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By the Numbers

2 million

The number of Pakistani citizens who pay taxes

180 million

Population of Pakistan

4.5 billion

Amount of U.S. Aid to Pakistan in 2010

$3.5 billion

Revenues at public relations agencies in 1997

$8.75 billion

Revenues at public relations agencies in 2007

56,900

Number of newspaper reporters and editors in the U.S. in 1990

41,600

Number of newspaper reporters and editors in the U.S. today

23

Percent of America’s income now earned by the wealthiest 1 percent of earners, up from 9 percent a generation earlier

Sources: The New Yorker; American Society of News Editors; Marketwatch.com