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Workers rally in Los Angeles on April 4 after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022.
Workers rally in Los Angeles on April 4 after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. AP

Statistics from the past week that deserve a doubletake

$7.25 Hourly minimum wage in North Carolina

$15 Hourly minimum wage in New York and California, after gradual increases

25 cents The first federal minimum hourly wage, in 1938

2009 The year of the last increase in the federal minimum wage

3 Margin of Villanova’s victory over UNC-Chapel Hill in the NCAA championship game

10 million Tears shed on Franklin Street after the loss

.327 UNC’s 3-point field-goal percentage for the 2015-16 season

.647 UNC’s 3-point field-goal percentage (11-for-17) vs. Villanova in the championship game

.348 UNC’s 2-point field-goal percentage vs. Villanova

.482 UNC’s oveall field-goal percentage for the season

.429 UNC’s field-goal percentage vs. Villanova

36-32 Villanova’s advantage in points in the paint

0-6 UNC’s record when outscored in the paint

$380 million Donald Trump’s income since January 2014, in Federal Election Commission filing

$110,000 Trump’s Screen Actor’s Guild pension

92 Number of pages in Trump’s disclosure form

$265 million What the same form shows Trump owes in debt

$14,222 Trump’s salary

44 Percentage of adults who have visited a public library or bookmobile in the past 12 months, according the Pew Research Center

53 Percentage of adults who had in the past 12 months in November 2012

31 Percentage of adults who have used a public library website in the past 12 months

25 Percentage of adults who had one in the past 12 months in November 2012

236 The percentage increase in students in Wake County high schools who have registered to vote this year, compared to the last

$705 How much Rep. Dan Bishop, the Charlotte Republican who sponsored HB2, spent on PayPal services during this election cycle, according to campaign finance records

$1,687 How much Senate leader Phil Berger has spent on PayPal services during this election cycle

15 Seasons of ‘American Idol’

30 million Viewers ‘Idol’ attracted during the 2006 season, which featured N.C. natives Chris Daughtry and Kellie Pickler

5 Of the all-time top-selling 11 ‘Idol’ contestants are from North Carolina

2 ‘Idol’ winners from North Carolina (2004 Fantasia Barrino of High Point; 2011 Scotty McCreery of Garner)

5 million Albums sold by 2003 runner-up and Raleigh native Clay Aiken

This story was originally published April 8, 2016 at 7:50 PM with the headline "Notable Numbers."

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