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United States .....| 9,137| 785,075| 2.8| 4.5| 6.8| 1.1|| | | | | | |
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Alabama ..............| 207| 8,913| 2.0| 3.0| 3.8| 0.7||Missouri .......| 148| 18,204| 3.6| 4.5| 7.7| 0.9
Alaska ...............| 85| 2,272| 3.5| 4.4| 5.8| 0.5||Montana ........| 79| 2,652| 2.9| 4.0| 5.7| 0.5
Arizona ..............| 35| 9,109| 1.7| 3.7| 7.0| 0.9||Nebraska .......| 275| 6,152| 4.4| 5.2| 8.7| 0.8
Arkansas .............| 47| 5,357| 2.1| 2.9| 4.3| 0.6||Nevada .........| 22| 4,137| 1.9| 4.1| 5.5| 0.7
California ...........| 179| 68,291| 2.0| 4.1| 5.3| 1.0||New Hampshire ..| 230| 5,725| 4.5| 4.7| 7.3| 0.7
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Colorado .............| 115| 11,469| 2.7| 5.8| 9.9| 1.3||New Jersey .....| 309| 31,203| 3.7| 5.1| 6.3| 0.9
Connecticut ..........| 194| 14,336| 4.2| 6.5| 8.9| 1.2||New Mexico .....| 89| 4,098| 2.5| 3.3| 4.9| 0.6
Delaware .............| 21| 1,488| 1.9| 3.7| 6.2| 0.6||New York .......| 751| 79,003| 4.2| 5.7| 6.9| 1.7
District of Columbia .| 1| 2,650| 4.6| 3.5| 2.1| 1.9||North Carolina .| 76| 16,243| 2.0| 3.8| 5.4| 0.9
Florida ..............| 72| 30,775| 1.8| 4.0| 5.3| 1.5||North Dakota ...| 82| 2,246| 4.1| 4.2| 7.4| 0.8
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Georgia ..............| 58| 14,869| 1.9| 3.3| 4.8| 1.0||Ohio ...........| 250| 48,075| 4.2| 6.9| 14.6| 1.7
Hawaii ...............| 1| 3,052| 2.5| 4.6| 5.8| 0.9||Oklahoma .......| 110| 6,345| 2.2| 4.7| 5.9| 0.7
Idaho ................| 106| 3,636| 3.1| 5.8| 7.9| 0.8||Oregon .........| 124| 8,811| 2.8| 5.9| 13.4| 0.9
Illinois .............| 627| 42,390| 3.7| 5.5| 7.9| 1.4||Pennsylvania ...| 451| 28,548| 2.4| 3.4| 5.1| 0.8
Indiana ..............| 239| 23,667| 4.2| 6.3| 11.7| 1.3||Rhode Island ...| 48| 4,109| 3.9| 5.7| 6.8| 0.9
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Iowa .................| 538| 11,494| 3.9| 5.3| 9.1| 0.7||South Carolina .| 41| 8,379| 2.1| 3.5| 4.6| 1.1
Kansas ...............| 323| 10,691| 4.8| 5.8| 10.1| 1.2||South Dakota ...| 125| 2,837| 4.7| 5.9| 8.4| 0.9
Kentucky .............| 116| 8,154| 2.0| 3.6| 5.4| 0.5||Tennessee ......| 184| 10,376| 1.8| 3.1| 4.0| 0.7
Louisiana ............| 65| 11,092| 2.5| 2.9| 4.0| 1.1||Texas ..........| 557| 36,890| 1.9| 3.0| 4.5| 1.1
Maine ................| 274| 6,016| 5.1| 5.0| 7.1| 0.8||Utah ...........| 72| 6,063| 2.7| 5.0| 11.7| 1.4
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Maryland .............| 24| 15,389| 3.0| 5.2| 9.4| 1.4||Vermont ........| 189| 2,739| 4.7| 5.2| 6.7| 0.8
Massachusetts ........| 370| 30,795| 4.9| 5.5| 7.6| 0.9||Virginia .......| 90| 19,385| 2.7| 4.5| 8.5| 1.1
Michigan .............| 383| 31,695| 3.2| 4.1| 5.8| 0.8||Washington .....| 64| 17,133| 2.9| 4.8| 10.1| 1.5
Minnesota ............| 142| 16,115| 3.2| 5.2| 9.7| 1.0||West Virginia ..| 97| 5,010| 2.8| 3.4| 4.2| 0.8
Mississippi ..........| 49| 5,712| 2.1| 2.8| 3.3| 0.5||Wisconsin ......| 380| 18,864| 3.5| 5.7| 9.7| 1.0
| | | | | | ||Wyoming ........| 23| 2,420| 4.9| 5.6| 7.8| 0.9
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