Fact: Economy

Every week, more than 115,000 people move into a slum somewhere in Africa, Asia, or Latin America. Every day, around 50,000 people die needlessly as a result of being denied the essentials of life.
—STWR.org
Private educational services and state colleges also experienced modest employment growth over the last four years, adding just over 300,000 jobs between them.
—CNN Money 
25: percentage of drop in Detroit’s population from 2000 to 2010, according to Census figures; at 713,77 the count was the lowest in a century.
—TIME
Fully 76 percent of young adults believe their personal financial situation will improve over the course of the next year, compared with fewer than half of those ages 30 and older.
–Pew Research Center
85 percent of US college students who are moving back home after graduation, according to a new survey.
—TIME
Most low-income countries saw trade gains in 2010 and, overall, their GDP rose 5.3 percent in 2010. This was supported by a pick-up in commodity prices, and to a lesser extent in remittances and tourism. Their prospects are projected to strengthen even more, with growth of 6.5 percent in both 2011 and 2012, respectively.
—World Bank
97: percentage stocks are up since their low in March 2009.
—TIME
6 in 10 workers hold no hope of receiving Social Security.
—Gallup
33 percent of Americans believe the economic stimulus passed by Congress in 2009 has helped the job situation.
—Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
1 million: number of health care jobs added to the economy since the start of the economic downturn.
—CNN Money