By the Numbers

1

Million, dollars in fines issued by the village of Schaumburg, Ill. in three months after installing a camera at the Woodfield Mall last November to catch drivers running red lights

3,000

Estimated number of red-light and speed cameras in operation nationwide

38

Percent of high school freshmen in the City of Cleveland who graduate within four years

80

Percent of high school freshmen in Cleveland’s suburbs who graduate within four years

35.2

Million, people who changed residences in the United States from March 2007 to March 2008, the lowest number since 1962

10.5

Months, the average time it took to sell a house in 2008

8.9

Months, the average in 2007

85,000

Americans employed by the wind power industry

70

Percent increase in the number of people employed by the industry since 2007

Sources:  Chicago Tribune; New York Times