United States: By the Numbers Almanac 2017 August 13, 2017. More than 40 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds in the country are enrolled in college.

Here’s what the numbers tell us about the heat and how it is affecting Americans. More than 100 million people in the United States are currently under excessive heat warnings and heat advisories.

The United States had the second-highest number of gun deaths with 37,200. The report noted that in the U.S., mass shootings receive a great deal of media attention, however, they account for a ...