U.S. in focus: part two.The portrait An orientation in which the data is printed across the narrow side of the form. Contrast with landscape.  of a nation is made up of many individual pieces. Part
Two of the U.S. in Focus is one way of looking at the country. It offers
a mass of data that highlight different facets of life in each of the 50
states. How many jobs have been created in a given state in the past
five years? How many people were out of work there in late 2005? How
much did that state spend, on average, to educate its students?
Government agencies and individuals are constantly collecting this kind
of information, and the portrait is constantly changing.
What do the figures on this table say about your state? How many violent crimes per I00,000 people were committed in 2004? How does your state's unemployment rate compare to the national rate? How much more or less money does your state get from the federal government than it sends out in taxes? Of course, statistics do not tell the whole story, and by themselves can be misleading. They do not tell you if people are happy, only whether they are making more or less money than the people in neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. states. What other kinds of indicators would tell you how well people live? What do you consider the real measure of a standard of living?
Without
health
insurance, Unem-
2003- ployed,
NAME 2004 (1) 2005 (2)
THE U.S. 18% (1) 5.0%
ALABAMA 16% 4.5%
ALASKA 20% 6.9%
ARIZONA 20% 4.9%
ARKANSAS 20% 4.9%
CALIFORNIA 21% 5.2%
COLORADO 19% 4.9%
CONNECTICUT 13% 5.3%
DELAWARE 15% 4.2%
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 16% 6.1%
FLORIDA 23% 3.4%
GEORGIA 19% 5.5%
HAWAII 12% 2.7%
IDAHO 19% 3.6%
ILLINOIS 16% 5.5%
INDIANA 16% 8.4%
IOWA 12% 4.5%
KANSAS 12% 5.0%
KENTUCKY 16% 6.0%
LOUISIANA 21% 11.3%
MAINE 12% 5.2%
MARYLAND 16% 4.1%
MASSACHUSETTS 13% 4.8%
MICHIGAN 13% 6.1%
MINNESOTA 10% 3.7%
MISSISSIPPI 20% 9.6%
MISSOURI 14% 5.0%
MONTANA 22% 4.3%
NEBRASKA 13% 3.7%
NEVADA 21% 4.1%
NEW HAMPSHIRE 12% 3.9%
NEW JERSEY 16% 3.9%
NEW MEXICO 25% 5.4%
NEW YORK 17% 4.9%
NORTH CAROLINA 19% 5.3%
NORTH DAKOTA 13% 3.5%
OHIO 13% 5.9%
OKLAHOMA 24% 4.3%
OREGON 19% 6.0%
PENNSYLVANIA 14% 4.6%
RHODE ISLAND 12% 5.4%
SOUTH CAROLINA 17% 6.9%
SOUTH DAKOTA 14% 4.0%
TENNESSEE 16% 5.6%
TEXAS 27% 5.2%
UTAH 14% 4.5%
VERMONT 12% 4.0%
VIRGINIA 15% 3.4%
WASHINGTON 16% 5.6%
WEST VIRGINIA 19% 5.2%
WISCONSIN 12% 4.5%
WYOMING 17% 4.1%
POPULATION
Personal
Under Age 65 income
years and per
of age, over, capita,
NAME 2004 2004 2004 (3)
THE U.S. 25.0% 12.4% $33,041
ALABAMA 24.2% 13.2% $27,630
ALASKA 28.7% 6.4% $34,085
ARIZONA 26.9% 12.7% $28,609
ARKANSAS 24.6% 13.8% $25,724
CALIFORNIA 26.7% 10.7% $35,172
COLORADO 25.6% 9.8% $36,109
CONNECTICUT 23.9% 13.5% $45,506
DELAWARE 23.3% 13.1% $35,559
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 19.8% 12.1% $52,101
FLORIDA 23.0% 16.8% $31,460
GEORGIA 26.4% 9.6% $30,074
HAWAII 23.7% 13.6% $32,606
IDAHO 26.7% 11.4% $26,839
ILLINOIS 25.5% 12.0% $34,725
INDIANA 25.7% 12.4% $30,070
IOWA 23.0% 14.7% $30,970
KANSAS 25.0% 13.0% $31,003
KENTUCKY 23.6% 12.5% $27,151
LOUISIANA 25.8% 11.7% $27,219
MAINE 21.4% 14.4% $29,973
MARYLAND 25.1% 11.4% $39,629
MASSACHUSETTS 22.8% 13.3% $42,102
MICHIGAN 25.1% 12.3% $32,052
MINNESOTA 24.3% 12.1% $36,173
MISSISSIPPI 25.8% 12.2% $24,379
MISSOURI 24.1% 13.3% $30,516
MONTANA 22.5% 13.7% $27,666
NEBRASKA 24.9% 13.3% $32,276
NEVADA 25.9% 11.2% $33,783
NEW HAMPSHIRE 23.5% 12.1% $36,676
NEW JERSEY 24.8% 12.9% $41,636
NEW MEXICO 25.9% 12.1% $26,154
NEW YORK 23.8% 13.0% $38,333
NORTH CAROLINA 24.8% 12.1% $29,303
NORTH DAKOTA 21.9% 14.7% $29,247
OHIO 24.3% 13.3% $31,135
OKLAHOMA 24.4% 13.2% $27,819
OREGON 23.7% 12.8% $30,584
PENNSYLVANIA 22.9% 15.3% $33,257
RHODE ISLAND 22.6% 13.9% $34,180
SOUTH CAROLINA 24.4% 12.4% $27,153
SOUTH DAKOTA 24.8% 14.2% $30,617
TENNESSEE 23.6% 12.5% $29,806
TEXAS 27.9% 9.9% $30,697
UTAH 31.0% 8.7% $26,946
VERMONT 21.7% 13.0% $31,737
VIRGINIA 24.2% 11.4% $36,175
WASHINGTON 24.0% 11.3% $35,017
WEST VIRGINIA 21.2% 15.3% $25,681
WISCONSIN 23.7% 13.0% $32,063
WYOMING 23.1% 12.1% $34,199
Federal
Poverty Job taxes
rate, growth, paid per
2003- 1999- capita,
NAME 2004 (4) 2004 (5) 2004
THE U.S. 12.6% 6.2% $6,294
ALABAMA 16.0% 2.3% $4,661
ALASKA 9.4% 13.6% $6,223
ARIZONA 13.9% 17.0% $5,131
ARKANSAS 16.4% 5.4% $4,343
CALIFORNIA 13.2% 8.7% $6,955
COLORADO 9.9% 7.5% $6,935
CONNECTICUT 9.1% 3.3% $10,528
DELAWARE 8.2% 9.1% $6,692
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 16.7% 12.0% $9,748
FLORIDA 12.2% 14.8% $6,188
GEORGIA 12.5% 5.4% $5,640
HAWAII 8.9% 14.4% $5,439
IDAHO 10.0% 15.6% $4,543
ILLINOIS 12.4% 1.5% $6,915
INDIANA 10.8% 3.7% $5,397
IOWA 9.9% 3.4% $5,243
KANSAS 11.1% 3.5% $5,536
KENTUCKY 16.0% 4.9% $4,760
LOUISIANA 16.8% 3.3% $4,552
MAINE 11.6% 11.6% $5,347
MARYLAND 9.2% 11.3% $7,336
MASSACHUSETTS 9.7% 2.6% $8,907
MICHIGAN 12.3% -0.5% $5,925
MINNESOTA 7.2% 6.9% $6,846
MISSISSIPPI 17.3% 0.5% $3,984
MISSOURI 11.5% 3.4% $5,527
MONTANA 14.6% 15.2% $4,710
NEBRASKA 9.6% 7.3% $5,626
NEVADA 10.9% 26.7% $6,339
NEW HAMPSHIRE 5.6% 8.8% $7,516
NEW JERSEY 8.3% 7.6% $8,913
NEW MEXICO 17.3% 13.2% $4,866
NEW YORK 14.6% 4.8% $7,927
NORTH CAROLINA 15.1% 2.7% $5,207
NORTH DAKOTA 9.7% 8.6% $5,078
OHIO 11.3% 1.7% $5,493
OKLAHOMA 11.8% 4.2% $4,638
OREGON 12.1% 6.6% $5,486
PENNSYLVANIA 10.9% 5.2% $6,258
RHODE ISLAND 11.5% 11.1% $6,451
SOUTH CAROLINA 13.8% 3.1% $4,681
SOUTH DAKOTA 13.0% 7.1% $53,24
TENNESSEE 15.0% 5.3% $5,226
TEXAS 16.7% 7.1% $5,766
UTAH 9.5% 11.2% $4,450
VERMONT 8.2% 9.7% $5,905
VIRGINIA 9.7% 9.9% $6,735
WASHINGTON 12.0% 6.2% $7,036
WEST VIRGINIA 15.8% 5.3% $4,177
WISCONSIN 11.0% 5.1% $5,910
WYOMING 9.9% 15.8% $7,092
Federal Public-
services school
rec'd per spending
dollar of per
taxes, student,
NAME 2003 2002-2003
THE U.S. $1.00 $8,044
ALABAMA $1.69 $6,300
ALASKA $1.89 $9,870
ARIZONA $1.23 $6,282
ARKANSAS $1.47 $6,482
CALIFORNIA $0.78 $7,552
COLORADO $0.80 $7,384
CONNECTICUT $0.65 $11,057
DELAWARE $0.82 $9,693
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA $6.59 $11,847
FLORIDA $1.00 $6,439
GEORGIA $0.95 $7,774
HAWAII $1.58 $8,100
IDAHO $1.32 $6,081
ILLINOIS $0.73 $8,287
INDIANA $0.96 $8,057
IOWA $1.06 $7,574
KANSAS $1.13 $7,454
KENTUCKY $1.52 $6,661
LOUISIANA $1.47 $6,922
MAINE $1.36 $9,344
MARYLAND $1.34 $9,153
MASSACHUSETTS $0.78 $10,460
MICHIGAN $0.86 $8,781
MINNESOTA $0.70 $8,109
MISSISSIPPI $1.83 $5,792
MISSOURI $1.31 $7,495
MONTANA $1.60 $7,496
NEBRASKA $1.06 $8,074
NEVADA $0.70 $6,092
NEW HAMPSHIRE $0.64 $8,579
NEW JERSEY $0.57 $12,568
NEW MEXICO $1.99 $7,125
NEW YORK $0.80 $11,961
NORTH CAROLINA $1.09 $6,562
NORTH DAKOTA $1.75 $6,870
OHIO $1.02 $8,632
OKLAHOMA $1.48 $6,092
OREGON $1.00 $7,491
PENNSYLVANIA $1.08 $8,997
RHODE ISLAND $1.06 $10,349
SOUTH CAROLINA $1.36 $7,040
SOUTH DAKOTA $1.49 $6,547
TENNESSEE $1.29 $6,118
TEXAS $0.98 $7,136
UTAH $1.19 $4,838
VERMONT $1.14 $10,454
VIRGINIA $1.58 $7,822
WASHINGTON $0.90 $7,252
WEST VIRGINIA $1.82 $8,319
WISCONSIN $0.84 $9,004
WYOMING $1.13 $8,985
Violent
8th-graders crimes
at or above per
proficient 100,000
reading level, people,
NAME 2005 (6) 2004 (7)
THE U.S. 29% 465.5
ALABAMA 22% 426.6
ALASKA 27% 634.5
ARIZONA 23% 504.1
ARKANSAS 26% 499.1
CALIFORNIA 21% 551.8
COLORADO 31% 373.5
CONNECTICUT 34% 286.3
DELAWARE 31% 568.4
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 12% 1,371.2
FLORIDA 25% 711.3
GEORGIA 24% 455.5
HAWAII 18% 254.4
IDAHO 32% 244.9
ILLINOIS 31% 542.9
INDIANA 28% 325.4
IOWA 34% 270.9
KANSAS 34% 374.5
KENTUCKY 31% 244.9
LOUISIANA 20% 638.7
MAINE 38% 103.5
MARYLAND 30% 700.5
MASSACHUSETTS 44% 458.8
MICHIGAN 28% 490.2
MINNESOTA 37% 269.6
MISSISSIPPI 19% 295.1
MISSOURI 31% 490.5
MONTANA 37% 293.8
NEBRASKA 35% 308.7
NEVADA 22% 615.9
NEW HAMPSHIRE 38% 167.0
NEW JERSEY 37% 355.7
NEW MEXICO 19% 687.3
NEW YORK 33% 441.6
NORTH CAROLINA 27% 447.8
NORTH DAKOTA 37% 79.4
OHIO 36% 341.8
OKLAHOMA 25% 500.5
OREGON 33% 298.3
PENNSYLVANIA 36% 411.1
RHODE ISLAND 29% 247.4
SOUTH CAROLINA 25% 784.2
SOUTH DAKOTA 35% 171.5
TENNESSEE 26% 695.2
TEXAS 26% 540.5
UTAH 29% 236.0
VERMONT 37% 112.0
VIRGINIA 35% 275.6
WASHINGTON 34% 343.8
WEST VIRGINIA 22% 271.2
WISCONSIN 34% 209.6
WYOMING 35% 229.6
FOOTNOTES: (1) Total "nonelderly" under 65. (2) Figures as of October
2005. (3) Income received from all sources during the year, divided by
the population. (Per capita means per person.) Includes money and
non-money income, such as employee benefits and government assistance.
(4) The percentage of persons whose income falls below the poverty
line of each state. (The poverty line varies, depending on the size of
families and other factors. In 2004, the national poverty line for a
family of four was $19,484.) (5) Farm payroll employment not included.
(6) Representative sampling of public-school students by the National
Assessment of Educational Progress, U.S. Department of Education. (7)
Violent crimes are offenses of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated
assault.
SOURCES: Without health insurance: Kaiser Family Foundation. Unemployed
and Job growth: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
Population figures: U.S. Bureau of the Census; estimates as of July
2004. Personal income per capita: Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S.
Department of Commerce. Poverty rate: U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Federal taxes paid per capita and Federal services received per
dollar of taxes: Tax Foundation. Public-school spending per student
and 8th-graders at or above proficient reading level: National Center
for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. Violent crimes
per 100,000 people: Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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