Article posted Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:38pm

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Percent increase in the number of Americans collecting Social Security benefits this year

6

Billion dollars, the amount paid out in Social Security benefits in August beyond what it took in

17

Percent increase in disability claims this year, to more than 3 million

89,000

Number of women who reported being raped in 2008, the lowest number in 20 years. The high of 109,062 reported rapes was recorded in 1992.

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Percent of crime guns recovered by Milwaukee police over the last four years that were purchased from Badger Guns, and its predecessor, Badger Outdoors

143

Short-time-to-crime guns traced back to Badger Guns in the first eight months of 2009

37,234,785

The number of American citizens born on foreign soil

54,327,142

Number of American citizens (over the age of 5) who speak a language other than English at home

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; United States Census Bureau