43 Negative and Positive Factors

1. Percent Change in Number of Crimes: 1998 to 1999 (Table 26)

2. Crime Rate (Table 27)

3. State Prisoner Incarceration Rate (Table 62)

4. State Cost of Living Index (Table 90)

5. Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools (Table 123)

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 213)

10. State & Local Taxes as a Percent of Personal Income (Table 280)

11. Per Capita State and Local Government Debt Outstanding (Table 292)

12. Percent of Population Not Covered by Health Insurance (Table 346)

13. Births of Low Birthweight as a Percent of All Births (Table 361)

14. Teenage Birth Rate (Table 362)

15. Infant Mortality Rate (Table 368)

16. Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Suicide (Table 387)

17. Population per Square Mile (Table 430)

18. Divorce Rate (Table 488)

19. Poverty Rate (Table 500)

20. State and Local Government Spending for Welfare Programs as a Percent of All Spending (Table 507)

21. Percent of Households Receiving Food Stamps (Table 531)

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

23. Highway Fatality Rate (Table 553)

26. Percent Change in Per Capita Gross State Product: 1994 to 1998 (Adjusted to Constant 1998 Dollars) (Table 96)

27. Per Capita Personal Income (Table 101)

28. Change in Per Capita Personal Income: 1998 to 1999 (Table 102)

29. Median Household Income (Table 104)

30. Public High School Graduation Rate (Table 128)

31. Percent of Population Graduated from High School (Table 129)

32. Expenditures for Education as a Percent of All State and Local Government Expenditures (Table 135)

33. Percent of Population Graduated from College (Table 149)

34. Books in Public Libraries Per Capita (Table 152)

35. Per Capita State Art Agencies’ Legislative Appropriations (Table 154)

36. Annual Average Weekly Earnings of Production Workers on Manufacturing Payrolls (Table 161)

37. Job Growth: 1999 to 2000 (Table 174)

38. Normal Daily Mean Temperature (Table 226)

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

40. Homeownership Rate (Table 411)

41. Domestic Migration of Population: 1998 to 1999 (Table 483)

42. Marriage Rate (Table 486)