State

1998

1999

2000

2001

Rank

Rank

Rank

Rank

United States

3.356

3.450

3.437

3.458

Alabama

0.970

47

1.082

45

0.887

48

1.014

46

Alaska

1.235

41

1.065

46

0.908

47

0.915

47

Arizona

3.593

17

3.397

21

3.398

20

3.207

19

Arkansas

0.725

51

0.886

49

0.926

46

0.824

50

California

5.455

8

5.690

8

5.835

6

6.030

5

Colorado

4.827

10

4.899

10

4.796

10

4.762

10

Connecticut

6.325

2

6.173

3

6.114

3

6.030

4

Delaware

5.698

6

5.892

6

5.429

8

5.348

7

1.630

36

1.214

40

1.137

45

1.272

41

Florida

2.091

28

2.012

28

1.949

28

1.923

28

Georgia

1.959

29

1.982

30

1.873

30

1.905

29

Hawaii

0.781

48

0.818

50

0.767

50

0.872

49

Idaho

7.287

1

10.090

1

12.418

1

13.153

1

Illinois

3.616

14

3.552

16

3.628

16

3.413

18

Indiana

2.642

24

2.872

24

2.792

23

2.603

26

Iowa

2.517

25

2.847

25

2.308

26

2.780

24

Kansas

1.531

38

1.865

32

1.764

33

1.414

39

Kentucky

1.027

45

1.285

39

1.277

43

1.344

40

Louisiana

1.245

40

1.187

43

1.295

42

1.257

42

Maine

1.146

43

1.157

44

1.182

44

1.215

43

Maryland

3.070

22

3.175

23

2.792

24

3.047

23

Massachusetts

6.079

3

6.184

2

6.038

5

6.205

3

Michigan

3.895

13

4.086

12

4.130

12

4.234

12

Minnesota

5.882

4

6.077

5

6.066

4

5.870

6

Mississippi

0.734

50

0.813

51

0.741

51

0.797

51

Missouri

1.929

30

1.988

29

1.729

35

1.714

34

Montana

1.694

34

1.609

37

1.594

37

1.789

31

Nebraska

1.403

39

1.375

38

1.739

34

1.471

38

Nevada

1.904

31

1.968

31

2.011

27

1.769

33

New Hampshire

5.473

7

5.761

7

5.474

7

5.328

8

New Jersey

5.193

9

5.368

9

5.216

9

5.036

9

New Mexico

2.094

27

2.052

27

1.905

29

2.136

27

New York

3.917

12

3.794

14

3.703

14

3.763

15

North Carolina

2.441

26

2.557

26

2.718

25

2.763

25

North Dakota

1.082

44

1.199

42

1.529

39

1.681

35

Ohio

3.468

20

3.556

15

3.545

17

3.508

17

Oklahoma

1.623

37

1.623

36

1.783

32

1.824

30

Oregon

4.753

11

4.180

11

4.261

11

4.330

11

Pennsylvania

3.135

21

3.399

20

3.258

21

3.123

22

Rhode Island

3.614

15

3.442

19

3.702

15

3.152

21

South Carolina

1.776

32

1.683

34

1.563

38

1.585

37

South Dakota

0.780

49

1.064

47

1.297

41

1.121

45

Tennessee

1.679

35

1.856

33

1.687

36

1.673

36

Texas

3.034

23

3.205

22

3.240

22

3.165

20

Utah

3.480

19

3.512

18

3.526

18

3.524

16

Vermont

5.808

5

6.114

4

6.820

2

8.271

2

Virginia

1.713

33

1.675

35

1.810

31

1.780

32

Washington

3.513

18

3.540

17

3.464

19

3.766

14

West Virginia

1.165

42

0.919

48

0.874

49

0.894

48

Wisconsin

3.600

16

3.802

13

3.867

13

4.168

13

Wyoming

1.021

46

1.209

41

1.356

40

1.195

44