43 Negative and Positive Factors

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

[1998 Rankings] [Award Rankings 1991 to 1998]

Table numbers refer to tables in the book State Rankings 1998

(see methodology).

1. Percent Change in Number of Crimes: 1995 to 1996 (Table 28)

2. Crime Rate (Table 29)

3. State Prisoner Incarceration Rate (Table 64)

4. Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools (Table 128)

5. Unemployment Rate (Table 174)

6. Percent of Nonfarm Employees in Government (Table 185)

7. Per Capita Energy Expenditures (Table 201)

8. Hazardous Waste Sites on the National Priority List per 10,000 Square Miles (Table 216)

9. State & Local Taxes as a Percent of Personal Income (Table 276)

10. Per Capita State and Local Government Debt Outstanding (Table 329)

11. Percent of Population Not Covered by Health Insurance (Table 342)

12. Births of Low Birthweight as a Percent of All Births (Table 357)

13. Percent of Births to Teenage Mothers (Table 358)

14. Infant Mortality Rate (Table 367)

15. Death Rate by Suicide (Table 388)

16. Median Value of a House (Table 404)

17. Population per Square Mile (Table 435)

18. Divorce Rate (Table 495)

19. Poverty Rate (Table 504)

20. State and Local Government Spending for Welfare Programs as a Percent of All Spending (Table 508)

21. Percent of Households Receiving Food Stamps (Table 528)

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. Per Capita Gross State Product (Table 98)

26. Percent Change in Per Capita Gross State Product: 1987 to 1994 (Table 99)

27. Per Capita Personal Income (Table 108)

28. Growth in Per Capita Personal Income: 1995 to 1996 (Table 109)

29. Median Household Income (Table 114)

30. Public High School Graduation Rate (Table 133)

31. Percent of Population Graduated from High School (Table 134)

32. Expenditures for Education as a Percent of All State and Local Government Expenditures (Table 140)

33. Percent of Population Graduated from College (Table 154)

34. Books in Public Libraries Per Capita (Table 157)

35. State Arts’Agencies Legislative Appropriations (Table 159)

36. Annual Average Weekly Earnings of Production Workers on Manufacturing Payrolls (Table 166)

37. Job Growth: 1996 to 1997 (Table 178)

38. Normal Daily Mean Temperature (Table 230)

39. Percent of Days That Are Sunny (Table 231)

40. Homeownership Rate (Table 402)

41. Domestic Migration of Population: 1996 to 1997 (Table 483)

42 Marriage Rate (Table 493)

43. Percent of Eligible Population Reported Voting (Table 503)