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Default in decline, a foreclosures snapshot: Wednesday, November 25, 2009; BY THE NUMBERS: A comparison of the numbers from 2008 and 2009; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Percentage of residences, including condo units and town homes, that had a default filed with the county between Oct. 1 and Nov. 19. This is commonly the first step of the foreclosure process.

Nevada construction employment takes dive in recession: Monday, November 23, 2009; By the Numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; In September, the construction industry, because of job losses, accounted for the smallest share of Nevada's workforce it has claimed since 1993.

Clark County gaming: Thursday, November 19, 2009; Snapshot: September 2004 to September 2009; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Clark County gaming

How the TSA compensates lost or damaged goods at McCarran: Monday, August 24, 2009; By the Numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; The charts below show the details of lost or damaged property claims leveled against the Transportation Security Administration.

A look at voter turnout by state: Monday, August 10, 2009; By the Numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; A look at voter turnout by state

Once rock-solid child abuse signs now uncertain: Friday, August 7, 2009; DAILY MEMO: COURTS:; By Abigail Goldman; Audrey Edmunds was charged with murdering an infant in her Wisconsin day care center in 1995. At trial, medical experts testified the child’s injuries were pathognomonic — meaning exclusively characteristic — of shaken baby syndrome: retinal bleeding, brain bleeding and brain swelling, conditions sometimes called “the triad.”

Housing affordability and minimum-wage earners: Monday, August 3, 2009; By the Numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 2.2 million of the 75 million hourly workers in the U.S. earn minimum wage and that roughly 1 in 6 U.S. Workers are employed part time.

Unemployment benefits in each state: Monday, July 27, 2009; By the Numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Maximum weekly unemployment benefit allowed in each state, with a label for the average weekly payout in each state.

Valley residents support more than 100 animal medical care facilities: Monday, July 20, 2009; By the Numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; The cost of keeping pets healthy rose more than 2 1/2 times as fast as consumer prices in general over the past 10 years.

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A look at airfares: Monday, July 13, 2009; by the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; A look at airfares in Las Vegas.

Auto sales slumping in Clark County: Monday, July 6, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Figures from TransUnion, one of the nation's largest credit reporting bureaus, show that Nevadans carry the highest average balance on auto loans in the nation.

What students at U.S. public colleges and universities pay: Monday, June 29, 2009; By the numbers:; By Alex Richards; Figures from the U.S. Department of Education show what a typical full-time student attending a public college or university paid in each state during the 2007-08 academic year.

Hunting licenses in Nevada: Monday, June 22, 2009; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Hunting licenses in Nevada

Nevada No. 2 in 18- to 64-year-olds without health insurance: Monday, June 15, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Percentage in each state, age 18 to 64, without health insurance coverage of any kind in 2008.

Comparing home sale prices with a year earlier

Comparing home sale prices with a year earlier: Monday, June 8, 2009; By the Numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; The maps below show median sale prices for single-family homes in each valley ZIP code from March 1 to May 31 of this year, and how they compare to prices during the same period in 2008.

Where recent out-of-state homebuyers are based

Where recent out-of-state homebuyers are based: Monday, June 1, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Although most sales in the local real estate market in 2009 have been short sales or foreclosure properties, movement in the market isn't being propelled solely by bargain-hunting investors.

Demographic changes in Clark County

Demographic changes in Clark County: Tuesday, May 26, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Clark County’s population has grown by more than one-third since 2000, though that rapid growth waned in 2008.

Vacant business addresses on the rise

Vacant business addresses on the rise: Monday, May 18, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Nearly 13 percent of all business addresses in Clark County had been empty for at least three months straight in March.

Have long-term vacancies increased more in your neighborhood than in others?

Have long-term vacancies increased more in your neighborhood than in others?: Monday, May 11, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Long-vacant residences are on the rise in the Las Vegas Valley.

Nevada aircraft collisions with animals

Nevada aircraft collisions with animals: Monday, May 4, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Last month the FAA released records detailing about 100,000 reported wildlife collisions with aircraft in the United States since 1990.

Swimming pool density in the Las Vegas Valley

Swimming pool density in the Las Vegas Valley: Monday, April 27, 2009; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; A map that estimates the number of residents in each ZIP code compared with the number of pools dotting the Las Vegas Valley.

Low turnout for primary vote

Low turnout for primary vote: Monday, April 20, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Residents of Clark County’s cities turned out sparingly in most precincts for the primary vote on April 7. About 1 in 10 residents who could vote cast a ballot.

A history of unemployment in Nevada: Monday, April 13, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Although initial unemployment insurance claims have dropped from a high of nearly 9,000 per week in January, they’re still about 50 percent higher than in the same week last year.

Housing collapse evident in falling tax appraisal values

Housing collapse evident in falling tax appraisal values: Monday, April 6, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; This map shows the average change in tax appraisal value between the close of rolls for fiscal 2009-10 and the previous year for single family homes in the valley, by ZIP code.

Do you know where your power comes from?

Do you know where your power comes from?: Monday, March 30, 2009; By the Numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; A breakdown of where energy generated in Nevada and the United States comes from.

Doctors scarce in Las Vegas compared to other areas: Monday, March 23, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; For the number of people who live in and around Las Vegas, we're woefully short on doctors and health care workers in general.

Foreclosure sales have home market feeling down

Foreclosure sales have home market feeling down: Monday, March 16, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; When Nevadans started to realize they were at the epicenter of a full-blown foreclosure crisis in 2007, riding a rising wave of loan defaults that eventually turned into auctions and bank repossessions, they didn't really understand what was in store for the real estate market.

Home loans: What a difference two years make: Monday, March 9, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; This map shows the difference in loan volume between a boom year (2005) and a bust year (2007).

Home vacancy rates growing in Nevada: Monday, March 2, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Roughly 1 in 23 residential addresses in Clark County (4.31%) were listed as vacant by the postal service at the end of 2008.

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Nevada's aging population not as old as other states: Monday, February 23, 2009; By the numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Nevada has been following a national trend — aging populations.

What’s the holdup at the airport?: Monday, February 16, 2009; By the Numbers:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Vegas air travelers had about a 1 in 5 chance of arriving at McCarran or another destination at least 15 minutes late in 2008.

Valentine's Day: For the factually inclined, romance quantified: Wednesday, February 11, 2009; By the numbers:; By Alex Richards; If you believe Valentine's Day cards should be black like your heart, then this numeric breakdown of amour is for you. Just kidding. You don't have a black heart. It's a shade of burgundy.

By the numbers: Rental cars: Wednesday, February 4, 2009; By Alex Richards; $23 billion: Estimated revenue from passenger car rentals in 2007, according to the U.S. Census

Unemployment in Nevada: Monday, February 2, 2009; by the numbers: A look at the past 10 years of joblessness in Nevada; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; The Sun charts Nevada's unemployment, once comparatively lower than the rest of the nation but up to the fifth highest rate in 2008.

Teen births on the rise: Monday, January 26, 2009; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; Following a national trend, the teenage birth rate in Nevada shot up in 2006 to nearly 56 per 1,000 women ages 15 to 19, according to data released this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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New construction permits slowing: Monday, January 19, 2009; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; Even with a marked slump in home construction in 2008, Clark County still issued permits for more than 12,000 residential units through November — the fifth most of any county in the United States.

A year for foreclosures: Monday, January 12, 2009; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; 2008 was not a good year for homeowners in the Las Vegas Valley.

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How states compare on college admissions tests: Monday, January 5, 2009; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; Shopping standardized test scores — the SAT, the ACT or both — to bolster college applications is commonplace.

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Single family home sales in 2008, Clark County: Monday, December 29, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; New and resale single-family homes, not including condos, multi-unit properties or transactions in a trustee sale.

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Gas prices roughly reflect oil prices: Monday, December 22, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; A look at changing oil and gas prices.

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Glance at changes in rural Nevada: Monday, December 15, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; Last week the U.S. Census released demographic estimates for American counties and cities with as few as 20,000 residents.

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How airlines have cut capacity in their service from Las Vegas: Monday, December 8, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; As air carriers revise their schedules throughout the year, they change routes, the number of flights available and the types of aircraft in service, all of which have a direct effect on capacity.

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One measure of homeowner distress on rise: Monday, December 1, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; Auction and trustee sale notices recorded in Clark County are a good benchmark for the number of properties mired in the foreclosure process — it’s typically the last stop before bank repossession.

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Precinct view of Obama’s win: Monday, November 24, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; The Barack Obama/Joe Biden ticket won Clark County by a 19-point margin, a partisan disparity not seen here in nearly a quarter-century, when Ronald Reagan bested Walter Mondale by 27 points during the 1984 election.

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Indicator of a slowing economy: Monday, November 17, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; Nevada’s gross domestic product is stagnating.

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The ways we cast ballots in Clark County:: Monday, November 10, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS: Since ’96, percentage voting early has grown; By Alex Richards; Just over 17 percent of votes were cast early in 1996, but early voting was easily the method of choice in the 2008 general election.

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Breaking down the early vote: Monday, November 3, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; A look at early voting in the 2008 general election in Clark County

Where the new voters are: Monday, October 27, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; This map shows the percent increase in voters for Las Vegas Valley precincts from June 1 to the close of registration Oct. 14.

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Property stolen, recovered: Monday, October 20, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; The equivalent of $110 in property and money was taken from every person living in the Las Vegas Valley from April 2007 to March 2008.

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The housing bubble in Nevada: How big a slice were ‘subprime’ loans?: Monday, October 13, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; The death knell for the subprime loan in Nevada began to sound in 2007.

The money race in Nevada: Monday, October 6, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; From February through August, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama raised about the same amount in Nevada, just shy of $1 million for each campaign.

Spending in Clark County down, but not evenly among industries: Monday, September 29, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Alex Richards; Sales of goods and services in Clark County haven’t matched last year’s.

Metro-reported auto thefts: Monday, September 8, 2008; BY THE NUMBERS:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Auto thefts reported in Metro's jurisdiction have been on the decline for two years.

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County ahead of population curve: Thursday, August 21, 2008; THE NUMBER:; By Alex Richards; Curious about what the nation’s population will look like in 2050? Just look at Clark County.

Growth-related jobs nose-dive: Thursday, August 14, 2008; THE NUMBERS:; By Chris Morris, Alex Richards; Job losses began to mount in many Nevada business sectors two years ago. Residential construction led the way, with a loss of 10,000 for specialty contractors and 2,300 for homebuilders.

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