State Profiles: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State provides a wealth of current, authoritative, and comprehensive data on key demographic and economic indicators for each U.S. state and the District of Columbia. Each state is covered by a compact standardized chapter that allows for easy comparisons and timely analysis between the states. An 10-page profile for each U.S. state plus the District of Columbia provides reliable, up-to-date information on a wide range of topics, including: population, labor force, income and poverty, government finances, crime, education, health insurance coverage, voting, marital status, migration, and more. If you want a single source of key demographic and economic data on each of the U.S. states, there is no other book like State Profiles. This book provides an overview of the U.S. economy which provides a framework for understanding the state information. This book is primarily useful for public, school, and college and university libraries, as well as for economic and sociology departments. However, anyone needing state-level information-students, state officials, investors, economic analysts, concerned citizens-will find State Profiles wealth of data and analysis absolutely essential! Some of the interesting facts found inside State Profiles include: The home ownership rate was the highest in West Virginia in 2011 at 78.7 percent.Montana had the highest number of traffic fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles in 2011. The state motto of Hawaii is Ua mau ke ea o ka’ina i ka pono (“The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”).The Asian-alone population made up less than 1 percent of the population in Mississippi, Wyoming, and Montana. However, in Hawaii, 38.3 percent of the population was Asian-alone.The state nicknames for Alabama are The Yellowhammer State, The Heart of Dixie, and The Cotton State.In 2011, 19.6 percent of Georgians did not have health insurance, compared to 15.1 percent of the total U.S. population.In the 2012 election, 57.5 percent of California’s eligible voters voted, compared to 61.8 percent of the total U.S. population.The state symbols for Maryland are: flower—black-eyed susan; tree—white oak; bird—Baltimore oriole.