Keeping Track of the National Report Card

I am going to use this information as a Score Card to try to understand where we are as a nation and to serve as a benchmark to help evaluate the new administration.

Every year that goes by, I just might send a Report Card to the White House.

United States Population: 

318.9 Million (2016)

National Debt: 

$13.62 trillion (January 2016)

Health:

Life Expectancy: 78.74 years (2012)

Percentage of Americans without Health Insurance: 11.0% (2016)

Cancer Deaths: 564,800 (2015)

Heart Disease Deaths: 610,000 (2015)

Auto Accident Deaths: 32,000 (2013)

Reported legal abortions: 664,435 (2013)

Number of births: 3,988,076 (2014)

Number of Americans with Alzheimer's: 5.4 Million

Employment and Economics:

Unemployment rate: 4.9% (August 2016)

Median household income: $55,775

Average Price of a Home: $188,900

Average Gas Price: 2.32 per gallon (Jan 2017)

Percent of people who fell below the poverty line—$24,250 for a family of four: 13.5%

(43.1 Million people.)

Percent of upper middle-class citizens -- making between $100,000 and $350,000 a year: 29.4%

(2014)  

Number of U.S. millionaires: 10.4 Million 

Number of U.S. billionaires: 540

Number of people who used homeless shelters: 1.49 million (2014)

Number of people sleeping on the streets: 578,424 (2014)

Average Tax Rate: 21%

Dow Jones: 18,161.19 (Oct 30th, 2016) 

Military during Obama's Administration: 

End of 2016: There are currently 5,000 troops in Iraq and 10,000 troops in Afghanistan. 

2,499 military personnel lost their lives during Obama's Administration.

Approximately 30,000 terrorists (jihadist militants) were killed during Obama's Administration.

117 civilians were killed by drone strikes.

Crime and Punishment:  

There were 15,696 murders in the USA during 2015. 

There were an estimated 90,185 rapes in 2015. 

There were 327,374 robberies in 2015.

Property crimes resulted in losses estimated at $14.3 billion in 2015. 

963 people were killed by Police Officers in 2016.

140 Officers died in the line of duty in 2016. (63 died from gunfire.) 

Current prison population: Federal Prisons: 211,000  /  State Prisons: 1,351,000

There were 28 executions in 2015 and 20 executions in 2016. 

Marriage and Divorce: 

Number of marriages: 2,140, 272 (49 reporting States and D.C) (2014)

Marriage rate: 6.9 per 1,000 total population (49 reporting States and D.C) (2014)

Divorce rate: 3.2 per 1,000 population (45 reporting States and D.C.) (2014)

Immigration: 

Legal Immigrant Population: 42.4 Million

Unauthorized Immigrant Population: 10.9 Million

Deportations during the Obama Administration: 2 million

Education: 

High School Graduation Rate: 82.3% (2014)

Average yearly cost for state college: $9,650 (2016)

Average yearly cost for private college: $33,480 (2016)

2010 US Worldwide School Ranking for USA: 14th in Reading / 25th in Math / 17th in Science

2015 Worldwide School Ranking for USA:  29th in Math and Science

Number students earning associate and bachelor’s degrees: 2,804,133 (2015)