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.

63 percent: Area of the lower 48 states covered by drought at the end of the month. 2,000,000: Acres consumed by wildfire during the month, which is 500,000 acres above average. —Joe Spring ...

The annual number of abortions in the United States has trended downward for more than three decades. But in 2018 and 2019, the number of abortions increased two years consecutively for the first ...

The record-breaking tornadoes that swept the United States, by the numbers. Tornadoes ripped through parts of the South and Midwest, leaving behind loss and destruction on a scale difficult to fathom.

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.