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<h1>Most Americans Agree: God Granted the U.S. a Special Place in History</h1>
<p>Average hourly salary of a New Yorker (from the city): $29 <span>1</span></p>&#13;
<p>Average hours per week a New Yorker spends commuting: 6.3 <span>2</span></p>&#13;
<p>Estimated amount per month a New Yorker will pay to live one minute closer to their workplace: $56 <span>3</span></p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Percentage of U.S. adult men who have read a book or listened to an audiobook in the past year: 68</p>&#13;
<p>Percentage of U.S. adult women who have read a book or listened to an audiobook in the past year: 77 <span>4</span></p>&#13;
<p>Number of Pulitzer Prizes in fiction won by male authors writing primarily about male characters or from a male perspective, 2000&ndash;2015: 8</p>&#13;
<p>Number of Pulitzer Prizes in fiction won by female authors writing primarily about female characters or from a female perspective, 2000&ndash;2015: 0 <span>5</span></p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Unique visitors to National Public Radio&rsquo;s website in July 2016: 33 million</p>&#13;
<p>Percentage of unique visitors writing comments on articles in July 2016&nbsp;(found in a study that led NPR to disband its comments section): 0.06 <span>6</span></p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Number of reindeer killed in Norway in August 2016 by a lightning strike: 323 <span>7</span></p>&#13;
<p>Proposed number of reindeer that will be killed by December 2016 to prevent spread of an anthrax bacteria in a remote region of Siberia: 250,000 <span>8</span></p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Percentage of internet users who get their news on a social media site: 62</p>&#13;
<p>Percentage of social media users who get their news on Facebook: 66</p>&#13;
<p>Percentage of Facebook users who seek out their news rather than happen upon it: 38 <span>9</span></p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Percent of Americans who believe God granted the U.S. a special role in human history: 62&nbsp;<span>10</span></p>&#13;
<p>Percent who say the U.S. is setting a good moral example for the world: 43<span><br></span></p>&#13;
<p>Percent who say it is important to show public support for the country, such as displaying the flag: 83</p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Number of known plant species: 350,000 <span>11</span></p>&#13;
<p>Number of known plant species the International Union for Conservation of Nature has evaluated: 12,914</p>&#13;
<p>Number of evaluated plant species threatened with extinction: 8,781 <span>12</span></p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Number of vinyl records sold globally in 1981: 1.1 billion</p>&#13;
<p>Number in 1995: 33 million<span> 13</span></p>&#13;
<p>Number in 2006: 3.1 million</p>&#13;
<p>Number in 2015: 31.5 million <span>14</span></p>&#13;
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<div><span><em><a href="http://www.bls.gov/regions/new-york-new-jersey/summary/blssummary_newyorkcity.pdf" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">1. <span>U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics</span></a><a href="http://www.bls.gov/regions/new-york-new-jersey/summary/blssummary_newyorkcity.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span></span></a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="http://origin-states.politico.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/files/Embargoed%20Hardest%20Working%20Cities%20Study.pdf" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">2. <span>Office of the New York City Comptroller</span></a><a href="http://origin-states.politico.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/files/Embargoed%20Hardest%20Working%20Cities%20Study.pdf" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="http://origin-states.politico.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/files/Embargoed%20Hardest%20Working%20Cities%20Study.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span></span></a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/new-yorkers-will-pay-56-a-month-to-trim-a-minute-off-their-commute/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">3. <span>FiveThirtyEight</span></a><a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/new-yorkers-will-pay-56-a-month-to-trim-a-minute-off-their-commute/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span></span></a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/09/01/book-reading-2016-appendix-a/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">4. <span>Pew Research Center</span></a><a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/09/01/book-reading-2016-appendix-a/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span></span></a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="http://nicolagriffith.com/2015/05/26/books-about-women-tend-not-to-win-awards/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">5. <span>Nicola Griffith</span></a><a href="https://nicolagriffith.com/2015/05/26/books-about-women-tend-not-to-win-awards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span></span></a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2016/08/17/489516952/npr-website-to-get-rid-of-comments" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">6. National Public Radio</a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/29/491818444/323-reindeer-killed-in-lightning-storm-in-norway" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">7. National Public Radio</a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/10/01/russia-plans-to-kill-a-quarter-million-siberian-reindeer-amid-anthrax-fears/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">8. The Washington Post</a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="http://www.journalism.org/2016/05/26/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-2016/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">9. Pew Research Center</a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="http://www.prri.org/research/survey-americans-believe-protests-make-country-better-support-decreases-dramatically-protesters-identified-black/" target="_blank" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">10. Public Religion Research Institute</a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="https://www.bgci.org/policy/1521/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">11. Botanic Gardens Conservation International</a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">12. Center for Biological Diversity</a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="https://musicbusinessresearch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/global-sales.jpg" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">13. Music Business Research</a></em></span></div>&#13;
<div><span><em><a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/537257/vinyl-unit-sales/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">14. Statista</a></em></span></div>&#13;
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<div><span><em>Editor's note: A different version of this article ran in the Winter 2017 print edition of YES! Magazine.</em></span></div>
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Most Americans Agree: God Granted the U.S. a Special Place in History
Average hourly salary of a New Yorker (from the city): $29 1
Average hours per week a New Yorker spends commuting: 6.3 2
Estimated amount per month a New Yorker will pay to live one minute closer to their workplace: $56 3
Percentage of U.S. adult men who have read a book or listened to an audiobook in the past year: 68
Percentage of U.S. adult women who have read a book or listened to an audiobook in the past year: 77 4
Number of Pulitzer Prizes in fiction won by male authors writing primarily about male characters or from a male perspective, 2000–2015: 8
Number of Pulitzer Prizes in fiction won by female authors writing primarily about female characters or from a female perspective, 2000–2015: 0 5
Unique visitors to National Public Radio’s website in July 2016: 33 million
Percentage of unique visitors writing comments on articles in July 2016 (found in a study that led NPR to disband its comments section): 0.06 6
Number of reindeer killed in Norway in August 2016 by a lightning strike: 323 7
Proposed number of reindeer that will be killed by December 2016 to prevent spread of an anthrax bacteria in a remote region of Siberia: 250,000 8
Percentage of internet users who get their news on a social media site: 62
Percentage of social media users who get their news on Facebook: 66
Percentage of Facebook users who seek out their news rather than happen upon it: 38 9
Percent of Americans who believe God granted the U.S. a special role in human history: 62 10
Percent who say the U.S. is setting a good moral example for the world: 43
Percent who say it is important to show public support for the country, such as displaying the flag: 83
Number of known plant species: 350,000 11
Number of known plant species the International Union for Conservation of Nature has evaluated: 12,914
Number of evaluated plant species threatened with extinction: 8,781 12
Number of vinyl records sold globally in 1981: 1.1 billion
Number in 1995: 33 million 13
Number in 2006: 3.1 million
Number in 2015: 31.5 million 14
 
1. U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics
2. Office of the New York City Comptroller
3. FiveThirtyEight
4. Pew Research Center
5. Nicola Griffith
6. National Public Radio
7. National Public Radio
8. The Washington Post
9. Pew Research Center
10. Public Religion Research Institute
11. Botanic Gardens Conservation International
12. Center for Biological Diversity
13. Music Business Research
14. Statista


Editor's note: A different version of this article ran in the Winter 2017 print edition of YES! Magazine.

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