America by the Numbers
44.9 — Elon Musk’s compensation package as head of Tesla, in billions45,811 — Average salary of non-CEO Tesla employee, in dollars20 — Multiple of average worker compensation earned by US corporate CEO in 1950271 — Multiple of average worker compensation earned by US CEO in 20163,580 — Current depth of man-made Lake Powell, in feet5,280 — Depth of water covering the surface of Mars if released from a gigantic underground reservoir recently discovered by NASA’s InSight Mars lander, in feet15 — Years that the asteroid-hunting telescope NEOWISE orbited the earth protecting us all from a catastrophic asteroid hit before being retired by NASA this summer1234 — Most common PIN code in America, as derived from recent data breaches25 — Percentage of students at Columbia University coming from other countries in 201155 — Percentage of students at Columbia University coming from other countries in 2022337,117 — Number of people who illegally crossed the southern border into the US in 2015, …
