by Matt Weiland
16. Oregon 124.9%
17. Idaho 119.8%
18. Virginia 113.3%
19. North Carolina 98.2%
20. South Carolina 89.5%
21. New Jersey 74.0%
22. Tennessee 72.8%
23. Wyoming 70.0%
24. Connecticut 69.7%
25. Louisiana 66.5%
26. Minnesota 64.9%
27. Vermont 61.2%
28. Wisconsin 56.2%
29. Michigan 56.0%
30. Indiana 54.6%
31. Oklahoma 54.5%
32. Montana 52.6%
33. Alabama 45.2%
34. Ohio 42.9%
35. Illinois 42.6%
36. Missouri 41.5%
37. Kansas 41.1%
38. Arkansas 40.0%
39. Maine 39.5%
40. Kentucky 37.3%
41. Massachusetts 35.4%
42. Rhode Island 32.4%
43. Mississippi 30.6%
44. Nebraska 29.1%
45. New York 28.0%
46. Pennsylvania 17.0%
47. South Dakota 15.6%
48. Iowa 11.6%
49. North Dakota 3.6%
50. West Virginia -9.8%
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau
TABLE 3.
FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION
1. California 27.2%
2. New York 21.6%
3. New Jersey 20.1%
4. Nevada 19.1%
5. Florida 18.9%
6. Hawaii 16.3%
7. Texas 15.9%
8. Arizona 15.1%
9. Massachusetts 14.1%
10. Illinois 13.8%
11. Connecticut 12.9%
12. Rhode Island 12.6%
13. Washington 12.4%
14. Maryland 12.2%
15. Colorado 10.3%
16. New Mexico 10.1%
17. Virginia 10.1%
18. Oregon 9.7%
19. Georgia 9.2%
20. Utah 8.3%
21. Delaware 8.1%
22. Alaska 7.0%
23. North Carolina 6.9%
24. Minnesota 6.6%
25. Kansas 6.3%
26. Michigan 5.9%
27. Idaho 5.6%
28. Nebraska 5.6%
29. New Hampshire 5.4%
30. Pennsylvania 5.1%
31. Oklahoma 4.9%
32. Wisconsin 4.4%
33. Indiana 4.2%
34. South Carolina 4.1%
35. Tennessee 3.9%
36. Vermont 3.9%
37. Arkansas 3.8%
38. Iowa 3.8%
39. Ohio 3.6%
40. Missouri 3.3%
41. Maine 3.2%
42. Louisiana 2.9%
43. Alabama 2.8%
44. Kentucky 2.7%
45. Wyoming 2.7%
46. South Dakota 2.2%
47. North Dakota 2.1%
48. Montana 1.9%
49. Mississippi 1.8%
50. West Virginia 1.2%
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey
TABLE 4.
POPULATION BORN ELSEWHERE IN U.S.
1. Nevada 71.5%
2. Florida 58.5%
3. Alaska 58.2%
4. Arizona 58.0%
5. Wyoming 56.2%
6. New Hampshire 55.8%
7. Colorado 53.1%
8. Idaho 52.2%
9. Oregon 50.1%
10. Delaware 48.9%
11. Washington 46.1%
12. Maryland 45.6%
13. Montana 45.5%
14. Vermont 45.2%
15. Virginia 43.5%
16. New Mexico 43.4%
17. Georgia 38.9%
18. Kansas 36.9%
19. South Carolina 36.6%
20. Arkansas 36.3%
21. Connecticut 36.0%
22. North Carolina 35.9%
23. Oklahoma 35.1%
24. Tennessee 34.8%
25. New Jersey 34.4%
26. Hawaii 34.1%
27. South Dakota 33.4%
28. Maine 32.9%
29. Rhode Island 32.3%
30. Missouri 31.4%
31. Utah 31.3%
32. Nebraska 30.6%
33. Indiana 28.4%
34. California 28.1%
35. Texas 27.6%
36. North Dakota 27.4%
37. Alabama 27.0%
38. West Virginia 27.0%
39. Kentucky 26.2%
40. Minnesota 26.0%
41. Mississippi 26.0%
42. Massachusetts 25.4%
43. Iowa 24.9%
44. Wisconsin 24.5%
45. Illinois 22.4%
46. Ohio 22.1%
47. Pennsylvania 20.4%
48. Michigan 19.6%
49. Louisiana 17.8%
50. New York 17.7%
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau. Percentage of native-born Americans in each state who were born in another U.S. state.
TABLE 5.
BIRTH RATE
1. Utah 21.2
2. Texas 17.1
3. Arizona 16.3
4. Idaho 16.0
5. Georgia 15.7
6. Alaska 15.5
7. California 15.2
8. Colorado 15.2
9. Nevada 15.0
10. Nebraska 14.9
11. New Mexico 14.8
12. Mississippi 14.7
13. Kansas 14.5
14. Louisiana 14.5
15. Oklahoma 14.5
16. Hawaii 14.4
17. Illinois 14.4
18. South Dakota 14.4
19. North Carolina 14.1
20. Indiana 14.0
21. Arkansas 13.9
22. Delaware 13.9
23. Minnesota 13.8
24. Virginia 13.7
25. Maryland 13.6
26. Missouri 13.5
27. New Jersey 13.5
28. Tennessee 13.5
29. South Carolina 13.4
30. Wyoming 13.4
31. Kentucky 13.4
32. Alabama 13.2
33. New York 13.2
34. Ohio 13.1
35. Washington 13.1
36. Iowa 13.0
37. Michigan 13.0
38. Oregon 12.9
39. Wisconsin 12.8
40. North Dakota 12.6
41. Florida 12.5
42. Massachusetts 12.5
43. Montana 12.4
44. Connecticut 12.3
45. Rhode Island 12.3
46. Pennsylvania 11.8
47. West Virginia 11.6
48. New Hampshire 11.2
49. Maine 10.6
50. Vermont 10.6
SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org, 2003. Number of births per 1,000 population.
TABLE 6.
MEDIAN AGE
1. Maine 41.0
2. West Virginia 40.7
3. Vermont 40.6
4. Florida 39.8
5. Pennsylvania 39.6
6. Montana 39.5
7. New Hampshire 39.3
8. Connecticut 39.1
9. Rhode Island 38.4
10. Massachusetts 38.3
11. New Jersey 38.2
12. Iowa 37.8
13. Ohio 37.6
14. Oregon 37.6
15. Wisconsin 37.6
16. Delaware 37.5
17. Wyoming 37.5
18. New York 37.4
19. Kentucky 37.3
20. Maryland 37.3
21. Michigan 37.3
22. South Dakota 37.3
23. Alabama 37.2
24. Hawaii 37.2
25. Missouri 37.2
26. Tennessee 37.2
27. Arkansas 37.1
28. North Dakota 37.1
29. South Carolina 37.1
30. Virginia 36.9
31. Minnesota 36.8
32. Washington 36.7
33. North Carolina 36.6
34. Indiana 36.3
35. Kansas 36.3
36. Oklahoma 36.2
37. Nebraska 36.0
38. Illinois 35.7
39. Louisiana 35.6
40. Nevada 35.6
41. Colorado 35.4
42. Mississippi 35.4
43. New Mexico 35.2
44. Arizona 34.6
45. Georgia 34.6
46. California 34.4
47. Idaho 34.3
48. Alaska 33.5
49. Texas 33.1
50. Utah 28.4
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey
TABLE 7.
GROSS STATE PRODUCT PER CAPITA
1. Delaware $64,609
2. Connecticut $53,296
3. Alaska $51,044
4. Massachusetts $49,647
5. Wyoming $47,728
6. New Jersey $47,705
7. New York $46,724
8. Minnesota $43,957
9. Virginia $43,162
10. Colorado $42,860
11. California $42,727
12. Illinois $41,439
13. Washington $41,313
14. Nevada $41,151
15. Maryland $40,445
16. New Hampshire $39,770
17. Hawaii $39,314
18. Rhode Island $38,953
19. North Carolina $38,625
20. Nebraska $38,601
21. Texas $38,536
22. Iowa $38,521
23. Wisconsin $38,244
24. South Dakota $37,914
25. Pennsylvania $37,719
26. Georgia $37,554
27. North Dakota $37,037
28. Michigan $36,830
29. Ohio $36,484
30. Tennessee $36,381
31. Indiana $36,235
32. Kansas $36,102
33. Vermont $35,493
34. Oregon $35,189
35. Missouri $35,033
36. Arizona $33,616
37. Louisiana $33,599
38. Florida $33,419
39. Utah $33,346
40. Maine $32,749
41. Kentucky $32,446
42. South Carolina $31,786
43. New Mexico $31,601
44. Alabama $30,394
45. Idaho $30,334
46. Oklahoma $30,225
47. Montana $29,605
48. Arkansas $28,805
49. West Virginia $27,395
50. Mississippi $26,087
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2004
TABLE 8.
BANKRUPTCY FILING RATE
1. Tennessee 109.9
2. Georgia 95.3
3. Alabama 80.9
4. Michigan 66.1
5. Arkansas 64.3
6. Indiana 60.9
7. Kentucky 54.2
8. Mississippi 53.8
9. Missouri 53.4
10. Ohio 51.2
11. Illinois 48.2
12. Louisiana 45.5
13. North Carolina 44.3
14. Utah 43.4
15. Oregon 43.1
16. Montana 43.1
17. Nebraska 42.6
18. Pennsylvania 39.2
19. Kansas 39.0
20. Delaware 38.5
21. Washington 37.7
22. Idaho 36.8
23. Nevada 36.8
24. Wisconsin 35.5
25. Maryland 35.0
26. Oklahoma 34.9
27. Virginia 34.3
28. New Jersey 32.5
29. Colorado 31.8
30. South Carolina 31.7
31. Texas 31.6
32. West Virginia 30.6
33. Iowa 28.4
34. Rhode Island 28.0
35. New York 27.3
36. Florida 27.2
37. New Mexico 26.5
38. Minnesota 25.8
39. Arizona 25.2
40. New Hampshire 24.6
41. Wyoming 24.0
42. Connecticut 22.4
43. Massachusetts 21.7
44. Vermont 21.3
45. North Dakota 20.1
46. South Dakota 19.8
47. California 18.1
48. Maine 17.2
49. Alaska 14.3
50. Hawaii 14.2
SOURCE: American Bankruptcy Institute. Bankruptcy filings per capita for the first quarter, 2006, expressed per 100,000 population.
TABLE 9.
MEAN TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
1. North Dakota 15.5
2. South Dakota 15.9
3. Montana 17.6
4. Alaska 17.7
5. Nebraska 17.7
6. Wyoming 17.9
7. Iowa 18.2
8. Kansas 18.5
9. Oklahoma 20.0
10. Idaho 20.1
11. Arkansas 20.7
12. Utah 20.8
13. Wisconsin 20.8
14. New Mexico 20.9
15. Vermont 21.2
16. Oregon 21.8
17. Minnesota 22.0
18. Ohio 22.1
19. Indiana 22.3
20. Maine 22.3
21. Rhode Island 22.3
22. Kentucky 22.4
23. Missouri 22.9
24. South Carolina 22.9
25. Michigan 23.4
26. North Carolina 23.4
27. Tennessee 23.5
28. Alabama 23.6
29. Delaware 23.6
30. Colorado 23.9
31. Mississippi 24.0
32. Connecticut 24.1
33. Nevada 24.2
34. New Hampshire 24.6
35. Texas 24.6
36. Arizona 25.0
37. Pennsylvania 25.0
38. Louisiana 25.1
39. Washington 25.2
40. Hawaii 25.5
41. West Virginia 25.6
42. Florida 25.9
43. Massachusetts 26.6
44. California 26.8
45. Virginia 26.9
46. Georgia 27.3
47. Illinois 27.9
48. New Jersey 29.1
49. Maryland 30.6
50. New York 30.9
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey. Time in minutes for workers 16 years and over who do not work at home.
TABLE 10.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
1. South Dakota 2.6%
2. Wyoming 2.7%
3. Idaho 2.8%
4. Nebraska 2.8%
5. North Dakota 3.0%
6. Utah 3.0%
7. Oklahoma 3.1%
8. New Mexico 3.2%
9. Hawaii 3.2%
10. Montana 3.3%
11. Maryland 3.4%
12. Iowa 3.5%
13. Virginia 3.5%
14. Kansas 3.7%
15. Alabama 3.7%
16. Delaware 3.7%
17. Louisiana 3.7%
18. New Hampshire 3.7%
19. Arizona 4.0%
20. Texas 4.1%
21. Vermont 4.3%
22. Colorado 4.4%
23. New York 4.5%
24. Massachusetts 4.5%
25. Washington 4.5%
26. West Virginia 4.6%
27. Minnesota 4.6%
28. Indiana 4.6%
29. Florida 4.6%
30. Maine 4.8%
31. New Jersey 4.8%
32. Wisconsin 4.9%
33. Pennsylvania 4.9%
34. North Carolina 5.0%
35. Connecticut 5.0%
36. Arkansas 5.0%
37. Georgia 5.2%
38. Kentucky 5.2%
39. Ohio 5.3%
40. Missouri 5.3%
41. Tennessee 5.3%
42. South Carolina 5.5%
43. Oregon 5.5%
44. Nevada 5.5%
45. Illinois 5.5%
46. California 5.7%
47. Rhode Island 5.8%
48. Mississippi 5.9%
49. Alaska 6.6%
50. Michigan 7.2%
SOURCES: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are for February 2008.
TABLE 11.
MILITARY RECRUITMENT RATE
1
. Montana 8.5
2. Oklahoma 7.4
3. Hawaii 7.2
4. Alabama 7.0
5. Texas 6.8
6. Louisiana 6.7
7. Kansas 6.6
8. Virginia 6.6
9. Nebraska 6.4
10. Washington 6.3
11. Alaska 6.1
12. Missouri 6.1
13. Wyoming 6.0
14. Maine 6.0
15. Colorado 5.9
16. Idaho 5.9
17. Georgia 5.7
18. Arkansas 5.7
19. New Mexico 5.7
20. Arizona 5.7
21. South Dakota 5.6
22. West Virginia 5.6
23. Indiana 5.4
24. Oregon 5.4
25. Florida 5.4
26. Maryland 5.2
27. Iowa 5.2
28. North Dakota 5.1
29. Kentucky 5.1
30. Tennessee 4.9
31. New Hampshire 4.8
32. Wisconsin 4.7
33. Nevada 4.7
34. Pennsylvania 4.6
35. Illinois 4.5
36. Delaware 4.2
37. Minnesota 3.9
38. New York 3.9
39. Vermont 3.6
40. New Jersey 3.2
41. Massachusetts 3.1
42. Connecticut 2.9
43. Rhode Island 2.9
44. South Carolina 0.7
45. North Carolina 0.6
46. Mississippi 0.6
47. Ohio 0.5
48. Utah 0.5
49. California 0.5
50. Michigan 0.4
SOURCE: National Priorities Project Database. The number of total military recruits in 2004 from the Army, Army Reserves, Navy, Navy Reserves and the Air Force. Per capita figures per 10,000 population.
TABLE 12.
POPULATION CLAIMING NO RELIGION
1. Washington 25%
2. Vermont 22%
3. Oregon 21%
4. Colorado 21%
5. Wyoming 20%
6. Nevada 20%
7. Idaho 20%
8. California 20%
9. New Mexico 18%
10. Utah 17%
11. Arizona 17%
12. Montana 17%
13. New Hampshire 17%
14. Delaware 17%
15. Maine 16%
16. Indiana 16%
17. Massachusetts 16%
18. Rhode Island 15%
19. Ohio 15%
20. Michigan 15%
21. Missouri 15%
22. New Jersey 15%
23. Illinois 15%
24. Kansas 15%
25. Minnesota 14%
26. Oklahoma 14%
27. Wisconsin 14%
28. New York 13%
29. Maryland 13%
30. Kentucky 13%
31. Iowa 13%
32. Arkansas 13%
33. West Virginia 13%
34. Connecticut 12%
35. Florida 12%
36. Georgia 12%
37. Virginia 12%
38. Pennsylvania 12%
39. Texas 11%
40. North Carolina 10%
41. Tennessee 9%
42. Nebraska 9%
43. Louisiana 9%
44. South Dakota 8%
45. South Carolina 7%
46. Mississippi 7%
47. Alabama 6%
48. North Dakota 3%
49. Alaska NA