Occupy Wall Street index

Occupy Wall Streeters protest on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York this past Saturday.

Occupy Wall Streeters protest on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York this past Saturday.

Photo By Ben Darrow Valentine

As the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York goes viral and national, here is a look at some of the numbers involved:

99 percent
self-described term for protesters, a reference to the widening wealth gap in the United States

1 percent
number of Americans who take home about 25 percent of its income

100
number (and growing) of American cities with Occupy Wall Street protests under way or in the works

700
number of arrests on Brooklyn Bridge during the October 1 Occupy Wall Street protest march

89,488
likes on the Occupy Wall Street Facebook page

15
percent number of Americans living in poverty

9
percent national unemployment rate

12.5
percent number of those in Sacramento looking for work

$15
price of an official “Occupie” pizza, ordered online and then delivered by a New York restaurant to protesters

9 a.m.
start time of an Occupy Wall Street Sacramento rally at CesarChavez Park on October 7

Compiled from Cull-de-Sac.