-Number of breweries in Portland: 53
-Number of barrels of beer Oregon breweries brewed in 2012: 1.3 million
-Number of signatures on the online petition asking the U.S. government to deport Justin Bieber: 261,412
-Percentage of children from the ages of 2-5 in 2009 and 2010 considered overweight: 26
-Percent of U.S. teenagers who reported experiencing “extreme stress” during the school year: 27
-Average student debt among the 60 percent of college students graduated in 2012 with student loans: $26,500
-Percentage of Americans who owned their own house in 2012: 63.9
-Percentage of Americans age 5 and older who spoke a language other than English at home in 2012: 21
-Percentage of American Indians and Alaska Natives living in poverty in 2012: 29.1
-Percentage of the population living in poverty in 2012: 15.9
-Number of female veterans in the U.S. in 2012: 1.6 million
-Percentage of Oregon’s Millennial generation population (people aged 16-30) who volunteer: 27.9
-Percentage of U.S. energy that comes from renewable sources: 13
-Oregon high school graduation rate in 2010: 76.3
-Percentage of American households who lacked access to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members in 2012: 14.5
Water Footprint Network; Oregon Brewer’s Guild; whitehouse.gov; American University; College Board; U.S. Census Bureau; Corporation for National and Community Service; International Energy Agency; Institute of Education Sciences; United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service
This article appears in 2014-03-14.