StateMaster - Top 100 Stats

Statistic	States covered
Background > People and Politics	56
Background > Landscapes and History	51
Crime > Capital Punishment > Electrocution	32
Crime > Lynchings > Total (per capita)	44
Crime > Firearms Death Rate per 100,000	51
Crime > Terrorism > Victims of 9-11	40
Crime > Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita)	50
Economy > Gross State Product > Current Dollars	56
Economy > Gross State Product > Current Dollars (per capita)	56
Economy > Nest Egg Index	50
Economy > Percent below poverty level	51
Economy > Personal income	51
Economy > Personal income (per capita)	51
Economy > Total tax burden (per capita)	50
Economy > Unemployment rate	52
Education > Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math	51
Education > Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing	42
Education > Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math	51
Education > Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage	51
Education > Best Educated Index	50
Education > Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures	51
Education > High school diploma or higher, by percentage	51
Energy > Alternative Fuel Vehicles	51
Energy > Gas Price Average > Diesel	51
Energy > Gas Price Average > Regular	51
Energy > Nuclear Energy > List of nuclear reactors	31
Energy > Oil Consumption	51
Energy > Oil Consumption (per capita)	51
Energy > Oil Consumption (per $ GDP)	51
Energy > Oil production (per capita)	31
Geography > Total area	50
Geography > Land area	56
Geography > Largest cities (with populations)	50
Geography > Geographic regions	55
Geography > Percentage of area water	50
Geography > State capitals (with populations)	50
Government > Gun Laws > Permits	55
Health > Abortion Rate	47
Health > AIDS Case Rate All Ages	51
Health > Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers	52
Health > Alcohol consumption > Casual drinkers	52
Health > Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers	52
Health > Alcohol related traffic fatalities, as a percentage	51
Health > Annual Reported HIV Cases All Ages	39
Health > Attempts to Quit Smoking	50
Health > Beds	51
Health > Birth Rate per 1,000	51
Health > Child Death Rate	50
Health > Chlamydia Cases	50
Health > Chlamydia Rate	50
Health > Gonorrhea Cases	50
Health > Gonorrhea Rate	50
Health > Health Index	50
Health > HIV Death Rate	42
Health > Obesity Rate	51
Health > % of Nursing Homes w/ Serious Deficiencies	51
Health > Oral health > Loss of natural teeth	52
Health > Overweight and Obesity Rate	51
Health > Physical exercise	52
Health > Prevalence of Poor Mental Health	50
Health > Smokeless tobacco users	18
Health > Mental Health > State Expenditures Per Capita	51
Health > Suicides	51
Health > Suicides (per capita)	51
Health > Syphilis Rate	50
Health > Teen Birth Rate per 1,000	51
Health > Total Spending on Medicaid	36
Housing > Average Property Loss per Fire	49
Housing > Median Housing Value of Owner-Occupied Housing Units	51
Housing > Percent of Housing Units That are Mobile Homes	51
Identification > Symbols > State animal	45
Identification > Symbols > State motto	50
Industry > Milk production	50
Labor > Percent of Workers Who Traveled to Work by Carpool	51
Lifestyle > Amusement Parks > Steel roller coasters (per capita)	42
Lifestyle > Average Household Size	51
Lifestyle > Best States to Live	50
Lifestyle > Percent of Households That are Married-Couple Families	51
Lifestyle > Percent of Married-Couple Families With Both Husband and Wife in the Labor Force	51
Lifestyle > Percent of Men Who Never Married	51
Lifestyle > Percent of Women Who Never Married	51
Lifestyle > Resturants (per capita)	51
Military > Iraqi War Casualties	56
Military > Iraqi War Casualties (per capita)	56
People > Age Dependency Ratio	51
People > Estimated number of Illegal Immigrants	43
People > Estimated number of Illegal Immigrants (per capita)	43
People > Median Age	51
People > Demonym (name of state resident)	41
People > Percent of Foreign Population Born in Mexico	49
People > Percent of People Who are Black or African American Alone	51
People > Percent of People Who are White Alone	51
People > Population	56
People > Population density	50
People > Sex Ratio	51
People > Total Black Population	51
People > Total Black Population (per capita)	51
People > Total Hispanic Population	51
Presidential Elections > 2004 > Popular Votes for Ralph Nader (per capita)	35
Trade > Exports to China > Total Value	52

COMMENTARY

steve 23rd March 2011	I'm not surprised by the high quality of life outcome for the 9 Northeastern states. High education levels (and high test scores to boot!), low divorce rates making for stable home lives, low teenage pregnancy rates, and high incomes are the main reasons.
Stephen 12th December 2010	Thanks a lot for this site. I'm looking for reorder of states in natural resources (by production and availability) like gasoline, water, oil, fuel gas, ore etc. Few of them already there (Thank God), expecting other remaining.
West Virginia descendent 7th December 2010	Really, West Virginia is much worse than you guys make it out to be....nice scenery though....
Nevaeh 9th November 2010	This websites makes clarity of the information that needs to be known( coming that im from south carolina i was very shocked at the rankings)
RANDY ILL 8th November 2010	WHAT STATES HAS THE BIGGEST UNBELEAVERS IN GOD? AND WHAT ARE THE ONES THAT DONT?
Ericka 16th September 2010	So Oklahoma is full of the married and The District of Columbia is full of lonley people. Wow.
Charlotte 8th September 2010	Anyone notice that Mississippi is at the top or bottom (NOT IN THEIR FAVOR!)of practically EVERY list??
Valerie 23rd June 2010	Where are the teen suicide rates? More detailed information is needed in each particular state. What is the percentage of teens who have a job and how does it affect their psychosocial development.
Adam 23rd May 2010	Mississippi has a lot of std's
Dave (Michigan) 14th January 2009	Need foreclosures statistics. Very hard to find this information.
Christopher Hamilton (Maine) 11th July 2008	I am deeply outraged by the stats that have been presented. New Mexico is thankfully not the lowest on the list but it comes pretty close. I think your statistics are not truthfull and probably need to be re-evaluated.

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