Long Island by the Numbers

More than 65,000 Payment Protection Program loans have been made out to LI businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.

Reserve funds are up to a record $2.6 billion across Long Island, and questions about state and federal funding could mean districts will dig into them soon.

Long Island school districts plan to spend $13.4 billion in the 2020-21 school year, which would represent an average spending hike of 1.8%, or about $242 million, if approved.

The State Legislature has approved a plan for slightly more than $3.3 billion in aid to public school districts on Long Island.

Long Island school districts are planning to ask for more than $9.2 billion in tax levies this spring for their 2020-21 budgets, a 2.58% increase.

Tax bills for more than 205,000 properties are projected to rise under Laura Curran’s plan, according to new county projections.

Cash reserves held by Long Island school districts have grown to a record $2.6 billion regionwide, including money earmarked for dealing with emergencies such as the coronavirus pandemic, according to the state Education Department.

See how many students achieved passing grades on AP and IB exams in your school district.

Long Island's high school Class of 2019 had a graduation rate of 89.1%, according to state Education Department data.

Nearly 250,000 educators were paid more than $16.6 billion during the 2018-19 school year.

Radon has been detected at 96 of 1,804 of LI homes tested at or above the EPA's recommended safety levels, state data show.

An average of more than 18,000 cases of cancer per year occurred on LI from 2012 through 2016, according to the state Department of Health.

The median opt-out rate on LI in 2019 for both math and English Language Arts was 43.1 percent.

Fifty-one percent of LI students scored proficient or better in English, while 54.2 percent did in math.

Long Island public school students will start the 2019-20 school year on one of three different days in September.

Pick your races and select an election district to see how much of the vote each candidate received.

See weekly water quality measures at 29 Long Island bays, harbors, rivers and inlets.

LI's unemployment rate for May was 3.2 percent, down 0.1 percentage points from a year ago.

Long Island's top 50 publicly traded companies collectively made $36.6 billion in sales in 2018.

212 top executives at LI's top publicly traded companies were paid more than $280.7M last year.

See what grades inspectors gave to the places where you shop for food.