U.S. in Focus: PART TWO.How does your state compare with other states across the country? Is its population growing--and how fast? What percentage of its population is under 18 years of age? How much do its people earn, on average? And how much does your state spend to educate each student in its schools? You can find the answers to these and other questions on these pages. Use this table--Part Two of the U.S. in Focus section--to see how your state compares. The table provides statistics on the 50 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , in 12 different categories. You can use this information to get a picture of the quality of life in your state and others. How does your state's poverty rate, job growth, and high school graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. rate compare with other states? Remember--statistics (a collection of measurable data) tell only part of the story. For example, this table will tell you which state had the lowest violent-crime rate in the U.S., but not why crime was low there. And it will tell you which states lost population, but not why. Ask yourself: What do the statistics here not tell me? Where can I find more information?
Population Personal
Change, Metro- Under 18 Age 65 income
1990-99 [1] politan years and per Poverty
areas, of age, over, capita, rate,
1999 1999 1999 1999 [2] 1998-99 [3]
THE U.S. 9.6% 80.2% 25.7% 12.7% $28,542 12.3%
ALABAMA 8.2% 70.2% 24.4% 13.0% $22,987 14.8%
ALASKA 12.6% 41.6% 31.8% 5.6% $28,577 8.5%
ARIZONA 30.4% 87.9% 27.9% 13.2% $25,189 14.3%
ARKANSAS 8.5% 49.0% 25.9% 14.2% $22,244 14.7%
CALIFORNIA 11.2% 96.7% 26.9% 11.0% $29,910 14.6%
COLORADO 23.1% 84.0% 26.3% 10.1% $31,546 8.7%
CONNECTICUT -0.2% 95.6% 25.2% 14.3% $39,300 8.3%
DELAWARE 13.1% 81.4% 24.2% 13.0% $30,778 10.3%
DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA -14.5% 100.0% 18.4% 13.9% $39,858 18.6%
FLORIDA 16.8% 93.0% 23.6% 18.1% $27,780 12.8%
GEORGIA 20.2% 69.1% 26.4% 9.8% $27,340 13.2%
HAWAII 7.0% 72.9% 24.4% 13.7% $27,544 10.9%
IDAHO 24.3% 38.6% 28.0% 11.3% $22,835 13.5%
ILLINOIS 6.1% 84.5% 26.2% 12.3% $31,145 10.0%
INDIANA 7.2% 71.8% 25.7% 12.5% $26,143 8.0%
IOWA 3.3% 44.9% 25.1% 14.9% $25,615 8.3%
KANSAS 7.1% 56.8% 26.3% 13.3% $26,824 10.9%
KENTUCKY 7.4% 48.4% 24.4% 12.5% $23,237 12.8%
LOUISIANA 3.6% 75.2% 27.2% 11.5% $22,847 19.1%
MAINE 2.0% 36.3% 23.2% 14.0% $24,603 10.5%
MARYLAND 8.2% 92.7% 25.3% 11.5% $32,465 7.2%
Public- Violent
Federal U.S. school Percent crimes
taxes federal spending graduated per
Job paid per spending per from high 100,000
growth, capita, per capi- student, school, people,
1994-99 [4] 1999 ta, 1999 [5] 1997-98 1997-98 [6] 1999 [7]
THE U.S. 18.4% $6,589 $5,498 $6,662 67.8% 524.7
ALABAMA 14.2% $5,025 $6,134 $5,158 59.8% 490.2
ALASKA 12.3% $6,515 $8,536 $9,074 65.0% 631.5
ARIZONA 37.9% $5,706 $5,675 $5,122 61.5% 551.2
ARKANSAS 17.0% $4,627 $5,350 $4,999 73.2% 425.2
CALIFORNIA 20.4% $6,864 $5,027 $5,795 67.3% 627.2
COLORADO 29.9% $7,217 $5,392 $6,099 71.5% 340.5
CONNECTICUT 13.7% $10,851 $5,867 $9,221 73.4% 345.6
DELAWARE 23.4% $7,277 $5,014 $7,963 68.0% 734.0
DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA -3.9% $9,297 $52,028 $9,225 56.4% 1,627.7
FLORIDA 25.6% $6,886 $5,791 $6,183 57.0% 854.0
GEORGIA 26.7% $6,096 $5,060 $5,947 51.3% 534.0
HAWAII 2.4% $5,763 $7,220 $6,408 62.0% 235.0
IDAHO 26.2% $4,978 $4,946 $5,012 78.5% 244.9
ILLINOIS 14.7% $7,531 $4,609 $6,856 76.9% 732.5
INDIANA 15.0% $5,879 $4,521 $6,786 70.8% 374.6
IOWA 17.4% $5,681 $5,441 $6,295 84.2% 280.0
KANSAS 19.8% $6,115 $5,451 $6,406 73.3% 382.8
KENTUCKY 19.9% $4,971 $5,614 $6,125 66.8% 300.6
LOUISIANA 15.3% $4,933 $5,580 $5,645 55.4% 732.7
MAINE 18.1% $5,304 $5,817 $7,238 78.5& 112.2
MARYLAND 17.7% $7,678 $8,136 $7,812 70.6% 743.4
MASSACHUSETTS 2.6% 96.1% 23.8% 13.9% $35,551 10.2% 17.5% $8,571 $6,129
MICHIGAN 6.1% 82.5% 26.0% 12.4% $28,113 10.3% 15.6% $6,523 $4,453
MINNESOTA 9.1% 70.3% 26.6% 12.3% $30,793 8.8% 19.0% $6,928 $4,549
MISSISSIPPI 7.5% 36.2% 27.2% 12.1% $20,688 16.9% 13.9% $4,236 $5,965
MISSOURI 6.9% 68.0% 25.6% 13.6% $26,376 10.7% 16.9% $5,970 $6,086
MONTANA 10.5% 33.4% 25.4% 13.3% $22,019 16.1% 21.0% $4,899 $7,058
NEBRASKA 5.6% 52.2% 26.6% 13.7% $27,049 11.6% 17.6% $5,970 $5,282
NEVADA 50.6% 86.6% 27.2% 11.5% $31,022 10.9% 45.8% $7,238 $4,430
NEW HAMPSHIRE 8.3% 60.3% 25.3% 12.0% $31,114 8.8% 22.8% $7,638 $4,427
NEW JERSEY 5.1% 100.0% 24.6% 13.6% $35,551 8.2% 14.5% $9,150 $4,968
NEW MEXICO 14.8% 57.0% 28.5% 11.5% $21,853 20.5% 17.4% $4,742 $7,812
NEW YORK 1.1% 91.9% 24.4% 13.4% $33,890 15.4% 13.5% $7,915 $5,598
NORTH CAROLINA 15.4% 67.2% 25.4% 12.5% $26,003 13.8% 21.0% $5,690 $4,883
NORTH DAKOTA -0.8% 43.4% 25.3% 14.6% $23,313 14.1% 16.2% $5,174 $7,145
OHIO 3.8% 80.9% 25.3% 13.3% $27,152 11.6% 15.1% $6,077 $4,734
OKLAHOMA 6.8% 60.6% 26.3% 13.4% $22,953 13.4% 19.4% $4,792 $5,722
OREGON 16.7% 72.8% 25.0% 13.1% $27,023 13.8% 22.8% $6,223 $4,714
PENNSYLVANIA 0.9% 84.5% 23.8% 15.8% $28,605 10.3% 12.3% $6,616 $5,789
RHODE ISLAND -1.3% 93.8% 24.3% 15.6% $29,377 10.7% 12.3% $6,605 $6,097
SOUTH CAROLINA 11.5% 70.2% 24.6% 12.2% $23,545 12.7% 19.6% $5,041 $5,377
SOUTH DAKOTA 5.3% 34.5% 27.0% 14.4% $25,045 9.3% 19,0% $5,462 $6,701
TENNESSEE 12.4% 67.9% 24.5% 12.4% $25,574 12.7% 17.0% $5,591 $5,642
TEXAS 18.0% 84.6% 28.5% 10.1% $26,858 15.0% 24.6% $6,089 $4,909
UTAH 23.6% 76.4% 33.2% 8.7% $23,288 7.3% 30.7% $4,938 $4,353
VERMONT 5.5% 27.9% 23.5% 12.3% $25,889 9.8% 16.1% $5,868 $5,252
VIRGINIA 11.0% 78.2% 24.2% 11.3% $29,789 8.4% 19.5% $6,598 $8,442
WASHINGTON 18.3% 83.0% 25.8% 11.4% $30,392 9.2% 20.2% $7,347 $5,574
WEST VIRGINIA 0.7% 41.9% 22.3% 15.1% $20,966 16.8% 14.9% $4,256 $6,099
WISCONSIN 7.3% 67.8% 25.7% 13.2% $27,390 8.7% 18.1% $6,180 $4,311
WYOMING 5.7% 29.6% 26.4% 11.6% $26,396 11.1% 13.2% $6,841 $6,079
MASSACHUSETTS $8,299 75.6% 551.0
MICHIGAN $7,717 72.2% 574.9
MINNESOTA $6,796 83.6% 274.0
MISSISSIPPI $4,575 56.4% 349.3
MISSOURI $6,096 71.7% 500.2
MONTANA $6,448 80.1% 206.5
NEBRASKA $6,584 84.7% 430.2
NEVADA $5,758 69.9% 570.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE $6,487 74.5% 96.5
NEW JERSEY $10,233 78.2% 411.9
NEW MEXICO $4,984 57.9% 834.5
NEW YORK $9,970 61.0% 588.8
NORTH CAROLINA $5,667 60.8% 542.1
NORTH DAKOTA $5,353 85.4% 66.9
OHIO $6,808 73.2% 316.4
OKLAHOMA $5,389 72.1% 508.2
OREGON $7,348 67.2% 374.9
PENNSYLVANIA $7,777 75.3% 420.5
RHODE ISLAND $8,627 70.0% 286.6
SOUTH CAROLINA $5,643 53.2% 847.1
SOUTH DAKOTA $5,281 75.7% 167.4
TENNESSEE $5,274 60.0% 694.9
TEXAS $5,910 61.0% 560.3
UTAH $4,256 82.3% 275.5
VERMONT $7,500 80.9% 113.8
VIRGINIA $5,938 73.2% 314.7
WASHINGTON $6,534 70.9% 377.3
WEST VIRGINIA $6,779 75.3% 350.6
WISCONSIN $7,680 78.8% 245.9
WYOMING $6,718 77.4% 232.3
FOOTNOTES (1.) Percentage of a state's people living in a metropolitan area. (A metropolitan urea is a heavily populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. city and surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. communities shut have close economic and social ties with the city.) (2.) Income received from all sources during the year divided by the population. (Per copita means per person.) Includes money and nonmoney income, such an employee benefirs and government assistance. (3.) The percentage of per. Sons whose income fulls below the poverty line of each state. (The poverty line varies, depending on the size of families and other factors. In 1999, the national poverty line for a family of four wan $17,029.) (4.) Farm payroll payroll a list of employees, their salary rates, tax deductions, amounts paid, payroll tax, long service leave entitlements. employment not Included. (5.) The amount that the U.S. government spent in a state, divided by the number of people in that state. (6.) Public high school graduates in 1997-1998, compared with 9th-grade enrollment In fall 1994. (7.) Violent crimes are offenses of murder, forcible forc·i·ble adj. 1. Effected against resistance through the use of force: The police used forcible restraint in order to subdue the assailant. 2. Characterized by force; powerful. rape, robbery robbery, in law, felonious taking of property from a person against his will by threatening or committing force or violence. The injury or threat may be directed against the person robbed, his property, or the person or property of his relative or of anyone in his , and aggravated assault A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he or she attempts to cause serious bodily injury to another or causes such injury purposely, knowingly, or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life; or attempts to cause or purposely or . SOURCES All population figures and Poverty rate: U.S. Bureau of the Census Noun 1. Bureau of the Census - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Census Bureau * Personal income per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. ; Bureau of Economic Analysis. U.S. Department of Commerce * Job growth: Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) A research agency of the U.S. Department of Labor; it compiles statistics on hours of work, average hourly earnings, employment and unemployment, consumer prices and many other variables. , U.S. Department of Labor * Federal taxes paid per capita and U.S. federal spending per capita: Tan TAN See tax anticipation note (TAN). Foundation * Public school spending per student and percent graduated from high school: U.S. Department of Education * Violent crimes per 100,000 people This is the list of Violent Crimes per 100,000 people in the [United States] as of count in 2005. (Violent crimes are offenses of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) The List 1. District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) 2. South Carolina 3. Tennessee 4. : Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency. . |
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