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United States\2\ .....| 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5,266,415 | 46,126,897 | 8.8 | 5,419,181 | 46,538,585 | 8.6 | 5,617,397 | 46,857,321 | 8.3
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Alabama .................|\3\ 9.1 |\3\ 9.0 |\3\ 9.0 |\3\ 8.8 |\3\ 85,945 |\3\ 749,207 |\3\ 8.7 |\3\ 87,654 |\3\ 747,980 |\3\ 8.5 |\3\ 88,482 |\3\ 740,732 |\3\ 8.4
Alaska ..................| 8.0 |\3\ 8.4 |\3\ 8.5 |\3\ 8.8 |\3\ 14,951 | 132,123 |\3\ 8.8 |\3\ 16,098 | 135,373 |\3\ 8.4 |\3\ 16,086 | 134,391 |\3\ 8.4
Arizona .................| 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 80,907 | 814,113 | 10.1 |\3\ 85,015 | 848,262 |\3\10.0 | 88,259 | 852,612 | 9.7
Arkansas ................| 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.2 |\3\ 9.0 |\3\ 51,271 | 456,497 |\3\ 8.9 |\3\ 40,778 | 452,256 |\3\11.1 | 59,755 | 451,034 | 7.5
California ..............|\3\12.4 |\3\12.4 |\3\12.5 |\3\12.1 |\3\ 493,791 |\3\ 5,803,887 |\3\11.8 |\3\ 514,520 |\3\ 5,926,037 |\3\11.5 |\3\ 532,665 |\3\ 6,038,589 |\3\11.3
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Colorado ................| 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 72,247 | 687,167 | 9.5 | 76,125 | 699,135 | 9.2 | 79,672 | 708,109 | 8.9
Connecticut .............| 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 73,529 | 535,164 | 7.3 | 77,410 | 544,698 | 7.0 | 79,848 | 553,993 | 6.9
Delaware ................| 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 12,554 | 111,960 | 8.9 | 12,869 | 113,262 | 8.8 | 13,369 | 112,836 | 8.4
District of Columbia ....| 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 8.4 |\3\ 8,724 | 77,111 |\3\ 8.8 | 9,840 | 71,889 | 7.3 |\3\ 9,453 | 77,194 |\3\ 8.2
Florida .................| 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 256,313 | 2,294,077 | 9.0 | 262,170 | 2,337,633 | 8.9 | 271,339 | 2,381,396 | 8.8
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Georgia .................|\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 8.9 |\3\ 161,779 | 1,375,980 |\3\ 8.5 | 177,832 | 1,401,291 | 7.9 | 183,674 | 1,422,762 | 7.7
Hawaii ..................| 9.9 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 17,117 | 189,887 | 11.1 | 17,354 | 188,069 | 10.8 | 17,902 | 185,860 | 10.4
Idaho ...................| 11.8 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 23,100 | 244,403 | 10.6 | 23,833 | 244,722 | 10.3 | 24,192 | 245,331 | 10.1
Illinois ................| 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.3 |\3\ 8.9 |\3\ 229,218 | 1,998,289 |\3\ 8.7 |\3\ 234,318 | 2,011,530 |\3\ 8.6 |\3\ 244,164 | 2,027,600 |\3\ 8.3
Indiana..................| 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 121,748 | 986,836 | 8.1 | 124,097 | 989,001 | 8.0 | 125,236 | 988,702 | 7.9
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Iowa ....................| 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 64,265 | 501,054 | 7.8 | 65,967 | 498,214 | 7.6 | 65,957 | 497,301 | 7.5
Kansas ..................| 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 59,603 | 468,687 | 7.9 | 60,829 | 472,353 | 7.8 | 63,771 | 472,188 | 7.4
Kentucky ................| 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 |\3\ 8.8 |\3\ 88,991 | 669,322 |\3\ 7.5 | 91,088 | 655,687 | 7.2 | 93,332 | 648,180 | 6.9
Louisiana ...............| 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 98,537 | 776,813 | 7.9 | 99,401 | 768,734 | 7.7 | 101,233 | 756,579 | 7.5
Maine ...................| 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 30,534 | 212,579 | 7.0 | 31,297 | 211,051 | 6.7 | 32,499 | 209,253 | 6.4
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Maryland ................| 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 87,367 | 830,744 | 9.5 | 93,313 | 841,671 | 9.0 | 93,620 | 846,582 | 9.0
Massachusetts ...........| 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 121,359 | 949,006 | 7.8 | 126,843 | 962,317 | 7.6 |\3\ 136,257 | 971,425 |\3\ 7.1
Michigan ................| 9.4 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 202,128 | 1,702,717 | 8.4 | 209,413 |\3\ 1,720,287 |\3\ 8.2 | 210,718 |\3\ 1,725,617 |\3\ 8.2
Minnesota ...............| 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 9.8 | 97,365 | 853,621 | 8.8 | 101,583 | 856,455 | 8.4 | 104,546 | 854,034 | 8.2
Mississippi .............| 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 61,693 | 504,792 | 8.2 | 65,023 | 502,379 | 7.7 | 63,946 | 500,716 | 7.8
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Missouri.................| 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 111,067 | 910,613 | 8.2 | 116,304 | 913,494 | 7.9 | 118,104 | 914,110 | 7.7
Montana .................|\3\ 8.7 |\3\ 8.9 |\3\ 8.9 |\3\ 8.7 |\3\ 19,044 | 162,335 |\3\ 8.5 |\3\ 18,991 | 159,988 |\3\ 8.4 |\3\ 20,036 | 157,556 |\3\ 7.9
Nebraska ................|\3\ 7.7 |\3\ 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 37,777 | 292,681 | 7.7 | 38,207 | 291,140 | 7.6 | 39,142 | 288,261 | 7.4
Nevada ..................| 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 27,830 | 296,621 | 10.7 | 29,132 | 311,061 | 10.7 | 30,247 | 325,610 | 10.8
New Hampshire ...........| 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 24,778 | 201,629 | 8.1 | 25,574 | 204,713 | 8.0 | 27,129 | 206,783 | 7.6
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New Jersey ..............| 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 166,796 | 1,250,276 | 7.5 | 171,196 | 1,268,996 | 7.4 | 178,053 | 1,289,256 | 7.2
New Mexico ..............| 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 40,579 | 331,673 | 8.2 | 41,125 | 328,753 | 8.0 | 43,184 | 324,495 | 7.5
New York ................| 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 374,182 | 2,861,823 | 7.6 | 376,189 | 2,877,143 | 7.6 | 408,977 | 2,887,776 | 7.1
North Carolina ..........| 8.5 |\3\ 8.4 |\3\ 8.4 |\3\ 8.3 |\3\ 149,264 | 1,236,083 |\3\ 8.3 | 152,899 | 1,254,821 | 8.2 | 158,696 | 1,275,925 | 8.0
North Dakota ............| 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 14,862 | 118,572 | 8.0 | 14,765 | 114,927 | 7.8 | 15,132 | 112,751 | 7.5
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Ohio ....................| 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 203,086 | 1,847,114 | 9.1 | 209,668 | 1,842,163 | 8.8 | 213,484 | 1,836,554 | 8.6
Oklahoma ................| 8.3 |\3\ 7.8 |\3\ 7.4 |\3\ 9.1 | 69,294 | 623,681 | 9.0 | 70,752 | 628,492 | 8.9 | 73,831 | 627,032 | 8.5
Oregon ..................| 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 53,094 | 541,346 | 10.2 | 53,781 | 542,809 | 10.1 | 55,610 | 545,033 | 9.8
Pennsylvania ............| 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 205,642 | 1,815,151 | 8.8 | 209,862 | 1,816,414 | 8.7 | 216,725 | 1,816,716 | 8.4
Rhode Island ............| 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 17,197 | 153,321 | 8.9 | 17,832 | 154,785 | 8.7 | 17,927 | 156,454 | 8.7
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South Carolina ..........|\3\ 9.0 |\3\ 8.7 |\3\ 8.6 |\3\ 8.5 |\3\ 79,219 |\3\ 659,273 |\3\ 8.3 |\3\ 81,479 |\3\ 664,600 |\3\ 8.2 |\3\ 85,494 | 666,780 |\3\ 7.8
South Dakota ............| 8.3 |\3\ 8.0 |\3\ 8.0 | 7.9 | 16,846 | 142,443 | 8.5 | 16,525 | 132,495 | 8.0 | 17,437 | 131,037 | 7.5
Tennessee ...............|\3\ 9.4 |\3\ 9.2 |\3\ 9.0 |\3\ 8.9 | 102,349 |\3\ 893,044 |\3\ 8.7 | 110,068 |\3\ 905,454 |\3\ 8.2 | 112,477 |\3\ 916,202 |\3\ 8.1
Texas ...................| 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 492,932 | 3,891,877 | 7.9 | 506,134 | 3,945,367 | 7.8 | 523,948 | 3,991,783 | 7.6
Utah ....................| 13.4 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 39,630 | 482,957 | 12.2 | 39,198 | 481,176 | 12.3 | 40,235 | 480,255 | 11.9
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Vermont .................|\3\ 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 16,388 | 105,984 | 6.5 | 16,817 | 105,120 | 6.3 | 17,408 | 104,559 | 6.0
Virginia ................| 8.0 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 142,743 | 1,110,815 |\3\ 7.8 | 142,544 | 1,124,022 | 7.9 |\3\ 145,522 | 1,133,994 |\3\ 7.8
Washington ..............| 10.4 |\3\10.4 |\3\10.5 |\3\10.8 | 92,338 | 991,235 | 10.7 | 93,750 | 998,053 | 10.6 | 96,033 | 1,003,714 | 10.5
West Virginia............| 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 38,499 | 301,419 | 7.8 | 38,655 | 297,530 | 7.7 | 38,709 | 291,811 | 7.5
Wisconsin ...............| 9.5 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.8 |\3\ 102,362 | 881,780 |\3\ 8.6 | 109,266 | 879,542 | 8.0 | 109,951 | 877,753 | 8.0
Wyoming .................| 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 13,581 | 97,115 | 7.2 | 13,798 | 95,241 | 6.9 | 13,931 | 92,105 | 6.6
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dependents schools\4\ | --- | --- | --- | 10.0 | 7,840 | 78,254 | 10.0 | 7,782 | 78,170 | 10.0 | 11,588 | 107,585 | 9.3
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American Samoa ..........| 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 1,499 | 15,214 | 10.1 | 1,524 | 15,372 | 10.1 | 1,613 | 15,477 | 9.6
Guam ....................| 8.1 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 2,925 | 32,444 | 11.1 | 3,073 | 32,222 | 10.5 | 3,685 | 32,951 | 8.9
Northern Marianas .......| 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 1,085 | 9,246 | 8.5 | 1,041 | 9,498 | 9.1 | 956 | 9,732 | 10.2
Puerto Rico .............| 9.3 |\5\ 9.0 |\5\ 9.0 |\5\ 8.7 | 69,368 | 617,157 | 8.9 | 68,999 | 613,862 | 8.9 | 71,891 | 613,019 | 8.5
Virgin Islands ..........| 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 3,153 | 22,136 | 7.0 | 3,055 | 20,976 | 6.9 | 2,964 | 20,866 | 7.0
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