Morgan Quitno PressState Rankings 2000: A Statistical View of the 50 United States |
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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
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
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
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