State Profiles 2018: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State
provides a wealth of current, authoritative, and comprehensive data on
key demographic and economic indicators for each U.S. state and the
District of Columbia. Each state is covered by a compact standardized
chapter that allows for easy comparisons and timely analysis between the
states. A ten-page profile for each U.S. state plus the District of
Columbia provides reliable, up-to-date information on a wide range of
topics, including: population, labor force, income and poverty,
government finances, crime, education, health insurance coverage,
voting, marital status, migration, and more. If you want a single source
of key demographic and economic data on each of the U.S. states, there
is no other book like State Profiles. This book provides an overview of
the U.S. economy which provides a framework for understanding the state
information. This book is primarily useful for public, school, and
college and university libraries, as well as for economic and sociology
departments. However, anyone needing state-level information-students,
state officials, investors, economic analysts, concerned citizens-will
find State Profiles wealth of data and analysis absolutely essential! A
LOOK AT THE STATES South Carolina once again had the highest rate of
traffic fatalities in the U.S. in 2016, with 1.88 deaths per 100 million
vehicle miles driven. In 2016, 16.6 of Texans did not have health
insurance, making it the state with the highest percent of uninsured
residents. At more than twice the national average, West Virginia had
the highest rate of drug overdose deaths in 2016 (52.0 deaths per
100,000 residents) Of all the states, Utah had the highest percent of
children in 2017, with 29.9 percent of its population under age 18.
Maryland's 2016 median household income of $78,945 was the highest in
the country, and its poverty rate of 9.7 percent was the 3rd lowest
among the states.
