To preserve privacy, it is illegal to keep statistics on who has taken part in the ceremony, but some advocates have estimated that about 40percentt are heterosexual couples.
The mayor and police chief are urging municipal judges to increase the bonds and require ankle bracelets for those charged repeatedly with illegal firearms possession; statistics show that such offenders are most likely to commit murders.
Statistics on illegal immigration are hard to find.
There are no precise statistics on illegal immigrants.
"Statistics on illegal downloading are vague and unreliable," Mr Cooper said.
In an interview with our correspondent Mr Orszagh admitted to being involved in such transactions for two years when he conducted around 100 consultations and helped four couples.Official statistics on illegal adoptions don't exist.
The National Rifle Association called Fast and Furious another "Watergate" and alleged that the Obama administration let the guns be shipped to Mexico in order to boost statistics on illegal weapons smuggling and introduce tighter gun control.
Ending our conversation on an appropriately depressing note, Califano quotes some final statistics: While illegal drug use has leveled off among youth, usage is still way ahead of what it was in 1989.
For a couple of minutes, remove yourself from the hate-filled chain emails rife with false statistics about illegal immigrants.
And citing statistics about illegal immigration and crime may not do a whole lot of good either when it comes to winning over anti-immigration voters.
