In Wisconsin, over the past few decades, the number of fatal car crashes due to alcohol-induced driving has decreased.

Dreaming of a white Christmas? Your odds are better if you live up north than in Milwaukee.

Homicides, as in other parts of the country, have risen in Wisconsin in recent years. According to figures gathered and published by the FBI, Milwaukee suffers more than half of homicides in Wisconsin in most years, though the city has about one-tenth of the state’s population.

Since the end of World War II, the average number of milk cows living in Wisconsin each year has halved in size, yet the annual production of milk in the state has doubled.

Apart from a few outliers, the data show a correlation between states that Wisconsin taxpayers are moving to and from — and the difference between those states’ top income tax rates and Wisconsin’s.

The percentage of Wisconsin workers who are employed in the manufacturing and retail sectors has been on a steady decline over the past two decades.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — colloquially known as “food stamps” and, in Wisconsin, also called FoodShare — has grown over time both in the number of people receiving benefits and in the percentage of households doing so.

The annual ridership on the existing Amtrak “Hiawatha” service between Milwaukee and Chicago had been rising slowly prior to the pandemic, rising about 18% over the 10-year period up to 2019, when ridership hit a peak of 873,537.

The average annual wages paid to professors at University of Wisconsin campuses have generally risen, but the rate at which they’ve risen varies widely — as do the campus averages.

Since 2009, Wisconsin district school enrollment is down 8.3%, or 72,032 students. Independent charter school enrollment is up 81%, or 5,185 students. Choice school enrollment is up 163%, or 34,021 students.

The Hop’s monthly ridership in 2023 to date has averaged 42,867 passenger trips. The figure for the Milwaukee County Transit System, the largest bus system in Wisconsin, is 1,591,560.

Wisconsin’s Forward Exam, used since 2015-16, tests all students in grades 3 through 8 on reading and math every year, though the 2019-20 school year was skipped.

Students’ performance is ranked as “advanced,” “proficient,” “basic” or “below basic.”

The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh plans to cut about 200 staff and administrators as it deals with an $18 million deficit in its budget.