Cq's State Fact Finder 2004 Rankings Across America

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CQ's State Fact Finder 2004 covers the social, political, and economic currents and trends in the states--which affect all citizens and state and local governments in times like these. For its tenth anniversary edition, CQ's State Fact Finder 2004 has added 21 new tables--on ethnic and immigrant population, alternate fuel vehicles, homeland security and defense spending, and prescription drug costs--topics of vital concern to all citizens. Special to this edition will be a 4-page state fiscal snapshot section. This special section is partly in response to the challenges currently facing states and to the decision by the Census Bureau not to release state-level FY 2002 data. "Subject Rankings" and "State Rankings" help students and researchers find specific data by topic or by state, depending on their needs. The "Subject Rankings" section provides 268 tables, organized into 13 topical chapters. An analytical summary noting issues and trends in the tables begins each chapter; and every table provides data and rankings for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.