Table of Contents for Most Livable State Online Publication
Table of Contents (54 Pages):
Introduction
Rankings and Methodology
Past Rankings: 1991 to 2006
Rankings in 44 Factors for all States
List of Tables Included:
Negative Factors
1. Percent Change in Number of Crimes: 2003 to 2004
2. Crime Rate
3. State Prisoner Incarceration Rate
4. Personal Bankruptcy Rate
5. Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
6. Rate of Public Libraries and Branches
7. Unemployment Rate
8. Percent of Nonfarm Employees in Government
9. Average Monthly Electric Bill for Residential Customers
10. Hazardous Waste Sites on the National Priority List per 10,000 Square Miles
11. State & Local Taxes as a Percent of Personal Income
12. Per Capita State and Local Government Debt Outstanding
13. Percent of Population Not Covered by Health Insurance
14. Births of Low Birthweight as a Percent of All Births
15. Teenage Birth Rate
16. Infant Mortality Rate
17. Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Suicide
18. Population per Square Mile
19. Poverty Rate
20. Percent of Female-Headed Families with Children Living in Poverty
21. State and Local Government Spending for Welfare Programs as a Percent of All Spending
22. Percent of Households Receiving Food Stamps
23. Deficient Bridges as a Percent of Total Bridges
24. Highway Fatality Rate
25. Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Crashes as a Percent of All Highway Fatalities
Positive Factors
26. Per Capita Gross State Product
27. Percent Change in Per Capita Gross State Product: 2000 to 2004
28. Per Capita Personal Income
29. Change in Per Capita Personal Income: 2003 to 2004
30. Median Household Income
31. Public High School Graduation Rate
32. Percent of Population Graduated from High School
33. Expenditures for Education as a Percent of All State and Local Government Expenditures
34. Percent of Population With a Bachelor’s Degree or More
35. Books in Public Libraries Per Capita
36. Per Capita State Art Agencies’ Legislative Appropriations
37. Average Weekly Earnings of Production Workers on Manufacturing Payrolls
38. Job Growth: 2004 to 2005
39. Normal Daily Mean Temperature
40. Percent of Days That Are Sunny
41. Homeownership Rate
42. Domestic Migration of Population: 2004 to 2005
43 Marriage Rate
44. Percent of Eligible Population Reported Voting
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