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United States .....|\2\ 9.4 |\2\ 9.3 |\2\ 9.3 |\2\ 9.1 |\2\ 9.2 |\2\4,559,359 |42,046,878 |\2\ 9.2 |\2\4,702,568 |42,815,541 |\2\ 9.1 |\2\4,803,121 |43,476,268 |\2\ 9.1
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Alabama ..............| 10.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 81,950 | 722,004 | 8.8 |\3\ 78,838 | 730,857 |\3\ 9.3 |\3\ 80,922 | 734,469 |\3\ 9.1
Alaska ...............| 11.0 |\4\14.7 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 13,992 | 118,680 | 8.5 | 14,792 | 122,487 | 8.3 | 15,731 | 125,948 | 8.0
Arizona ..............| 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 65,505 | 656,980 | 10.0 | 71,591 | 673,477 | 9.4 | 74,679 | 709,453 | 9.5
Arkansas .............| 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 51,652 | 438,518 | 8.5 | 48,879 | 441,490 | 9.0 | 50,502 | 444,271 | 8.8
California ...........| 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 429,387 | 5,107,145 | 11.9 |\3\ 427,297 | 5,249,275 |\3\12.3 |\3\ 431,085 | 5,328,558 |\3\12.4
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Colorado .............| 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 62,592 | 593,030 | 9.5 | 62,785 | 612,635 | 9.8 | 62,922 | 625,062 | 9.9
Connecticut ..........|\5\11.9 |\5\11.6 |\5\11.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 60,500 | 481,050 | 8.0 | 63,648 | 488,476 | 7.7 | 62,014 | 496,298 | 8.0
Delaware .............| 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 10,987 | 102,196 | 9.3 | 11,390 | 104,321 | 9.2 | 11,640 | 105,547 | 9.1
District of Columbia .| 7.2 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 11,143 | 80,618 | 7.2 | 10,567 | 80,937 | 7.7 | 10,591 | 80,678 | 7.6
Florida ..............| 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 219,733 | 1,932,131 | 8.8 | 217,356 | 1,981,407 | 9.1 | 226,911 | 2,040,763 | 9.0
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Georgia ..............| 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 132,921 | 1,177,569 | 8.9 |\3\ 141,530 | 1,207,186 |\3\ 8.5 |\3\ 151,326 | 1,235,304 |\3\ 8.2
Hawaii ...............| 10.4 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 15,559 | 174,747 | 11.2 | 17,731 | 177,448 | 10.0 | 18,292 | 180,430 | 9.9
Idaho ................| 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 18,621 | 225,680 | 12.1 | 19,571 | 231,668 | 11.8 | 19,983 | 236,774 | 11.8
Illinois .............| 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 196,930 | 1,848,166 | 9.4 | 199,380 | 1,873,567 | 9.4 | 199,221 | 1,893,078 | 9.5
Indiana...............| 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 108,746 | 956,988 | 8.8 | 111,919 | 960,630 | 8.6 | 113,892 | 965,599 | 8.5
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Iowa .................| 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 60,305 | 491,363 | 8.1 | 60,208 | 494,839 | 8.2 | 60,267 | 498,519 | 8.3
Kansas ...............| 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 51,637 | 445,390 | 8.6 | 54,185 | 451,536 | 8.3 | 55,783 | 457,614 | 8.2
Kentucky .............| 9.5 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 77,165 | 646,024 | 8.4 | 79,191 | 655,041 | 8.3 | 81,279 | 655,265 | 8.1
Louisiana ............| 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 |\4\ 66,339 | 794,128 |\4\12.0 | 92,180 | 797,985 | 8.7 | 93,193 | 800,560 | 8.6
Maine ................| 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 27,082 | 216,400 | 8.0 | 28,937 | 216,453 | 7.5 | 28,865 | 216,995 | 7.5
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Maryland .............| 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 79,925 | 736,238 | 9.2 | 80,861 | 751,850 | 9.3 | 82,753 | 772,638 | 9.3
Massachusetts ........| 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 98,974 | 846,155 | 8.5 | 101,278 | 859,948 | 8.5 | 104,196 | 877,726 | 8.4
Michigan .............| 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 178,111 | 1,593,561 | 8.9 | 173,863 | 1,603,610 | 9.2 | 169,283 | 1,599,377 | 9.4
Minnesota ............| 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 78,273 | 773,571 | 9.9 | 79,215 | 793,724 | 10.0 | 74,859 | 810,233 | 10.8
Mississippi ..........|\4\12.3 |\4\11.9 |\4\11.6 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 59,200 | 504,127 | 8.5 | 57,876 | 506,668 | 8.8 | 59,853 | 505,907 | 8.5
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Missouri..............| 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 100,735 | 842,965 | 8.4 |\3\ 109,417 | 859,357 |\3\ 7.9 | 114,763 | 875,639 | 7.6
Montana ..............|\4\12.2 |\4\12.2 |\4\12.3 |\4\12.1 |\4\12.2 |\4\ 13,078 | 155,779 |\4\11.9 |\3\ 19,124 | 160,011 |\3\ 8.4 |\3\ 18,950 | 163,009 |\3\ 8.6
Nebraska .............| 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 34,676 | 279,552 | 8.1 |\3\ 35,644 | 282,414 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 37,033 | 285,097 |\3\ 7.7
Nevada ...............|\4\17.5 |\4\17.3 |\4\17.4 |\4\18.1 |\4\17.3 |\4\ 13,145 | 211,810 |\4\16.1 |\3\ 21,452 | 222,974 |\3\10.4 | 22,418 | 235,800 | 10.5
New Hampshire ........| 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 20,480 | 177,138 | 8.6 | 21,239 | 181,247 | 8.5 | 22,010 | 185,360 | 8.4
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New Jersey ...........| 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 148,491 | 1,109,796 | 7.5 | 151,460 | 1,130,560 | 7.5 | 160,202 | 1,151,307 | 7.2
New Mexico ...........| 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 34,509 | 308,667 | 8.9 | 34,803 | 315,668 | 9.1 | 36,694 | 322,292 | 8.8
New York .............| 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 338,335 | 2,643,993 | 7.8 | 343,900 | 2,689,686 | 7.8 | 353,603 | 2,733,813 | 7.7
North Carolina .......| 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 126,332 | 1,097,598 | 8.7 |\3\ 128,428 | 1,114,083 |\3\ 8.7 | 133,060 | 1,133,231 | 8.5
North Dakota .........| 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 13,594 | 118,376 | 8.7 | 13,797 | 118,734 | 8.6 | 13,780 | 119,127 | 8.6
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Ohio .................| 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 194,727 | 1,783,767 | 9.2 | 200,793 | 1,795,199 | 8.9 | 201,828 | 1,807,319 | 9.0
Oklahoma .............| 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 69,725 | 588,263 | 8.4 | 71,621 | 597,096 | 8.3 | 72,494 | 604,076 | 8.3
Oregon ...............| 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 50,479 | 498,614 | 9.9 | 51,681 | 510,122 | 9.9 | 50,392 | 516,611 | 10.3
Pennsylvania .........| 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 190,607 | 1,692,797 | 8.9 | 191,370 | 1,717,613 | 9.0 | 190,884 | 1,744,082 | 9.1
Rhode Island .........| 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 15,452 | 142,144 | 9.2 | 15,833 | 143,798 | 9.1 | 15,442 | 145,676 | 9.4
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South Carolina .......| 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 66,597 | 627,470 | 9.4 | 67,106 | 639,942 | 9.5 |\3\ 68,902 | 643,859 |\3\ 9.3
South Dakota .........| 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 14,753 | 131,576 | 8.9 | 15,548 | 134,573 | 8.7 | 17,066 | 142,825 | 8.4
Tennessee ............| 10.1 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 84,518 | 833,651 | 9.9 | 84,088 | 854,329 | 10.2 |\3\ 91,690 | 866,991 |\3\ 9.5
Texas ................| 8.6 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 337,473 | 3,464,371 | 10.3 | 420,243 | 3,541,769 | 8.4 | 433,102 | 3,608,262 | 8.3
Utah .................| 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 33,297 | 456,430 | 13.7 | 34,838 | 463,870 | 13.3 | 35,301 | 471,365 | 13.4
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Vermont ..............| --- | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 13,923 | 97,137 | 7.0 | 14,970 | 98,558 | 6.6 |\3\ 16,046 | 102,755 |\3\ 6.4
Virginia .............| 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.7 |\6\ 130,621 | 1,016,204 |\6\ 7.8 | 126,619 | 1,031,925 | 8.1 | 129,394 | 1,045,471 | 8.1
Washington ...........| 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 78,039 | 869,327 | 11.1 | 81,398 | 896,475 | 11.0 | 87,966 | 915,952 | 10.4
West Virginia.........| 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 38,550 | 320,249 | 8.3 | 38,487 | 318,296 | 8.3 | 38,486 | 314,383 | 8.2
Wisconsin ............| 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 88,249 | 814,671 | 9.2 | 92,139 | 829,415 | 9.0 | 88,640 | 844,001 | 9.5
Wyoming ..............| 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 13,134 | 102,074 | 7.8 | 11,502 | 100,313 | 8.7 | 12,933 | 100,899 | 7.8
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American Samoa .......| 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 1,277 | 13,365 | 10.5 | 1,350 | 13,994 | 10.4 | 1,339 | 14,484 | 10.8
Guam .................| 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 2,965 | 28,334 | 9.6 | 3,517 | 30,077 | 8.6 | 3,839 | 30,920 | 8.1
Northern Marianas ....| --- | 11.4 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 906 | 7,096 | 7.8 | 1,096 | 8,086 | 7.4 | 1,101 | 8,188 | 7.4
Puerto Rico ..........| 16.6 | 15.9 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 67,948 | 642,392 | 9.5 | 67,643 | 637,034 | 9.4 | 68,005 | 631,460 | 9.3
Virgin Islands .......| 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 3,290 | 22,346 | 6.8 | 3,353 | 22,887 | 6.8 | 3,328 | 22,752 | 6.8
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