43 Negative and Positive Factors

[State Rankings for the 43 Factors] [Press Release]

[2000 Rankings] [Award Rankings 1991 to 2000]

Table numbers refer to tables in the book State Rankings 2000

(see methodology).

1. Percent Change in Number of Crimes: 1997 to 1998 (Table 26)

2. Crime Rate (Table 27)

3. State Prisoner Incarceration Rate (Table 62)

4. State Cost of Living Index (Table 92)

5. Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools (Table 125)

6. Unemployment Rate (Table 171)

7. Percent of Nonfarm Employees in Government (Table 182)

8. Electricity Prices (Table 202)

9. Hazardous Waste Sites on the National Priority List per 10,000 Square Miles (Table 213)

10. State & Local Taxes as a Percent of Personal Income (Table 271)

11. Per Capita State and Local Government Debt Outstanding (Table 283)

12. Percent of Population Not Covered by Health Insurance (Table 338)

13. Births of Low Birthweight as a Percent of All Births (Table 354)

14. Percent of Births to Teenage Mothers (Table 355)

15. Infant Mortality Rate (Table 364)

16. Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Suicide (Table 383)

17. Population per Square Mile (Table 430)

18. Divorce Rate (Table 491)

19. Poverty Rate (Table 500)

20. State and Local Government Spending for Welfare Programs as a Percent of All Spending (Table 505)

21. Percent of Households Receiving Food Stamps (Table 533)

22. Deficient Bridges as a Percent of Total Bridges (Table 550)

23. Highway Fatality Rate (Table 553)

24. Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Crashes as a Percent of All Highway Fatalities (Table 558)

25. Percent Change in Per Capita Gross State Product: 1993 to 1997 (Table 95)

26. Per Capita Gross State Product (Table 96)

27. Per Capita Personal Income (Table 107)

28. Change in Per Capita Personal Income: 1997 to 1998 (Table 108)

29. Median Household Income (Table 110)

30. Public High School Graduation Rate (Table 130)

31. Percent of Population Graduated from High School (Table 131)

32. Expenditures for Education as a Percent of All State and Local Government Expenditures (Table 137)

33. Percent of Population Graduated from College (Table 151)

34. Books in Public Libraries Per Capita (Table 154)

35. Per Capita State Art Agencies’ Legislative Appropriations (Table 156)

36. Annual Average Weekly Earnings of Production Workers on Manufacturing Payrolls (Table 163)

37. Job Growth: 1998 to 1999 (Table 175)

38. Normal Daily Mean Temperature (Table 226)

39. Percent of Days That Are Sunny (Table 227)

40. Homeownership Rate (Table 406)

41. Domestic Migration of Population: 1998 to 1999 (Table 478)

42. Marriage Rate (Table 489)

43. Percent of Eligible Population Reported Voting (Table 499)