That’s the percentage of U.S. adults who completely (30%) or mostly (16%) agree that “books that contain dangerous ideas should be banned from public libraries” — the lowest level of support in 20 years.

That’s the percentage of Muslim Americans who say that mosques should express their views on day-to-day social and political matters, 49% of U.S. Muslims take the opposite view.

That’s the percentage of Americans who agree that “when something is run by the government, it is usually inefficient and wasteful.”

That’s the median weekly earnings of Latino workers in the second quarter of 2006 — up from $423 in the second quarter of 2005.

That’s the percentage of American adults who support finding “a middle ground” when it comes to abortion. Three-in-ten Americans believe “there’s no room for compromise when it comes to abortion laws.”

That’s the portion of Gen Next Americans (ages 18-25) who say they are both going to school and working either part-time or full-time.

That’s the percentage of Americans who can name a favorite journalist or news person; in 1985, 65% of Americans could identify a favorite.

That’s the number of Americans who agree that “the rich just get richer while the poor get poorer” — an 8-point increase since 2002.

About one-in-five among the public say that today’s fathers are doing a better job compared with fathers a generation ago; far fewer (9%) say that today’s mothers are doing a better job than their predecessors.