Financial Surveys & Statistics

Here are some random, but relevant statistics that I’ve collected the past week.

58% – Fifty-eight percent of U.S. voters say a child born to an illegal immigrant in this country should not automatically become a citizen of the United States. (Source: Rasmussen Reports)

$41 Million – The amount to be paid to the heirs of Omnicom Group Inc. chief executive John Wren when he dies. Seventeen of Fortune 100 companies provide such “golden coffin” death benefits. (Source: Crain’s New York Business)

70% – The percentage of the world’s 300 biggest companies that intend to spend at least 0.5% of revenue over the next year on programs to fight climate change. Ninety percent of those companies said the moves are being driven by customer demand. (Source: Bloomberg)

16% – The percentage of Americans surveyed who say they do not have a specific religious identity, up from nearly zero in the 1950s. (Source: Gallup Inc.)

$300,000 – The estimated overdue charges on a book borrowed from the New York Society Library and returned last week. The book, “The Law of Nations” by Emer de Vattel, was borrowed by George Washington on Oct. 5,1789. (Source: Reuters)