43 Negative and Positive Factors

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

[1999 Rankings] [Award Rankings 1991 to 1999]

Table numbers refer to tables in the book State Rankings 1999

(see methodology).

1. Percent Change in Number of Crimes: 1996 to 1997 (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 124)

6. Unemployment Rate (Table 170)

7. Percent of Nonfarm Employees in Government (Table 181)

8. Electricity Prices (Table 201)

9. Hazardous Waste Sites on the National Priority List per 10,000 Square Miles (Table 212)

10. State & Local Taxes as a Percent of Personal Income (Table 275)

11. Per Capita State and Local Government Debt Outstanding (Table 287)

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

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

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

15. Infant Mortality Rate (Table 367)

16. Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Suicide (Table 388)

17. Population per Square Mile (Table 433)

18. Divorce Rate (Table 494)

19. Poverty Rate (Table 503)

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. Percent Change in Per Capita Gross State Product: 1992 to 1996 (Table 95)

26. Per Capita Gross State Product (Table 96)

27. Per Capita Personal Income (Table 107)

28. Growth in Per Capita Personal Income: 1996 to 1997 (Table 108)

29. Median Household Income (Table 111)

30. Public High School Graduation Rate (Table 129)

31. Percent of Population Graduated from High School (Table 130)

32. Expenditures for Education as a Percent of All State and Local Government Expenditures (Table 136)

33. Percent of Population Graduated from College (Table 150)

34. Books in Public Libraries Per Capita (Table 153)

35. Per Capita State Art Agencies’ Legislative Appropriations (Table 155)

36. Annual Average Weekly Earnings of Production Workers on Manufacturing Payrolls (Table 162)

37. Job Growth: 1997 to 1998 (Table 174)

38. Normal Daily Mean Temperature (Table 227)

39. Percent of Days That Are Sunny (Table 228)

40. Homeownership Rate (Table 409)

41. Domestic Migration of Population: 1997 to 1998 (Table 481)

42 Marriage Rate (Table 492)

43. Percent of Eligible Population Reported Voting (Table 502)