Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006

Numbers

46 Number of states where the immigrant population has grown since 2000. South Carolina had the fastest growth: 47%

23.5% Percentage of the population that is non-Hispanic white in Hawaii--up 6%--one of two states where the percentage of whites is growing. The other is West Virginia

50% Percentage of 12-to-17-year-olds surveyed who said drugs, alcohol or both are available at teen parties

80% Percentage of parents who do not think alcohol or marijuana is available at teen parties

$125 million Amount pledged last week by New York City's billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, to fund the new Worldwide Stop Smoking Initiative

200,000 Estimated number of New Yorkers who have quit smoking since 2002, when Bloomberg banned lighting up in workplaces

24% Percentage of Americans polled who could name two U.S. Supreme Court Justices

77% Percentage who could name two of Snow White's seven dwarfs

Sources: AP; Census Bureau; National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (2); New York Daily News (2); Zogby (2)