U.S. in focus: part two. (Almanac).How much do you know about your state? What percentage of the population is under 20? Do more men or women live there? And how much does your state spend to educate each student? You can find the answers to these and other questions in the table below. You can also use this table--Part Two of the U.S. in Focus--to see how your state compares with the rest of the U.S. 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. This information will give you a picture of the quality of life in your state and others. For example, 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. This table will tell you which state had the lowest violent-crime rate in the U.S., but not why crime was low there. It will also tell you which states have the most people over 65 years of age, but not why. Ask yourself: What do the statistics here not tell me? Where can I find more information?
POPULATION
Personal
NAME Males Metro- Under 20 Age 65 income
per 100 politan years and per
females areas, of age, over, capita,
2000 1999 (1) 2000 2000 2001 (2)
THE U.S. 96.3 80.2% 28.6% 12.4% $30,472
ALABAMA 93.3 70.2% 28.3% 13.0% $24,589
ALASKA 107.0 41.6% 33.2% 5.7% $30,936
ARIZONA 99.7 87.9% 29.7% 13.0% $25,872
ARKANSAS 95.3 49.0% 28.4% 14.0% $22,887
CALIFORNIA 93.3 96.7% 30.1% 10.6% $32,702
COLORADO 107.0 84.0% 28.4% 9.7% 33,470$
CONNECTICUT 99.7 95.6% 27.3% 13.8% $42,435
DELAWARE 99.3 81.4% 27.9% 13.0% $32,472
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 101.4 100.0% 23.7% 12.2% $40,150
FLORIDA 95.3 93.0% 25.3% 17.6% $28,947
GEORGIA 96.8 69.1% 29.5% 9.6% $28,733
HAWAII 101.0 72.9% 27.1% 13.3% $29,002
IDAHO 100.5 38.6% 32.0% 11.3% $24,621
ILLINOIS 95.9 84.5% 29.1% 12.1% $33,023
INDIANA 96.3 71.8% 29.1% 12.4% $27,783
IOWA 96.3 44.9% 28.2% 14.9% $27,331
KANSAS 97.7 56.8% 29.7% 13.3% $28,565
KENTUCKY 95.6 48.4% 27.6% 12.5% $24,923
LOUISIANA 93.8 75.2% 30.6% 11.6% $24,535
MAINE 94.8 36.3% 26.2% 14.4% $26,723
MARYLAND 93.4 92.7% 28.2% 11.3% $35,188
MASSACHUSETTS 93.0 96.1% 26.4% 13.5% $38,907
MICHIGAN 96.2 82.5% 29.0% 12.3% $29,788
MINNESOTA 98.1 70.3% 29.1% 12.1% $33,101
MISSISSIPPI 93.4 36.2% 30.7% 12.1% $21,750
MISSOURI 94.6 68.0% 28.5% 13.5% $28,226
MONTANA 99.3 33.4% 28.6% 13.4% $23,963
NEBRASKA 97.2 52.2% 29.4% 13.6% $28,886
NEVADA 103.9 86.6% 28.2% 11.0% $29,897
NEW HAMPSHIRE 96.8 60.3% 27.8% 12.0% $34,138
NEW JERSEY 94.3 100.0% 27.1% 13.2% $38,509
NEW MEXICO 96.7 57.0% 31.1% 11.7% $23,155
NEW YORK 93.1 91.9% 27.4% 12.9% $36,019
NORTH CAROLINA 96.0 67.2% 27.2% 12.0% $27,514
NORTH DAKOTA 99.6 43.4% 28.5% 14.7% $25,902
OHIO 94.4 80.9% 28.3% 13.3% $28,816
OKLAHOMA 96.6 60.6% 29.0% 13.2% $25,071
OREGON 98.4 72.8% 27.6% 12.8% $28,165
PENNSYLVVANIA 93.4 84.5% 26.5% 15.6% $30,720
RHODE ISLAND 92.5 93.8% 27.0% 14.5% $30,215
SOUTH CAROLINA 94.5 70.2% 28.3% 12.1% $24,886
SOUTH DAKOTA 98.5 34.5% 30.2% 14.3% $26,664
TENNESSEE 94.9 67.9% 27.4% 12.4% $26,988
TEXAS 98.6 84.6% 31.3% 9.9% $28,581
UTAH 100.4 76.4% 36.3% 8.5% $24,180
VERMONT 96.1 27.9% 27.4% 12.7% $28,594
VIRGINIA 96.3 78.2% 27.3% 11.2% $32,431
WASHINGTON 99.1 83.0% 28.6% 11.2% $32,025
WEST VIRGINIA 94.6 41.9% 25.0% 15.3% $22,881
WISCONSIN 97.6 67.8% 28.6% 13.1% $29,270
WYOMING 101.2 29.6% 29.5% 11.7% $29,416
U.S. Public-
Federal federal school
NAME Poverty Job taxes spending spending
rate, growth, paid per per per
2000- 1996- capita, capita, student,
2001 (3) 2001 (4) 2001 2001 (5) 1999-2000
THE U.S. 311.5% 13.3% $6,875 $7,875 $7,392
ALABAMA 14.6% 6.8% $5,030 $7,685 $5,758
ALASKA 8.1% 15.5% $6,635 $10,809 $9,668
ARIZONA 13.2% 24.3% $5,701 $6,412 $5,444
ARKANSAS 17.1% 9.0% $4,640 $6,748 $5,628
CALIFORNIA 12.6% 19.1% $7,690 $6,281 $6,401
COLORADO 9.2% 21.0% $7,714 $6,336 $6,702
CONNECTICUT 7.5% 10.7% $11,372 $7,667 $10,122
DELAWARE 7.6% 18.4% $7,245 $6,179 $8,809
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 16.7% 6.2% $9,639 $55,217 $11,935
FLORIDA 11.9% 19.7% $6,762 $7,112 $6,383
GEORGIA 12.5% 14.9% $6,258 $6,307 $6,903
HAWAII 10.2% 5.1% $5,652 $8,687 $7,090
IDAHO 12.0% 21.6% $5,080 $6,316 $5,644
ILLINOIS 10.4% 8.5% $5,753 $6,075 $8,084
INDIANA 8.5% 7.2% $6,013 $5,953 $7,652
IOWA 7.8% 9.6% $5,719 $6,701 $6,925
KANSAS 9.1% 15.6% $6,126 $6,953 $6,962
KENTUCKY 12.6% 13.5% $5,050 $6,956 $6,784
LOUISIANA 16.7% 10.7% $4,785 $6,790 $6,256
MAINE 10.2% 17.8% $5,376 $7,027 $8,247
MARYLAND 7.3% 18.3% $7,796 $9,832 $8,273
MASSACHUSETTS 9.4% 13.8% $9,379 $7,845 $9,317
MICHIGAN 9.6% 8.6% $6,801 $5,882 $8,886
MINNESOTA 6.5% 12.7% $7,360 $5,935 $7,499
MISSISSIPPI 17.1% 6.2% $4,235 $7,557 $5,356
MISSOURI 9.4% 9.4% $5,996 $7,708 $6,764
MONTANA 13.7% 13.7% $4,822 $8,040 $6,990
NEBRASKA 9.0% 12.9% $6,080 $7,104 $7,360
NEVADA 7.9% 32.0% $7,203 $5,465 $6,148
NEW HAMPSHIRE 5.5% 17.9% $8,223 $5,848 $7,082
NEW JERSEY 7.7% 15.7% $9,535 $6,362 $10,903
NEW MEXICO 17.7% 13.1% $4,645 $9,651 $5,835
NEW YORK 14.0% 12.6% $8,335 $6,959 $10,957
NORTH CAROLINA 12.5% 14.4% $5,831 $6,160 $6,505
NORTH DAKOTA 12.1% 11.8% $5,169 $10,072 $6,078
OHIO 10.3% 8.8% $6,080 $6,147 $7,816
OKLAHOMA 15.0% 16.1% $4,819 $7,135 $5,770
OREGON 11.3% 12.0% $6,135 $6,120 $8,129
PENNSYLVVANIA 9.1% 11.7% $6,760 $7,207 $8,380
RHODE ISLAND 9.9% 13.3% $6,614 $7,373 $9,646
SOUTH CAROLINA 13.1% 13.0% $5,132 $6,691 $6,545
SOUTH DAKOTA 9.6% 11.3% $5,676 $8,500 $6,037
TENNESSEE 13.8% 10.9% $5,798 $6,968 $5,837
TEXAS 15.2% 18.5% $6,350 $5,868 $6,771
UTAH 9.1% 17.9% $5,020 $5,569 $4,692
VERMONT 9.9% 12.2% $6,094 $6,848 $8,799
VIRGINIA 8.1% 16.9% $7,375 $10,720 $6,491
WASHINGTON 10.8% 14.8% $8,319 $6,964 $6,914
WEST VIRGINIA 15.6% 10.3% $4,322 $7,494 $7,637
WISCONSIN 8.6% 12.4% $6,416 $5,715 $8,299
WYOMING 9.7% 15.5% $7,248 $8,280 $7,944
Violent
Percent crimes
NAME graduated per
from high 100,000
school, people
1999-2000 (6) 2001 (70
THE U.S. 67.0% 504.4
ALABAMA 58.9% 438.6
ALASKA 62.3% 588.3
ARIZONA 59.3% 540.3
ARKANSAS 73.6% 452.8
CALIFORNIA 68.7% 617.0
COLORADO 70.5% 350.7
CONNECTICUT 77.0% 335.5
DELAWARE 60.7% 611.4
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 54.4% 1,736.7
FLORIDA 55.2% 797.2
GEORGIA 52.3% 497.0
HAWAII 64.2% 254.6
IDAHO 76.9% 243.1
ILLINOIS 71.1% 636.9
INDIANA 68.2% 371.8
IOWA 83.0% 269.1
KANSAS 74.4% 404.8
KENTUCKY 65.8% 257.0
LOUISIANA 56.2% 687.0
MAINE 76.6% 111.5
MARYLAND 73.3% 783.0
MASSACHUSETTS 74.8% 479.5
MICHIGAN 64.8% 554.7
MINNESOTA 83.7% 264.4
MISSISSIPPI 56.0% 350.1
MISSOURI 73.1% 541.3
MONTANA 78.1% 352.4
NEBRASKA 83.8% 304.3
NEVADA 68.8% 586.8
NEW HAMPSHIRE 73.9% 170.3
NEW JERSEY 85.5% 390.1
NEW MEXICO 60.3% 781.1
NEW YORK 58.6% 516.0
NORTH CAROLINA 58.7% 494.3
NORTH DAKOTA 84.1% 79.6
OHIO 69.6% 351.9
OKLAHOMA 72.8% 512.3
OREGON 67.4% 306.7
PENNSYLVVANIA 74.9% 410.4
RHODE ISLAND 69.5% 309.6
SOUTH CAROLINA 51.0% 720.3
SOUTH DAKOTA 74.2% 154.8
TENNESSEE 54.8% 745.3
TEXAS 61.9% 572.8
UTAH 83.9% 234.1
VERMONT 78.7% 105.0
VIRGINIA 73.9% 291.3
WASHINGTON 70.8% 355.0
WEST VIRGINIA 74.8% 279.4
WISCONSIN 78.0% 231.1
WYOMING 75.0% 257.3
FOOTNOTES
(1) Percentage of a state's people living in a metropolitan area. (A
metropolitan area is a heavily populated city and the surrounding
communities that have close economic and social ties to the city.)
Figures are estimates based on U.S. Census data.
(2) Income received from all sources during the year, divided by the
population. (Per capita means per person.) Includes money and nonmoney
income, such as employee benefits and government assistance.
(3) 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 2001. the national poverty line for a
family of four was $18,104.).
(4) Farm payroll employement 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 199-2000, compared with 9th-grade
enrollement in fall 1996.
(7) Violent crimes are offenses of murder, forcible rape, robbery, and
aggravated assault.
SOURCES
All population figures: Census 2000 U.S. Bureaur of the Census.
Personal income per capita: Bureau of Eceonomic Analysis, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
Poverty rate: U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Job growth: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
Federal taxes paid per capita and U.S. federal spending per capita: Tax
Foundation.
Public school spending per student and percent graduated from high
school: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of
Education.
Violent crimes per 100,000 people: Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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