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Figure 3 is a map of the United States displaying the RNs per 100,000 population in 2004 for the fifty states and District of Columbia.  The states are color-coded to reflect ranges of the RNs per 100,000 population ratio.  States colored in white had the lowest RN per capita ratios (608 to 760).  These states included Idaho, Nevada, California, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma.  States colored in black had the highest RN per capita ratios (1,200 to 2,260).  These states included North Dakota, South Dakota, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.  States with ratios of 1,000 to 1,200 RNs per 100,000 were colored in red, and these states were Alaska, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Maine.  States with ratios of 860 to 1,000 RNs per 100,000 were colored in orange.  These states included Oregon, Montana, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.  States with ratios of 760 to 860 RNs per 100,000 were colored in yellow, and included Hawaii, Washington, Wyoming, Colorado, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Virginia.  The U.S. average of 848 is printed in text below the map.

Figure 8 is a map of the United States showing the estimated RN shortage percentages for each county.  States are outlined in thick bolded lines; county boundaries are outlined in thin, gray lines.  Counties colored in white have no shortage (from a surplus of 863% to 0).  Counties colored in yellow have mild shortages (from 0 to 10%), counties colored in orange have moderate shortages (from 10% to 25%), and counties colored in red have severe shortages (from 25% to 50%).  The counties with the most critical shortages (more than 50%) are colored in black.  The values for each individual county are presented in a table available in Appendix E.