the state’s public colleges who did

16 The percentage of U.S. public schools that had student bodies that were at least 75 percent black or Hispanic and poor in 2013-14

9 The percentage of schools like that in 2001

439 The number of U.S. occupations, out of 446, in which women earn less than men, according to the Wall Street Journal

$209,596 The median salary for male physicians and surgeons

$135,169 The median salary for female physicians and surgeons

$71,283 The median salary for male credit counselors and loan officers

$47,409 The median salary for female credit counselors and loan officers

$22,926 The median salary for male cashiers

$19,822 The median salary for female cashiers

46.6 million The number of people born in another country who were living in the United States last year

12 million The number of those who were born in Mexico

2.1 million The number born in China

1.97 million The number born in India

880,000 The number of people born in the United States who were living in Mexico in 2015

340,000 The number of U.S.-born people living in Canada

210,000 The number living in the United Kingdom

12 million The number of foreign-born people living in Germany and Russia, the number next highest to the U.S. number

5 The number of states that have adopted travel bans to North Carolina because of House Bill 2

21 The number of local governments that have adopted travel bans to North Carolina because of HB2

35 The number of years that workers in North Carolina who have been fired because of their religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex or handicap have been able to bring claims in state court – a right denied them by a provision in HB2, according to N.C. Justice Center

Correction: The May 14 Notable Numbers mischaracterized the meaning of modal deaths in a given year. It’s not true that “for every 100,000 people born, most died before their first birthdays.” The largest group of deaths in any year was the group of deaths in the first year. A better number: For every 1,000 live births in 1900, 100 infants died before the age of 1.

This story was originally published May 20, 2016 at 4:27 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: College debt, foreign-born residents and what women make."