America by the Numbers
250 — Estimated cost of the California wildfires over the past year (in billions) 12 — Insurance payouts related to California wildfires over the past year (in billions) 5 — People who watched Tucker Carlson’s cordial interview with Nick Fuentes (in millions) 11.1 — Tons of Qatari urea being imported into the US by the Koch brothers over the next 15 years (in millions) 62 — Global happiness ranking of Americans under 30 (below Moldova, Bosnia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Cyprus, and the Dominican Republic, and barely above Malaysia) 53 — Increase since 2003 in the percentage of Americans who report having eaten all of their meals alone the previous day 43 — Percentage decline in cases of peanut allergies after US health guidance was reversed, to encourage parents to expose young children to peanuts 27.3 — Millions of Americans who watched Game 7 of the World Series 1 — New rock albums that made it onto the Billboard Top 200 list for 2024 150 — People of Somali descent living in …
