1. Percent Change in Number of
Crimes: 1997 to 1998 (Table 26)
2. Crime Rate (Table 27)
3. State Prisoner Incarceration Rate (Table 62)
4. State Cost of Living Index (Table 92)
5. Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public Elementary and
Secondary Schools (Table 125)
6. Unemployment Rate (Table 171)
7. Percent of Nonfarm Employees in Government (Table
182)
8. Electricity Prices (Table 202)
9. Hazardous Waste Sites on the National Priority
List per 10,000 Square Miles (Table 213)
10. State & Local Taxes as a Percent of
Personal Income (Table 271)
11. Per Capita State and Local Government Debt
Outstanding (Table 283)
12. Percent of Population Not Covered by Health
Insurance (Table 338)
13. Births of Low Birthweight as a Percent of All
Births (Table 354)
14. Percent of Births to Teenage Mothers (Table
355)
15. Infant Mortality Rate (Table 364)
16. Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Suicide (Table 383)
17. Population per Square Mile (Table 430)
18. Divorce Rate (Table 491)
19. Poverty Rate (Table 500)
20. State and Local Government Spending for Welfare
Programs as a Percent of All Spending (Table 505)
21. Percent of Households Receiving Food Stamps
(Table 533)
22. Deficient Bridges as a Percent of Total Bridges
(Table 550)
23. Highway Fatality Rate (Table 553)
24. Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Crashes as a
Percent of All Highway Fatalities (Table 558)