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Unions - the stats
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Ten States Where Unions Are Strongest |
Ten States Where Unions Are Weakest |
| Average Hourly Manufacturing Earnings, 2005 (1) |
$17.01 |
$14.39 |
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| Median Household Income, 2005 (2) |
$53,380 |
$43,204 |
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| Percent of Population With No Medical Insurance, 2005 (3) |
13.4% |
17.5% |
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| Workplace Fatalities Per 100,000 Employees, 2004 (4) |
4.0 |
5.2 |
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| Public Education Spending Per Pupil, 2005-2006 (5) |
$10,507 |
$7,580 |
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| Percent of Eligible Voters Who Voted in Presidential Election, 2004 (6) |
60.8% |
55.0% |
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| Crimes Per 100,000 Population, 2004 (7) |
3,715 |
4,168 |
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| Percent of Population in Poverty, 2005 (8) |
10.4% |
13.4% |
Sources:
- 1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- 2. U.S. Census Bureau
- 3. U.S. Census Bureau
- 4. BLS, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2004
- 5. National Education Association, Rankings and Estimates—Rankings of the States 2005 and Estimates of School Statistics, 2006, November 2006.
- 6. Fair Vote, the Center for Voting and Democracy. Committee for the Study of the American Electorate.
- 7. Kathleen O’Leary Morgan and Scott Morgan, State Rankings 2006, Morgan Quitno Press, 2006.
- 8. U.S. Census Bureau
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