In honor of the numerous standing ovations President Obama received during the State of the Union address, here are a number facts about things relevant to the President’s speech. 

Before we begin, I have a confession. Originally this was going to be a quantity of stats equal to the exact number of standing ovations our Commander in Chief received Tuesday night; unfortunately, somewhere along the line I started channeling my inner Boehner and lost track of why people were standing and sitting. As a result, I’m rolling with 44 stats in honor of Obama being our 44th president. Read them and weep.

42 - Percent of the country who approve of the job President Obama is doing, 12 points below the historic presidential average. 

9 – Percent of the country who approve of the job the Legislature is doing, the lowest ever. 

28 – Percent of people who think the country is on the right track. 

10 – Number of consecutive years the majority of the country has felt we’re on the right track.

100 – Percent of Vice President Biden’s teeth that look like they’re made of porcelain.

36 – Senate seats up for reelection in 2014 (21 currently held by Democrats, 15 by Republicans.) 

53 – Democrats in the senate currently.

 48 – Democrats predicted to be in the senate after midterm elections by some experts. (With three seats still seen as a toss up.)

 6 – Senate seats Republicans need to win to take control of the senate.

 435 – Congressional seats up for reelection in 2014.

 218 – Number of congressmen (and women) needed for a majority in the house. 

 232 – Republicans in Congress currently.

213 – Republicans predicted to be in congress after midterm elections (with 45 seats predicted as “open.”) 

30 – Number of seats the non-presidential party gains in the house in the sixth year of a two-term president. 

4 – Number of victims needed for the FBI to classify something as a “mass killing.”

30 – Number of mass killings in the United States in 2013.

25 – Number of those that were shootings.

2 – Number of sentences President Obama devoted to talking about guns.

44 – Number of people in millions who don’t have health insurance in the United States.

3 – Number of people in millions who have signed up for private health insurance through state or federal exchanges. 

634 – Number of dollars in millions the government spent to create those online marketplaces. 

9,298,666,666 – Number of dollars in billions the government would have to spend at that rate to get everyone covered.

120 – Number of dollars in millions the national debt went up during President Obama’s speech.

15 – Maximum amount of minutes it took for John Boehner to stop paying attention.

32 – Percent of citizens who approve of the United States’ agreement with nuclear Iran.

40 – Years since the high school graduation rate in the United States has been this high. 

75 – Percent of students who will graduate high school this year.

1 – United States world ranking for education expenses.

15,571 – Number of dollars the United States spends on each student every year.

5,500 – Number of students who will drop out of high school every school day this year.

6.7 – Current unemployment rate.

5 – Years since the unemployment rate was that low.

10.4 – Million people still looking for a job. 

40 – Percent of oil used in the United States’ that has to be imported. 

7.25 – Dollars you earn every hour at a minimum wage job. 

11,490 – Dollars you have to make in a one person household to be above the federal poverty line. 

15,080 – Dollars you earn in a year at a full time, minimum wage, job.

10,356 – How much the average one bedroom apartment costs a year in the United States.

4,724 – How many dollars you’re expected to pay for the rest of your life with if you work a minimum wage job and have an average apartment. 

5 – Years it has been since the minimum wage was increased.

19.4 – Number of people in millions to join food stamps since President Obama took office.

3,671 – How many dollars more you pay in health care premiums than you did when the President took office.

79 – Percent increase in the cost of a gallon of gas since 2008.

0 – Number of things mentioned in the State of the Union that will actually happen this year. We’re nothing if not consistent. 

 

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