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Background
- The name of Portland, Oregon was decided on a coin flip: there was a 50% chance the city would today be called Boston, Oregon.
- If the lower 48 states were all ironed out flat, Idaho would be the largest one.
Crime Economy Education Energy Geography
- Michigan is ranked 22nd in land area, but since 41.27% of the state is composed of water, it jumps to 11th place in total area.
- Austin, Texas has more people than Alaska.
- If Alaska were its own country, it would be the 26th largest in total area, slightly larger than Iran.
- At roughly 1,000 feet above sea level, Atlanta, Georgia is the highest elevated capital east of the Mississippi River.
Government Health
- The top 4 binge drinking states are all in the Midwest.
- Cancer death rates among residents of DC are the highest in the US, so it's no surprise they're more likely to try kicking the butts.
- Mississippi has the highest death rate, but also the highest amount of health spending as a percent of the overall gross state product.
- In a twelve year period (1991 to 2003), California saw a 46% drop in teen birth rates, the second largest decrease in the US.
- You betcha hey! Minnesotans can make a strong claim to being the most physically fit in the nation.
- Those who have survived the drive might know: Montana has the highest motor vehicle death rate in the US.
- The HIV death rate for America is 4.9 per 100,000 people; the HIV death rate for District of Columbia is 40.8 per 100,000 people.
- From 2000 to 2004, the uninsured population in Texas increased by 825,635. New York decreased by 351,547 in the same period.
- Ship off grandma to Sheboygan: on average, Wisconsin has the best nursing homes.
- New York has the fifth highest percentage of poor mental health, but is dead last in per capita number of suicides.
- For every 1,000 live births in New York, there are 500 abortions.
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