NCJ Number
146115
Editor(s)
K O'Leary Morgan,
S Morgan,
N Quitno
Date Published
1993
Length
518 pages
Annotation
This is the publisher's 1993 annual compilation of State facts.
Abstract
Featured is a "Most Liveable State" award based on a synthesis of 43 wide-ranging factors--positive and negative, economic and other. The 1993 award went to New Hampshire; Louisiana ranked last. Tables show numbers and rankings of the 50 States and the District of Columbia in the most recent possible year in the following categories: Agriculture; Crime and Law Enforcement; Defense; Economy; Education; Employment and Labor; Energy and Environment; Geography; Government Finance: Federal; Government Finance: State and Local; Health; Housing; Population; Social Welfare; and Transportation. Also given are static facts such as date of admission into the Union; capitals; and official State nicknames, songs, birds, and trees. Index, list of sources