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   United States\2\ ....|   52.1 |   52.0 |   52.0 |   52.4 |   5,266,415 |   2,746,157 |   52.1 |   5,419,181 |   2,830,286 |   52.2 |   5,617,397 |   2,906,554 |   51.7
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Alabama ................|\3\53.1 |\3\52.5 |\3\52.9 |\3\53.0 |\3\   85,945 |\3\   45,967 |\3\53.5 |\3\   87,654 |\3\   47,766 |\3\54.5 |\3\   88,482 |\3\   48,614 |\3\54.9
Alaska .................|   45.8 |\3\47.6 |\3\49.1 |\3\50.2 |\3\   14,951 |       7,625 |\3\51.0 |\3\   16,098 |       8,118 |\3\50.4 |\3\   16,086 |       7,838 |\3\48.7
Arizona ................|   50.2 |   51.2 |   50.1 |   51.0 |      80,907 |      41,129 |   50.8 |\3\   85,015 |      42,352 |\3\49.8 |      88,259 |      43,892 |   49.7
Arkansas ...............|   51.5 |   52.2 |   53.8 |\3\52.3 |\3\   51,271 |\3\   26,931 |\3\52.5 |\3\   40,778 |      27,953 |\3\68.5 |      59,755 |      31,362 |   52.5
California .............|\3\51.4 |\3\51.6 |\3\52.0 |\3\53.1 |\3\  493,791 |\3\  268,535 |\3\54.4 |\3\  514,520 |\3\  281,784 |\3\54.8 |\3\  532,665 |\3\  287,344 |\3\53.9
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Colorado ...............|   53.5 |   53.7 |   52.5 |   51.1 |      72,247 |      37,840 |   52.4 |      76,125 |      39,434 |   51.8 |      79,672 |      40,772 |   51.2
Connecticut ............|   55.7 |   54.5 |   54.5 |   53.1 |      73,529 |      37,658 |   51.2 |      77,410 |      38,772 |   50.1 |      79,848 |      39,907 |   50.0
Delaware ...............|   54.8 |   54.6 |   54.5 |   54.4 |      12,554 |       6,850 |   54.6 |      12,869 |       7,074 |   55.0 |      13,369 |       7,318 |   54.7
District of Columbia ...|   57.2 |   58.2 |   56.4 |   56.8 |\3\    8,724 |       4,388 |\3\50.3 |       9,840 |       5,187 |   52.7 |\3\    9,453 |       4,779 |\3\50.6
Florida ................|   48.8 |   48.8 |   48.3 |   48.4 |     256,313 |     124,473 |   48.6 |     262,170 |     126,796 |   48.4 |     271,339 |     130,336 |   48.0
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Georgia ................|\3\47.5 |\3\48.3 |\3\48.2 |\3\54.0 |\3\  161,779 |      86,244 |\3\53.3 |     177,832 |      88,658 |   49.9 |     183,674 |      90,638 |   49.3
Hawaii .................|   55.3 |   61.8 |   62.3 |   62.7 |      17,117 |      10,653 |   62.2 |      17,354 |      10,639 |   61.3 |      17,902 |      10,866 |   60.7
Idaho ..................|   60.1 |   59.4 |   58.6 |   57.8 |      23,100 |      13,207 |   57.2 |      23,833 |      13,426 |   56.3 |      24,192 |      13,641 |   56.4
Illinois ...............|   55.8 |   54.2 |   54.3 |\3\52.5 |\3\  229,218 |     118,734 |\3\51.8 |\3\  234,318 |     121,758 |\3\52.0 |\3\  244,164 |     124,815 |\3\51.1
Indiana.................|   48.4 |   48.1 |   48.0 |   47.3 |     121,748 |      57,371 |   47.1 |     124,097 |      58,084 |   46.8 |     125,236 |      58,864 |   47.0
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Iowa ...................|   52.5 |   52.5 |   52.1 |   51.7 |      64,265 |      32,700 |   50.9 |      65,967 |      32,822 |   49.8 |      65,957 |      33,480 |   50.8
Kansas .................|   54.3 |   53.8 |   53.7 |   53.2 |      59,603 |      31,527 |   52.9 |      60,829 |      32,003 |   52.6 |      63,771 |      32,969 |   51.7
Kentucky ...............|   45.9 |   47.5 |   46.3 |\3\52.5 |\3\   88,991 |      40,488 |\3\45.5 |      91,088 |      40,803 |   44.8 |      93,332 |      41,954 |   45.0
Louisiana ..............|   50.3 |   49.5 |   50.5 |   50.3 |      98,537 |      48,599 |   49.3 |      99,401 |      49,124 |   49.4 |     101,233 |      50,031 |   49.4
Maine ..................|   53.2 |   52.6 |   52.3 |   51.4 |      30,534 |      15,700 |   51.4 |      31,297 |      15,890 |   50.8 |      32,499 |      16,349 |   50.3
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Maryland ...............|   53.4 |   55.0 |   54.4 |   56.1 |      87,367 |      48,318 |   55.3 |      93,313 |      49,840 |   53.4 |      93,620 |      50,995 |   54.5
Massachusetts ..........|   56.4 |   55.9 |   55.4 |   55.3 |     121,359 |      67,170 |   55.3 |     126,843 |      69,752 |   55.0 |\3\  136,257 |      77,596 |\3\56.9
Michigan ...............|   47.4 |   48.9 |   46.9 |   45.2 |     202,128 |      90,529 |   44.8 |     209,413 |      93,220 |   44.5 |     210,718 |      96,111 |   45.6
Minnesota ..............|   62.7 |   62.7 |   62.7 |   55.5 |      97,365 |      51,998 |   53.4 |     101,583 |      54,449 |   53.6 |     104,546 |      56,010 |   53.6
Mississippi ............|   47.4 |   47.5 |   47.6 |   47.9 |      61,693 |      29,441 |   47.7 |      65,023 |      31,140 |   47.9 |      63,946 |      30,722 |   48.0
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Missouri................|   48.6 |   48.4 |   48.0 |   55.0 |     111,067 |      60,889 |   54.8 |     116,304 |      62,449 |   53.7 |     118,104 |      63,890 |   54.1
Montana ................|\3\53.2 |\3\54.6 |\3\54.2 |\3\54.4 |\3\   19,044 |      10,228 |\3\53.7 |\3\   18,991 |      10,221 |\3\53.8 |\3\   20,036 |      10,353 |\3\51.7
Nebraska ...............|\3\53.3 |\3\53.2 |   52.9 |   53.0 |      37,777 |      20,065 |   53.1 |      38,207 |      20,310 |   53.2 |      39,142 |      20,766 |   53.1
Nevada .................|   56.1 |   58.1 |   58.5 |   58.1 |      27,830 |      16,053 |   57.7 |      29,132 |      16,415 |   56.3 |      30,247 |      17,380 |   57.5
New Hampshire ..........|   54.6 |   54.2 |   53.3 |   53.0 |      24,778 |      12,931 |   52.2 |      25,574 |      13,290 |   52.0 |      27,129 |      14,037 |   51.7
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New Jersey .............|   52.8 |   52.8 |   53.2 |   53.7 |     166,796 |      89,671 |   53.8 |     171,196 |      92,264 |   53.9 |     178,053 |      95,883 |   53.9
New Mexico .............|   50.2 |   48.8 |   48.3 |   49.0 |      40,579 |      19,647 |   48.4 |      41,125 |      19,981 |   48.6 |      43,184 |      19,797 |   45.8
New York ...............|   50.7 |   51.1 |   51.0 |   50.9 |     374,182 |     190,874 |   51.0 |     376,189 |     197,253 |   52.4 |     408,977 |     202,078 |   49.4
North Carolina .........|   52.2 |\3\52.0 |\3\52.2 |\3\51.9 |\3\  149,264 |      77,785 |\3\52.1 |     152,899 |      79,531 |   52.0 |     158,696 |      81,914 |   51.6
North Dakota ...........|   56.3 |   56.0 |   54.3 |   54.2 |      14,862 |       8,070 |   54.3 |      14,765 |       7,974 |   54.0 |      15,132 |       8,150 |   53.9
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Ohio ...................|   53.2 |   54.5 |   55.2 |   55.1 |     203,086 |     110,761 |   54.5 |     209,668 |     113,984 |   54.4 |     213,484 |     116,200 |   54.4
Oklahoma ...............|   53.4 |\3\50.3 |\3\47.0 |   58.0 |      69,294 |      40,215 |   58.0 |      70,752 |      40,876 |   57.8 |      73,831 |      41,498 |   56.2
Oregon .................|   52.6 |   52.0 |   51.8 |   51.2 |      53,094 |      26,935 |   50.7 |      53,781 |      27,152 |   50.5 |      55,610 |      27,803 |   50.0
Pennsylvania ...........|   53.1 |   53.2 |   53.0 |   52.9 |     205,642 |     108,014 |   52.5 |     209,862 |     111,065 |   52.9 |     216,725 |     114,525 |   52.8
Rhode Island ...........|   63.6 |   65.2 |   63.5 |   63.3 |      17,197 |      10,598 |   61.6 |      17,832 |      11,124 |   62.4 |      17,927 |      11,041 |   61.6
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South Carolina .........|\3\54.1 |\3\53.2 |\3\53.3 |\3\54.0 |\3\   79,219 |      42,336 |\3\53.4 |\3\   81,479 |      43,689 |\3\53.6 |\3\   85,494 |      45,468 |\3\53.2
South Dakota ...........|   55.6 |\3\55.5 |\3\53.2 |   53.2 |      16,846 |       9,282 |   55.1 |      16,525 |       9,273 |   56.1 |      17,437 |       9,384 |   53.8
Tennessee ..............|\3\49.9 |\3\49.2 |   54.0 |   54.0 |     102,349 |      54,142 |   52.9 |     110,068 |      59,258 |   53.8 |     112,477 |      60,702 |   54.0
Texas ..................|   51.9 |   52.0 |   52.0 |   51.8 |     492,932 |     254,557 |   51.6 |     506,134 |     259,739 |   51.3 |     523,948 |     267,935 |   51.1
Utah ...................|   54.0 |   54.0 |   53.6 |   52.7 |      39,630 |      21,115 |   53.3 |      39,198 |      21,501 |   54.9 |      40,235 |      21,832 |   54.3
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Vermont ................|\3\49.1 |\3\49.3 |   49.1 |   49.4 |      16,388 |       7,909 |   48.3 |      16,817 |       8,221 |   48.9 |      17,408 |       8,474 |   48.7
Virginia ...............|   54.5 |\3\54.3 |\3\54.3 |\3\53.5 |\3\  142,743 |\3\   77,575 |\3\54.3 |\3\  142,544 |\3\   79,323 |\3\55.6 |\3\  145,522 |\3\   81,073 |\3\55.7
Washington .............|   51.9 |\3\51.3 |\3\51.4 |   53.5 |      92,338 |      49,074 |   53.1 |      93,750 |      49,671 |   53.0 |      96,033 |      50,368 |   52.4
West Virginia...........|   54.6 |   54.6 |   54.5 |   54.8 |      38,499 |      20,947 |   54.4 |      38,655 |      20,989 |   54.3 |      38,709 |      21,082 |   54.5
Wisconsin ..............|   59.6 |   53.5 |   57.9 |   54.8 |\3\  102,362 |      55,732 |\3\54.4 |     109,266 |      61,176 |   56.0 |     109,951 |      60,778 |   55.3
Wyoming ................|   50.7 |   52.0 |   51.2 |   50.5 |      13,581 |       6,677 |   49.2 |      13,798 |       6,713 |   48.7 |      13,931 |       6,940 |   49.8
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   dependents schools\4\|    --- |    --- |    --- |   61.7 |       7,840 |       5,227 |   66.7 |       7,782 |       5,171 |   66.4 |      11,588 |       7,415 |   64.0
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American Samoa .........|   49.0 |   52.1 |   51.4 |   49.9 |       1,499 |         762 |   50.8 |       1,524 |         764 |   50.1 |       1,613 |         801 |   49.7
Guam ...................|   42.8 |   38.6 |   48.3 |   47.6 |       2,925 |       1,363 |   46.6 |       3,073 |       1,052 |   34.2 |       3,685 |       1,809 |   49.1
Northern Marianas ......|   39.1 |   38.6 |   40.0 |   41.8 |       1,085 |         483 |   44.5 |       1,041 |         496 |   47.6 |         956 |         488 |   51.0
Puerto Rico ............|   58.5 |   58.0 |   56.4 |   55.7 |      69,368 |      38,953 |   56.2 |      68,999 |      39,781 |   57.7 |      71,891 |      41,349 |   57.5
Virgin Islands .........|   47.2 |   47.9 |   47.4 |   49.6 |       3,153 |       1,559 |   49.4 |       3,055 |       1,567 |   51.3 |       2,964 |       1,528 |   51.6
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