State by State
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50. Hawaii NA
SOURCE: American Religious Identification Survey, 2001
TABLE 13.
PUBLIC EDUCATION EXPENDITURE PER PUPIL
1. New York $14,119
2. New Jersey $13,800
3. Vermont $11,835
4. Connecticut $11,572
5. Massachusetts $11,267
6. Delaware $10,910
7. Alaska $10,830
8. Pennsylvania $10,552
9. Rhode Island $10,371
10. Wyoming $10,255
11. Maine $10,106
12. Maryland $9,815
13. Wisconsin $9,744
14. New Hampshire $9,448
15. Michigan $9,329
16. Ohio $9,260
17. West Virginia $9,005
18. Hawaii $8,997
19. Illinois $8,944
20. Virginia $8,891
21. Indiana $8,798
22. Minnesota $8,662
23. Nebraska $8,282
24. North Dakota $8,159
25. Oregon $8,115
26. California $8,067
27. Montana $8,058
28. Georgia $8,028
29. Iowa $7,972
30. Colorado $7,730
31. Missouri $7,717
32. Kansas $7,706
33. Louisiana $7,605
34. New Mexico $7,580
35. Washington $7,560
36. South Carolina $7,555
37. Arkansas $7,504
38. Texas $7,267
39. Florida $7,207
40. South Dakota $7,197
41. North Carolina $7,159
42. Kentucky $7,118
43. Alabama $7,066
44. Tennessee $6,729
45. Nevada $6,722
46. Oklahoma $6,613
47. Mississippi $6,575
48. Idaho $6,283
49. Arizona $6,261
50. Utah $5,257
SOURCE: National Center for Educational Statistics. Does not include expenditure for adult education, community services, and other nonelementary-secondary programs.
TABLE 14.
VOTER PARTICIPATION RATE
1. Minnesota 79.2%
2. Wisconsin 76.6%
3. Oregon 74.0%
4. Maine 73.1%
5. New Hampshire 71.5%
6. North Dakota 71.5%
7. Iowa 71.3%
8. Montana 70.2%
9. Massachusetts 68.6%
10. Missouri 68.5%
11. South Dakota 68.3%
12. Utah 67.8%
13. Alaska 67.6%
14. Washington 67.6%
15. Colorado 67.5%
16. Vermont 67.3%
17. Michigan 67.1%
18. Wyoming 66.9%
19. Delaware 66.4%
20. Ohio 66.1%
21. New Jersey 66.0%
22. Illinois 65.6%
23. Maryland 65.6%
24. Nebraska 65.3%
25. Kentucky 65.0%
26. Pennsylvania 64.5%
27. New Mexico 64.4%
28. Florida 64.3%
29. Kansas 64.2%
30. Louisiana 64.2%
31. Arizona 63.8%
32. Rhode Island 63.7%
33. Alabama 63.2%
34. Connecticut 63.2%
35. South Carolina 63.2%
36. Virginia 63.1%
37. Oklahoma 62.3%
38. California 61.9%
39. Mississippi 61.7%
40. Idaho 61.6%
41. North Carolina 61.4%
42. New York 60.2%
43. Nevada 58.9%
44. Arkansas 58.7%
45. Indiana 58.6%
46. West Virginia 57.2%
47. Texas 57.1%
48. Georgia 56.8%
49. Tennessee 54.6%
50. Hawaii 50.8%
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, November 2004. Voter participation in 2004 Presidential election.
TABLE 15.
OIL CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
1. Alaska 77.0
2. Louisiana 63.8
3. Wyoming 55.1
4. Texas 49.4
5. North Dakota 41.5
6. Montana 32.4
7. Kentucky 31.4
8. Delaware 31.0
9. Mississippi 30.5
10. Oklahoma 30.1
11. Vermont 27.3
12. South Dakota 27.0
13. Kansas 26.9
14. Iowa 26.5
15. New Jersey 25.9
16. Arkansas 25.6
17. New Hampshire 25.4
18. Indiana 24.5
19. New Mexico 24.4
20. Washington 24.3
21. Minnesota 24.3
22. Missouri 23.3
23. Wisconsin 22.5
24. Alabama 22.1
25. Virginia 22.1
26. Tennessee 21.8
27. West Virginia 21.7
28. Massachusetts 21.5
29. Pennsylvania 21.2
30. Ohio 20.9
31. North Carolina 20.6
32. Florida 20.2
33. Idaho 20.0
34. Michigan 19.6
35. Utah 19.4
36. Illinois 19.0
37. Nevada 19.0
38. Colorado 18.6
39. Maryland 18.6
40. Oregon 18.4
41. California 18.2
42. Rhode Island 17.0
43. Arizona 16.3
44. New York 16.0
45. Hawaii 3.3
46. Maine 3.2
47. Nebraska 2.3
48. Georgia 2.1
49. South Carolina 2.0
50. Connecticut 0.2
SOURCE: National Priorities Project Database, 2001. Number of barrels of petroleum consumed per capita per year.
TABLE 16.
GASOLINE CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
1. Wyoming 15.9
2. North Dakota 13.3
3. South Dakota 13.1
4. Alabama 12.7
5. South Carolina 12.6
6. Mississippi 12.5
7. Montana 12.4
8. Iowa 12.4
9. New Hampshire 12.3
10. Kentucky 12.3
11. Oklahoma 12.1
12. Minnesota 12.1
13. Virginia 12.0
14. Indiana 12.0
15. Arkansas 12.0
16. Louisiana 11.8
17. Michigan 11.8
18. Nebraska 11.6
19. Tennessee 11.5
20. North Carolina 11.4
21. New Mexico 11.2
22. Texas 11.2
23. Kansas 11.0
24. Delaware 11.0
25. West Virginia 10.9
26. Maine 10.8
27. New Jersey 10.8
28. Colorado 10.6
29. Wisconsin 10.6
30. Maryland 10.6
31. Idaho 10.6
32. Massachusetts 10.2
33. Florida 10.2
34. Washington 10.1
35. Connecticut 10.1
36. Oregon 9.9
37. Arizona 9.9
38. Pennsylvania 9.7
39. Alaska 9.6
40. Illinois 9.5
41. Nevada 9.5
42. Utah 9.3
43. Rhode Island 8.9
44. Hawaii 7.6
45. New York 6.9
46. Vermont 1.3
47. Georgia 1.3
48. Missouri 1.3
49. Ohio 1.1
50. California 1.0
SOURCE: National Priorities Project Database, 2001. Number of barrels of motor gasoline consumed per capita, per year.
TABLE 17.
CLASSIC MOVIE THEATERS AND DRIVE-INS PER CAPITA
1. Rhode Island 143.1
2. North Dakota 111.5
3. Oklahoma 108.2
4. Missouri 102.1
5. Illinois 83.1
6. Wyoming 80.5
7. New York 74.0
8. Montana 6
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9. Idaho 65.8
10. Massachusetts 65.5
11. Connecticut 64.7
12. New Jersey 63.8
13. South Dakota 59.3
14. Utah 54.7
15. Tennessee 54.2
16. Hawaii 52.5
17. Michigan 50.9
18. Pennsylvania 50.7
19. Nebraska 45.5
20. Wisconsin 42.3
21. New Hampshire 42.0
22. Maine 41.6
23. Kansas 41.5
24. California 41.3
25. Ohio 38.9
26. Alaska 36.2
27. Washington 35.8
28. Indiana 35.2
29. Vermont 33.7
30. Alabama 33.3
31. New Mexico 32.7
32. Maryland 30.4
33. Oregon 29.4
34. Minnesota 28.2
35. Iowa 28.0
36. Virginia 25.1
37. Texas 25.0
38. Georgia 24.7
39. West Virginia 22.0
40. Nevada 19.9
41. Kentucky 19.6
42. Delaware 19.0
43. South Carolina 18.6
44. Colorado 15.9
45. North Carolina 15.3
46. Arkansas 15.1
47. Mississippi 13.7
48. Florida 13.0
49. Louisiana 10.4
50. Arizona 10.1
SOURCE: Cinema Treasures. Movie theaters considered classic theaters or drive-ins as of July 2006, per 1 million population.
TABLE 18.
ROLLER COASTERS PER CAPITA
1. New Hampshire 5.3
2. New Jersey 4.7
3. Ohio 4.0
4. Missouri 4.0
5. Pennsylvania 3.8
6. Nevada 3.3
7. Utah 3.2
8. Colorado 3.2
9. Maryland 3.2
10. Maine 3.0
11. Idaho 2.8
12. Georgia 2.8
13. Wisconsin 2.7
14. Kentucky 2.4
15. Delaware 2.4
16. Minnesota 2.1
17. New York 2.1
18. Florida 2.1
19. Iowa 2.0
20. California 2.0
21. Virginia 2.0
22. Oklahoma 2.0
23. North Carolina 2.0
24. Indiana 1.9
25. Washington 1.9
26. Arkansas 1.8
27. Connecticut 1.7
28. Oregon 1.6
29. South Carolina 1.6
30. Illinois 1.6
31. Massachusetts 1.4
32. Texas 1.4
33. Alabama 1.3
34. South Dakota 1.3
35. West Virginia 1.1
36. New Mexico 1.0
37. Tennessee 1.0
38. Michigan 0.9
39. Arizona 0.8
40. Louisiana 0.7
41. Nebraska 0.6
42. Kansas 0.4
43. Mississippi 0.3
44. Alaska NA
45. Hawaii NA
46. Montana NA
47. North Dakota NA
48. Rhode Island NA
49. Vermont NA
50. Wyoming NA
SOURCE: The Roller Coaster Database, 2006. Number of steel and wooden roller coasters per capita, expressed per 1 million population.
TABLE 19.
VIOLENT CRIME RATE
1. South Carolina 765.5
2. Tennessee 760.2
3. Nevada 741.6
4. Florida 712.0
5. Louisiana 697.8
6. Alaska 688.0
7. Delaware 681.6
8. Maryland 678.6
9. New Mexico 643.2
10. Michigan 562.4
11. Arkansas 551.6
12. Missouri 545.6
13. Illinois 541.6
14. California 532.5
15. Texas 516.3
16. Arizona 501.4
17. Oklahoma 497.4
18. North Carolina 475.6
19. Georgia 471.0
20. Massachusetts 447.0
21. Pennsylvania 439.4
22. New York 434.9
23. Alabama 425.2
24. Kansas 425.0
25. Colorado 391.6
26. New Jersey 351.6
27. Ohio 350.3
28. Washington 345.9
29. Indiana 314.8
30. Minnesota 312.0
31. Mississippi 298.6
32. Wisconsin 284.0
33. Iowa 283.5
34. Virginia 282.2
35. Nebraska 281.8
36. Hawaii 281.2
37. Connecticut 280.8
38. Oregon 280.3
39. West Virginia 279.7
40. Kentucky 263.0
41. Montana 253.7
42. Idaho 247.2
43. Wyoming 239.6
44. Rhode Island 227.5
45. Utah 224.4
46. South Dakota 171.4
47. New Hampshire 138.7
48. Vermont 136.6
49. North Dakota 127.9
50. Maine 115.5
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006. Number of violent crime cases per 100,000 population.
TABLE 20.
INCARCERATION RATE
1. Louisiana 736
2. Texas 724
3. Oklahoma 622
4. Mississippi 574
5. South Carolina 550
6. Nevada 542
7. Alabama 509
8. Arizona 507
9. Georgia 502
10. California 478
11. Michigan 466
12. Missouri 457
13. Florida 447
14. Ohio 432
15. Delaware 429
16. Virginia 420
17. Maryland 418
18. Arkansas 415
19. Alaska 413
20. New York 385
21. New Jersey 382
22. Kentucky 379
23. Connecticut 372
24. North Carolina 358
25. Illinois 357
26. Colorado 357
27. Wisconsin 336
28. Idaho 330
29. South Dakota 327
30. Wyoming 327
31. Tennessee 325
32. Indiana 321
33. Kansas 310
34. Montana 310
35. Hawaii 307
36. Pennsylvania 303
37. New Mexico 271
38. Oregon 260
39. Iowa 258
40. Washington 247
41. Rhode Island 220
42. Nebraska 215
43. Utah 208
44. West Virginia 192
45. New Hampshire 182
46. Massachusetts 174
47. Vermont 162
48. Maine 139
49. North Dakota 131
50. Minnesota 117
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice. Incarceration rates for inmates sentenced to more than one year, expressed per 100,000 residents.
TABLE 21.
BREASTFEEDING RATE
1. Montana 88%
2. Oregon 88%
3. Washington 88%
4. Colorado 86%
5. Idaho 86%
6. Alaska 85%
7. Vermont 85%
8. Arizona 84%
9. California 84%
10. Utah 84%
11. Hawaii 81%
12. Minnesota 81%
13. New Mexico 81%
14. Connecticut 80%
15. Nevada 80%
16. Wyoming 80%
17. Nebraska 79%
18. Virginia 79%
19. Florida 78%
20. Maine 76%
21. Texas 75%
22. Iowa 74%
23. Kansas 74%
24. New Hampshire 74%
25. New York 74%
26. North Dakota 73%
27. Illinois 72%
28. Massachusetts 72%
29. North Carolina 72%
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31. Maryland 71%
32. South Dakota 71%
33. Tennessee 71%
34. New Jersey 70%
35. Rhode Island 69%
36. Georgia 68%
37. Missouri 67%
38. Oklahoma 67%
39. Pennsylvania 67%
40. South Carolina 67%
41. Indiana 65%
42. Delaware 64%
43. Michigan 63%
44. Ohio 60%
45. Arkansas 59%
46. Kentucky 59%
47. West Virginia 59%
48. Alabama 52%
49. Louisiana 51%
50. Mississippi 50%
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Percentage of children ever breastfed.
TABLE 22.
POPULATION WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE
1. Texas 24%
2. New Mexico 22%
3. Florida 21%
4. Arizona 20%
5. Louisiana 20%
6. Mississippi 19%
7. California 19%
8. Oklahoma 19%
9. Nevada 18%
10. Arkansas 18%
11. Georgia 18%
12. Alaska 17%
13. Colorado 17%
14. Utah 17%
15. Oregon 17%
16. North Carolina 17%
17. South Carolina 17%
18. Montana 16%
19. West Virginia 15%
20. Idaho 15%
21. New Jersey 15%
22. Alabama 15%
23. Wyoming 15%
24. Kentucky 14%
25. Illinois 14%
26. Maryland 14%
27. Tennessee 14%
28. New York 14%
29. Virginia 13%
30. Indiana 13%
31. Washington 13%
32. Missouri 13%
33. Delaware 12%
34. South Dakota 12%
35. North Dakota 12%
36. Nebraska 11%
37. Kansas 11%
38. Vermont 11%
39. Ohio 11%
40. New Hampshire 11%
41. Michigan 10%
42. Connecticut 10%
43. Rhode Island 10%
44. Pennsylvania 10%
45. Maine 10%
46. Massachusetts 10%
47. Iowa 9%
48. Wisconsin 9%
49. Hawaii 9%
50. Minnesota 9%
SOURCE: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Estimates based on the Census Bureau’s March 2006 and 2007 Current Population Survey.
TABLE 23.
TOOTHLESSNESS RATE
1. West Virginia 40.5%
2. Kentucky 38.9%
3. Tennessee 34.9%
4. Mississippi 31.5%
5. Louisiana 28.9%
6. Oklahoma 28.3%
7. Alabama 27.2%
8. Maine 26.2%
9. Missouri 24.1%
10. Pennsylvania 23.9%
11. New Mexico 23.8%
12. Alaska 23.6%
13. South Carolina 23.0%
14. North Dakota 22.9%
15. Arkansas 22.7%
16. North Carolina 22.6%
17. Ohio 21.6%
18. Georgia 21.5%
19. South Dakota 21.4%