Education in States and Nations: 1991

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State            Population             Area        Population density        
                (thousands)    (square miles)            (persons per 
                                                          square mile)
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Alabama              4,089              52,423                     78
Alaska                 570             656,424                      1
Arizona              3,750             114,006                     33
Arkansas             2,372              53,182                     45
California          30,380             163,707                    186
                                              
Colorado             3,377             104,100                     32
Connecticut          3,291               5,544                    594
Delaware               680               2,489                    273
District of Columbia   598                  68                  8,794
Florida             13,277              65,758                    202
Georgia              6,623              59,441                    111
Hawaii               1,135              10,932                    104
Idaho                1,039              83,574                     12
Illinois            11,543              57,918                    199
Indiana              5,610              36,420                    154
                                              
Iowa                 2,795              56,276                     50
Kansas               2,495              82,282                     30
Kentucky             3,713              40,411                     92
Louisiana            4,252              51,843                     82
Maine                1,235              35,387                     35
Maryland             4,860              12,407                    392
Massachusetts        5,996              10,555                    568
Michigan             9,368              96,810                     97
Minnesota            4,432              86,943                     51
Mississippi          2,592              48,434                     54
Missouri             5,158              69,709                     74
Montana                808             147,046                      5
Nebraska             1,593              77,358                     21
Nevada               1,284             110,567                     12
New Hampshire        1,105               9,351                    118
New Jersey           7,760               8,722                    890
New Mexico           1,548             121,598                     13
New York            18,058              54,475                    331
North Carolina       6,737              53,821                    125
North Dakota           635              70,704                      9
Ohio                10,939              44,828                    244
Oklahoma             3,175              69,903                     45
Oregon               2,922              98,386                     30
Pennsylvania        11,961              46,058                    260
Rhode Island         1,004               1,545                    650
South Carolina       3,560              32,007                    111
South Dakota           703              77,121                      9
Tennessee            4,953              42,146                    118
Texas               17,349             268,601                     65
Utah                 1,770              84,904                     21
                                              
Vermont                567               9,615                     59
Virginia             6,286              42,769                    147
Washington           5,018              71,303                     70
West Virginia        1,801              24,231                     74
Wisconsin            4,955              65,503                     76
Wyoming                460              97,818                      5
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1992, Tables 25 and 340.

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Indicator 2