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State Rankings 2000: A Statistical View of the 50 United States

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INDEX FOR STATE RANKINGS 2000

A-C
J-L
S-U
D-F
M-O
V-Z
G-I
P-R

A-C (back to top)

Abortions and rate 361, 362

Accidents, deaths by 370, 371

ACT test scores 133

Acres harvested 14-17

Acres in farms 4

Acres planted 13

Active duty military pay 86

Active duty military personnel 82

Adjusted Gross Income, federal 245-248

AFDC/TANF benefits 526

AFDC/TANF program 523-526

AFDC/TANF program recipients 524

Age, median 466

Aggravated assaults 45-47

AGI 245-248

Agriculture 2-24

Aid to Families with Dependent Children program 524, 525

AIDS, cases 386-388

AIDS, deaths by 384, 385

Alcohol consumption 384

Alcoholic beverage tax revenue, state 311, 312

American Indian population 454, 455, 464, 465

Animals, farm 18, 19, 22, 23

Annual pay 159, 160

Area of states 220-222

Arts funding, state 155, 156

Asian population 452, 453, 462, 463

Assaults 45-47

Assets of banks 116

Assets of savings associations 118

Automobiles 563

Bankruptcy filings 113, 114

Banks, assets of 116

Banks, number of 115

Birth rates 350, 354, 356-358

Births, by race 351, 352, 357, 358

Births 349-358

Births to teenage mothers 355

Births to unmarried women 356-358

Black births 352, 358

Black infant mortality 366

Black population 448, 449, 458, 459

Books, library 154

Bridges 548-550

Building permits 398-402

Buildings and farmland, value of 6, 7

Burglaries 52-54

Buses 564

Cancer, cases 374, 375

Cancer, deaths by 372, 373

Cattle 18

Cerebrovascular diseases, deaths by 376, 377

Chickens 23

Cigarette taxes 310

Civilian contracts, Dept. of Defense 80

Civilian labor force 168-174

Civilian pay, Dept. of Defense 87

Civilian personnel, Dept. of Defense 83

Coal, expenditures on 199

Coal, prices 200

College and university enrollment 148-150

College tuition 145, 146

Colleges and universities 147

Commodities, income from farm 9

Community development and housing expenditures 411, 412

Community hospitals 347, 348

Companies, Fortune 500: 100

Compensation, Dept. of Defense 85-89

Construction employees 177, 178

Consumption, alcohol 389

Consumption, energy 193-195

Contract awards, federal 254, 255

Contracts, defense 77-80

Correctional population 61-63

Corrections, expenditures for 73, 74

Corrections employment 69, 70

Cost of living, state 92

Cows 19-21

Crime 25-74

Crime, property 48-60

Crime, rates 31, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50, 51, 54, 57, 60

Crime, violent 29-32

Crimes, change in 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 40, 43, 46, 49, 51, 53, 56, 59

Crimes, number of 25, 29, 33, 36, 39, 42, 25, 48, 52, 55, 58

Crops, harvest of 14-17

Crops, income from 10

D-F (back to top)

Death penalty prisoners 64

Deaths, by cause 370-373, 376-385

Deaths, infant 363-366

Deaths 363-373, 376-385

Debt, local government 333, 334

Debt, state and local government 282, 283

Debt, state government 317, 318

Defense 75-91

Defense contracts 77-80

Defense expenditures 75-80

Defense payroll 85-89

Defense personnel 81-84

Deficient bridges 549, 550

Developed land, percent of 238, 239

Direct payments for individuals, federal 256, 257

Disability program, federal 521, 522

Disposable income, per capita 109

Districts, school 119

Divorces 490, 491

Doctors 343, 344

Drivers 559-560

Drop out rate, high school 132

Drunk driving fatalities 557, 558

Earnings, hourly 162

Earnings, state and local government employees 286

Earnings, weekly 163

Economy 92-118

Education 119-158

Education expenditures 135-144

Eggs produced 24

Electricity, expenditures on 201, 203

Electricity, prices 202

Elementary/secondary school enrollment 122

Elementary/secondary school expenditures 138-140

Elementary/secondary school teachers 126

Elementary/secondary schools 120

Employed civilian labor force 169

Employees, construction 177, 178

Employees, federal government 260, 261

Employees, finance, insurance, real estate 179, 180

Employees, government (all levels) 181, 182

Employees, local government 335, 336

Employees, manufacturing 183, 184

Employees, nonfarm 176-192

Employees, number of 168, 169

Employees, service industry 187, 188

Employees, state government 319, 320

Employees, transportation and public utilities 189, 190

Employees, wholesale and retail trade 191, 192

Employment and labor 159-192

Employment, by industry 176-192

Energy and environment 193-219

Energy consumption 193-195

Energy expenditures 197, 198

Energy prices 196

Entitlement programs, federal 256, 257, 504-539

Environment and energy 193-219

Expenditures, defense 75-80

Expenditures, elementary/secondary education 138-140

Expenditures, energy 197, 198

Expenditures, total federal government 252, 253

Expenditures, for corrections 73, 74

Expenditures, for police 71, 72

Expenditures, health care 341, 342

Expenditures, higher education 142-144

Expenditures, housing and community development 411, 412

Expenditures, local government 329-332

Expenditures, public welfare programs 504-506

Expenditures, state and local government 278-281

Farm animals 18, 19, 22, 23

Farm income 8-12

Farm value 6, 7

Farms, land in 3, 4

Farms, foreign owned 5

Farms, number of 2

Fatalities, from tornadoes 231

Fatalities, highway 552-554, 556-558

Fatalities, drunk driving 557, 558

Federal government employees 260, 261

Federal government expenditures 252, 253

Federal government finance 242-261

Federal government land 236, 237

Female population 445

Fertility rate 359

Finance, federal government 242-261

Finance, insurance and real estate employees 179, 180

Finance, state and local government 262-336

Firearms, in murders 36-38

Food stamp program 527-533

Fortune 500 Companies 100

G-I (back to top)

Gallon, miles per 568

Gasoline tax rates 304

Gasoline usage 208, 209

Geography 220-241

Government employees, all levels 181, 182

Government farm payments 12

Government finance, federal 242-261

Government finance, state and local 262-336

Graduates, high school 128-131

Graduation rate 130

Grain harvested 15

Gross state product 93-99

Guns, in murders 36-38

Harvested acres 14-17

Hazardous waste sites 212, 213

Head Start program 157, 158

Health 337-392

Health care expenditures 341, 342

Health insurance coverage 337-339

Health maintenance organization enrollment 339

Heart diseases, deaths by 380, 381

High school drop out rate 132

High school graduates 128-131

Higher education enrollment 148-150

Higher education expenditures 142-144

Higher education institutions 147

Highest points of elevation 223

Highway fatalities 552-554, 556-558

Highway funding, federal 540, 541

Hispanic population 450, 451, 460, 461

HMO enrollment 339

Hogs and pigs 22

Home sales 404, 405

Homeowner vacancy rate 408

Homeownership, rate of 406, 407

Hospitals 347, 348

Hourly earnings 162

House, prices 403

House of Representatives seats 492, 493

Household income 110

Households, number of 393, 394

Households, persons per 395

Households using food stamps 532, 533

Housing 393-412

Housing and community development expenditures 411, 412

Housing units 396, 397

Housing units, new 398-402

Income, farm 8-12

Income, household 110

Income, personal 105-110

Income taxes, federal 242-251

Individual income tax revenue, federal 242-244

Individual income tax revenue, state 296, 297

Infant mortality 363-366

Insurance, finance and real estate employees 179, 180

Insurance coverage, health 337-340

Intergovernmental revenue 289, 290

Interstate highways 545

J-L (back to top)

Job growth 175

Labor and employment 159-192

Labor force, civilian 168-174

Labor force, women in 173, 174

Land area of states 221

Land in metro areas 232, 233

Land in nonmetro areas 234, 235

Land owned by the federal government 236, 237

Land, percent developed 238, 239

Larceny and theft 55-57

Legislators, state 494, 495

Libraries, public 152-154

Livestock, income from 11

Livestock 18, 19, 22, 23

Local government debt 333, 334

Local government employees 335, 336

Local government expenditures 329-332

Local government revenue 321-328

Low birth weight births 355, 356

Lowest points of elevation 224

Lunch program, school 536-539

M-O (back to top)

Male population 444

Manufacturing employees 183, 184

Manufacturing plant pollution 214, 215

Manufacturing workers hours 164

Manufacturing workers pay 162, 163

Marriages 488, 489

Mean elevation 225

Medicaid 516-519

Medicare 512-515

Metropolitan areas, land in 232, 233

Metropolitan population 440, 441

Migration of population 478, 479

Mileage, road 542-547

Mileage, state 220-222

Military active duty pay 86

Military contracts 79

Military personnel 81-84

Milk cows 19, 21

Milk production 20, 21

Minimum wage rates 161

Mobile homes and trailers 410

Mortality, infant 363-366

Motor fuels tax revenue, state 302, 303

Motor vehicle and license tax revenue, state 305, 306

Motor vehicle thefts 58-60

Motorcycles 566

Murders 33-38

National Guard and Reserve pay 88

National Guard and Reserve personnel 84

National School Lunch Program 536-539

National School Lunch Program costs 538

National School Lunch Program participants 537, 539

Natural gas, expenditures on 204

Natural gas, prices 205, 206

Nonfarm employees 176-192

Nonmetropolitan areas, land in 234, 235

Nonmetropolitan population 442, 443

Nuclear power plants 211

OASDI (Social Security program) 507-511

P-R (back to top)

Parolees 65

Pay, average annual 159, 160

Pay, manufacturing workers 162, 163

Pay, state minimum wage rates 161

Payroll, Dept. of Defense 85-89

Permits, building 398-402

Personal bankruptcy rate 114

Personal income 105-109

Personal income, taxes as a percent of 111, 112

Persons per household 395

Physicians 343, 344

Pigs and hogs 22

Police, expenditures for 71, 72

Police 67, 68

Pollution from manufacturing plants 214, 215

Population, by age 466-487

Population, by race 446-465

Population, by sex 444, 445

Population, changes in 414-417, 428, 429, 480-487

Population, correctional 61-64

Population, metropolitan 440, 441

Population, nonmetropolitan 442, 443

Population, projected 427-429, 456-465

Population, rural 438, 439

Population, school-age 121

Population, urban 436, 437

Population, U.S. living overseas 422

Population 413-499

Population per square mile 430-435

Poverty, children in 502

Poverty rate 500-503

Power plants, nuclear 211

Power plants 210, 211

Prenatal care, lack of 360

Prices, energy 200, 202, 205

Prison population, change in 63

Prisoners 61-64

Prisoners under death sentence 64

Private schools, elementary/secondary 123

Private school students, elementary/secondary 124

Probation, adults on 66

Property crimes 50-60

Property tax revenue, state and local 262-277

Public aid, percent receiving 520

Public libraries 152, 154

Public utilities and transportation employees189, 190

Public welfare expenditures 504-506

Pulmonary diseases, deaths by 378, 379

Pupil-teacher ratio 125

Railroad track mileage 569

Rapes 39-41

Real estate, finance and insurance employees 179, 180

Recipients, Food Stamps 528, 530, 531

Recipients, Medicaid 518

Recipients, Medicare 513

Recipients, National School Lunch Program 537

Recipients, public aid 520

Recipients, Social Security program 507-511

Recipients, TANF program 523-526

Recipients, WIC program 534

Registered voters 496-499

Registrations, vehicle 561-566

Rental vacancy rates 409

Reserve and National Guard pay 88

Reserve and National Guard personnel 84

Retail and wholesale trade employees 191, 192

Retired military personnel pay 89

Revenue, local government 321-328

Revenue, state and local government 262-277

Revenue, state government 287-312

Revenue, state tax 293-312

Road mileage 542-547

Robberies 42-44

Rural population 438, 439

S-U (back to top)

Safety belt usage 555, 556

Salaries, teacher 127

Salaries and wages, federal 258, 259

Salaries and wages reported on federal income tax returns 249-251

Sales of homes 404

Sales tax revenue, state 300, 301

SAT scores 134

Savings institutions, assets of 118

Savings institutions, number of 117

School districts 119

School lunch programs 536-539

Schools, number of 120, 147

School-age population 121

Seat belt usage 555, 556

Secondary school drop outs 132

Secondary school graduates 128-131

Service industry employees 187, 188

Smokers 390

Social Security program 507-511

Social Security program beneficiaries 510

Social Security program payments 507, 508, 511

Social welfare 500-539

Soybeans harvested 16

SSI program 521, 522

State and local corrections employment 69, 70

State and local government debt 282, 283

State and local government finance 262-336

State and local government revenue 262-277

State and local police 67, 68

State cost of living 92

State government debt 317, 318

State government employees 319, 320

State government revenue 287-312

State legislators 494, 495

State parks 240

State parks, visitors 241

State product, gross 93-99

Statehood, year of admission to 1

Street mileage 542-547

Suicide, deaths by 382, 383

Sunny days, percent of 227

Supplemental Security Income program 521, 522

Tax collections, federal 242, 243

Tax revenue, property 274-277

Tax revenue, state 293-303

Tax revenue, state alcoholic beverages 311, 312

Tax revenue, state corporate taxes 298, 299

Tax revenue, state motor fuels 302, 303

Tax revenue, state motor vehicle and licenses 305, 306

Tax revenue, state sales tax 300, 301

Tax revenue, state tobacco 307, 308

Taxes 111, 112, 242-251, 269-277, 293-312, 327, 328

Teacher salaries 127

Teachers, elementary/secondary school 126

Teacher-pupil ratio 125

Teenage mothers, births to 355

Temperature, daily mean 226

Theft and larceny 55-57

Thefts, motor vehicle 58-60

Tobacco tax revenue, state 307, 308

Tornadoes 229-231

Tornadoes, fatalities from 231

Toxic releases from manufacturing plants 214, 215

Toxic waste, movement of 216, 217

Trailers and mobile homes 410

Transportation and public utilities employees 189, 190

Travel, vehicle miles of 551

Trucks 565

Tuition, college 145, 146

Unemployment 170, 171

Unmarried women, births to 356-358

Urban population 436, 437

Urban roads 547

V-Z (back to top)

Vacancy rates 408, 409

Vehicle miles of travel 551

Vehicle, miles per 567

Vehicle registrations 561-566

Vehicle thefts 58-60

Veterans 90, 91

Violent crime 29-32

Voters, registered 496-499

Wage, state minimum 161

Wages, hourly 162

Wages, weekly 163

Wages and salaries, total federal 258, 259

Water area of states 222

Water withdrawals 218, 219

Waste, toxic 216, 217

Weather 225-231

Wheat harvested 17

White births 351, 357

White infant mortality 365

White population 446, 447, 456, 457

Wholesale and retail trade employees 191, 192

WIC program 534, 535

WIC program costs 535

WIC recipients 534

Wind speed 228

Women, Infants and Children program 534, 535

Women in labor force 172-174

Work week, manufacturing workers 164

Workers compensation 165-167

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