Number of times a Cleveland County, N.C., dog named Parker Carroll has been a write-in candidate for mayor: Two
Number of tries it took Parker Carroll’s owner, the son of a former election precinct official, to get the dog registered to vote: One
The increase in RDU passenger count during 1999: 24 percent
Increase at Washington Dulles Airport, the nation’s fastest-growing, the same year: 26 percent
Decrease in air fares over the same time period: 20 percent
Average annual snowfall in Raleigh: 2.3 inches
Snowfall in Raleigh so far in 2000: 22 inches
Harnett County’s Godwin Manufacturing Company’s share of the nation’s total snow removal equipment market: Two-thirds
Office workers who claim they sort and straighten their desk on a daily basis: 78 percent
Workers who admit to having a desk that’s out of control: 4 percent
Total attendance for North Carolina Museum of Art in 1998–99: 252,654
Attendance at the museum for 1999–00: 351,662
Number of vehicles effectively erased from the air quality picture for every 100 that purchase a new kind of low-emission gas: 6700
Number of North Carolina gas stations now offering the new product: 4
Number of years to go before the gas must be offered at all stations: 3
Amount the tobacco trade balance fell in 1999: $1 billion
Percent decrease in U.S. smokers in the same period: 7 percent
Increase in cigar smoking and chewing tobacco: 2 percent
Total North Carolina clam harvest a year: 700,000 pounds
The harvest’s market worth: $5 million
Number of teens giving birth last year was lower in the United States than in 1999: 1939
Decline in births to black teen mothers since 1991: One-third
Current U.S. ranking among industrialized nations when it comes to teens giving birth: 1