Number of new microorganisms that have been discovered on urban mass-transit systems since 2016
: 11,676
Portion of unruly-passenger incidents on U.S. flights this year that involved face masks
: 3/4
Estimated percentage by which parking demand will decline across the United States by 2050
: 40
Number of New York City parking spots that were converted into outdoor dining areas during the pandemic
: 8,550
Percentage of U.S. streets closed during the pandemic that have reopened or are scheduled to reopen to traffic
: 85
Number of people admitted to Phoenix’s burn unit last summer after contact with hot asphalt, sidewalks, or sand
: 104
Number of those people who died
: 7
Minimum portion of the world’s mature giant sequoias that were killed in a single wildfire last year
: 1/10
Percentage decline in California’s monarch butterfly population since the 1980s
: 99.7
Estimated number of additional humans who will be exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes by 2080
: 950,000,000
Number of serious injuries that occur at Amazon warehouses for every 200,000 hours worked
: 5.9
Percentage of Europeans who would prefer to have packages delivered by a robot or drone instead of a human
: 35
Who would like to see artificial intelligence replace some of their legislative representatives
: 51
Minimum number of candidates for local office in Mexico this year who were murdered before the June elections
: 34
Percentage by which atheists are more likely than religious Americans to oppose the death penalty for murder
: 76
Percentage of Americans who thought religion was gaining influence in the United States a year ago
: 38
Percentage change this year in the share of Democrats who regard the country’s moral values as “poor”
: –29
In the number of Republicans
: +65
Percentage of Democrats who have a favorable view of critical race theory
: 86
Of Republicans who have an unfavorable view of it
: 91
Percentage by which Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say they have a “good idea” of what it is
: 34
Factor by which high-income college applicants are more likely than low-income applicants to write essays about mental health
: 1.5
Number of U.S. prisoners who requested compassionate release from the Bureau of Prisons during the pandemic last year
: 30,969
Number of these prisoners whose requests were approved
: 36
Minimum number who died while their requests were pending
: 35
Chance that a European Union resident who received public services last year did so through a personal connection
: 1 in 3
Percentage decrease in the number of families reporting depression and anxiety after the last two rounds of stimulus checks
: 20
In the number of families reporting food shortages
: 42
Percentage increase last year in the sale of vacation homes in the United States
: 16
Portion of U.S. millennial homeowners who have “some regrets” about purchasing a house
: 2/3
Date on which China announced that it would allow couples to have a third child
: 5/31/21
Percentage of women surveyed in the central Chinese city of Xi’an who say they would like to have three children
: 8
Percentage of American men in relationships who think their partner is more attractive than they are
: 37
Of American women in relationships who think so
: 14
