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Notable numbers: House Bill 2, UNC enrollment and living with Mom

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39 The percentage decrease in the orders for Class 8 trucks – vehicles with gross weight ratings exceeding 33,000 pounds – in the year ending in April

13,500 The number of trucks that operators ordered in April

46,000 The number of trucks ordered in October 2014

73 The percentage of Republicans who have an unfavorable view of blacks, Hispanics, gays and lesbians and transgender people as a whole relative to whites

59 The percentage of independents who have an unfavorable view of those groups

41 The percentage of Democrats who have an unfavorable view

35 The percentage of American men ages 18 to 35 who lived with a parent in 2014

28 The percentage of men those ages living with a spouse or partner

29 The percentage of American women those ages who lived with a parent in 2014

35 The percentage of women living with a spouse or partner

48.1 The percentage of young adults in the European Union’s 28 member nations who were living with their parents in 2014

54.4 The percentage of men that age living at home in the EU

41.7 The percentage of women

18.6 The percentage of young adults in Denmark living with parents in 2014

72.5 The percentage living with their parents in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia

48.9 The percentage of those ages 20 to 34 who were living with their parents in Japan in 2012

29.5 How many young Japanese were living with their parents in 1980

44 The percentage of North Carolinians in a Public Policy poll this week who said they oppose House Bill 2

35 The percentage who said they support it

21 The percentage who said they weren’t sure

56 The percentage who said the new law hurts the state economically

29 The percentage who think it’s helping the economy

41 The percentage of support both Gov. Pat McCrory and Attorney General Roy Cooper received in the same poll

15 The percentage of American adults who smoked last year

42 The percentage who smoked about 50 years ago

75 The birthday Bob Dylan celebrated this week

90 The percentage of working mothers who say they feel rushed all or some of the time

34,015 Enrollment at N.C. State University 2014-15

29,084 Enrollment at UNC-Chapel Hill

28,289 Enrollment at East Carolina

27,983 Enrollment at UNC Charlotte

16.4 State appropriations as a percentage of revenues at UNC-CH 2013-14

32.6 The percentage at ECU, the next lowest

55.5 The percentage at the N.C. School of the Arts, the highest

47.4 The percentage at Winston-Salem State University, the next highest

1 Where UNC-CH ranks on Kiplinger’s list of best value in public universities

Notable numbers

Statistics from the past week that deserve a doubletake

39 The percentage decrease in the orders for Class 8 trucks – vehicles with gross weight ratings exceeding 33,000 pounds – in the year ending in April

13,500 The number of trucks that operators ordered in April 15

46,000 The number of trucks ordered in October 2014

73 The percentage of Republicans who have an unfavorable view of blacks, Hispanics, gays and lesbians and transgender people as a whole relative to whites

59 The percentage of independents who have an unfavorable view of those groups

41 The percentage of Democrats who have an unfavorable view

35 The percentage of American men ages 18 to 35 who lived with a parent in 2014

28 The percentage of men those ages living with a spouse or partner

29 The percentage of American women those ages who lived with a parent in 2014

35 The percentage of women living with a spouse or partner

48.1 The percentage of young adults in the European Union’s 28 member nations who were living with their parents in 2014

54.4 The percentage of men that age living at home in the EU

41.7 The percentage of women

18.6 The percentage of young adults in Denmark living with parents in 2014

72.5 The percentage living with their parents in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia

48.9 The percentage of those ages 20 to 34 who were living with their parents in Japan in 2012

29.5 How many young Japanese were living with their parents in 1980

44 The percentage of North Carolinians in a Public Policy poll this week who said they oppose House Bill 2

35 The percentage who said they support it

21 The percentage who said they weren’t sure

56 The percentage who said the new law hurts the state economically

29 The percentage who think it’s helping the economy

41 The percentage of support both Gov. Pat McCrory and Attorney General Roy Cooper received in the same poll

15 The percentage of American adults who smoked last year

42 The percentage who smoked about 50 years ago

75 The birthday Bob Dylan celebrated this week

90 The percentage of working mothers who say they feel rushed all or some of the time

34,015 Enrollment at N.C. State University 2014-15

29,084 Enrollment at UNC-Chapel Hill

28,289 Enrollment at East Carolina

27,983 Enrollment at UNC Charlotte

16.4 State appropriations as a percentage of revenues at UNC-CH 2013-14

32.6 The percentage at ECU, the next lowest

55.5 The percentage at the N.C. School of the Arts, the highest

47.4 The percentage at Winston-Salem State University, the next highest

1 Where UNC-CH ranks on Kiplinger’s list of best value in public universities

This story was originally published May 27, 2016 at 5:00 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: House Bill 2, UNC enrollment and living with Mom."

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