Percent

 Change

State

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

98 - 99

US

6.12

5.83

5.54

5.47

5.64

5.80

5.82

5.89

6.16

6.41

6.06

6.34

6.94

6.82

6.69

-1.90%

Alabama

6.41

6.52

6.64

6.51

6.27

6.57

7.05

6.74

7.10

7.41

6.86

7.22

8.35

8.21

8.33

1.50%

Alaska

2.81

3.25

3.21

3.46

3.63

3.79

4.18

3.79

3.96

3.60

3.63

3.42

3.77

3.67

3.64

-0.80%

Arizona

7.00

6.28

6.11

6.99

6.94

6.85

6.99

7.24

7.20

7.54

7.82

7.52

7.83

8.50

9.13

7.40%

Arkansas

4.43

4.83

4.63

4.81

4.85

5.10

4.98

5.10

5.38

5.71

5.48

5.92

6.67

6.85

7.22

5.40%

California

5.72

5.14

5.26

5.64

5.59

5.78

6.27

5.97

6.23

6.39

6.42

6.44

6.81

6.92

6.62

-4.30%

Colorado

5.10

5.01

4.74

4.42

4.63

4.57

4.59

4.56

4.52

4.92

4.80

4.39

4.81

5.22

5.38

3.10%

Connecticut

9.15

8.83

8.21

7.87

8.25

8.58

8.74

8.96

9.43

10.14

10.00

10.08

10.33

10.60

10.54

-0.60%

Delaware

7.06

7.09

6.32

6.00

6.42

6.13

5.86

6.13

6.70

7.43

6.60

7.12

8.36

8.90

8.70

-2.20%

Florida

7.46

7.20

7.48

7.49

8.06

8.47

8.98

9.08

10.02

9.98

9.85

10.74

11.90

11.29

11.59

2.70%

Georgia

6.60

6.63

6.34

6.22

6.25

6.82

6.70

6.44

6.80

7.32

6.18

6.69

7.41

6.78

4.37

-35.50%

Hawaii

18.12

16.09

15.90

15.69

15.66

16.45

22.93

18.03

17.51

16.83

17.55

19.81

21.74

19.25

18.97

-1.50%

Idaho

6.89

6.02

5.50

5.49

5.05

5.05

5.19

5.23

5.38

5.29

5.59

5.20

5.12

5.33

5.42

1.70%

Illinois

5.55

5.07

4.81

4.60

4.92

5.06

4.95

5.09

5.52

5.50

4.66

5.28

5.95

5.47

5.50

0.50%

Indiana

5.54

5.52

4.95

5.16

5.50

5.38

5.46

5.43

5.76

6.24

5.37

5.54

6.37

6.56

6.03

-8.10%

Iowa

5.39

5.12

4.75

4.79

4.70

4.99

4.81

5.23

5.48

5.40

5.09

5.49

6.17

5.96

6.10

2.30%

Kansas

4.12

3.89

4.09

4.02

4.17

4.48

4.38

4.70

4.91

5.11

4.91

5.59

6.42

6.00

5.98

-0.30%

Kentucky

5.31

4.93

4.53

4.48

4.68

4.93

4.87

5.01

5.25

5.46

5.05

5.54

6.37

6.03

5.72

-5.10%

Louisiana

5.67

5.77

5.56

5.74

5.97

6.09

5.77

5.60

6.09

6.24

6.01

6.76

7.16

6.68

6.83

2.20%

Maine

9.07

8.51

8.04

7.26

7.16

7.61

6.86

6.95

7.47

7.83

7.32

7.84

8.47

8.09

7.47

-7.70%

Maryland

7.25

6.88

6.37

5.90

6.30

6.45

6.16

6.43

7.08

6.95

6.62

7.60

8.36

8.29

8.41

1.40%

Massachusetts

7.83

7.41

6.64

6.47

7.16

7.82

8.11

7.92

8.33

8.94

9.04

8.88

9.43

9.42

9.25

-1.80%

Michigan

6.29

5.74

5.46

5.34

5.19

5.02

5.07

5.06

5.04

4.98

4.72

4.96

5.20

5.17

5.13

-0.80%

Minnesota

5.80

5.28

4.58

4.64

4.57

4.63

4.52

4.86

5.31

5.18

4.80

5.46

5.76

5.48

5.56

1.50%

Mississippi

5.46

5.59

6.10

5.85

5.10

5.33

5.21

4.95

5.23

5.46

5.28

5.72

6.35

6.08

5.99

-1.50%

Missouri

5.49

5.03

4.76

4.76

4.84

5.21

5.14

5.11

5.37

5.43

5.16

5.97

6.61

6.57

6.36

-3.20%

Montana

4.81

4.45

4.41

4.30

4.37

4.59

4.52

4.80

4.92

5.23

5.15

4.86

5.05

5.25

5.16

-1.70%

Nebraska

5.01

4.59

4.36

4.46

4.48

4.60

4.64

4.82

4.96

5.01

4.83

4.88

5.69

5.13

5.06

-1.40%

Nevada

7.04

5.96

5.31

5.87

5.55

5.66

5.61

5.59

5.69

6.66

6.76

6.19

6.27

7.11

7.14

0.40%

New Hampshire

7.15

7.07

6.50

6.28

6.85

7.41

7.14

7.55

7.66

7.96

7.16

7.40

8.48

8.12

7.67

-5.50%

New Jersey

7.49

7.35

6.60

6.32

6.51

6.60

6.73

6.94

6.99

7.11

7.27

7.16

7.93

7.33

7.46

1.80%

New Mexico

6.08

5.72

4.98

5.23

5.73

5.67

5.40

4.75

5.46

5.61

5.04

4.47

5.87

5.22

5.03

-3.60%

New York

7.74

7.46

6.88

6.50

7.22

7.40

7.35

7.58

8.15

8.75

8.42

8.90

9.73

9.59

9.12

-4.90%

North Carolina

6.60

6.62

6.66

6.25

6.55

6.17

6.24

6.60

6.99

7.30

6.93

7.59

8.98

8.69

8.33

-4.10%

North Dakota

5.59

5.29

5.47

5.15

4.68

4.70

4.82

5.00

5.23

5.19

4.66

4.54

4.99

5.16

5.23

1.40%

Ohio

6.04

5.80

5.35

5.21

5.32

5.29

5.28

5.20

5.71

5.88

5.46

5.90

6.75

6.43

6.24

-3.00%

Oklahoma

4.58

5.01

4.63

4.52

4.50

4.80

4.72

4.96

4.94

5.50

5.56

5.64

6.23

5.93

5.97

0.70%

Oregon

6.93

6.61

6.62

6.79

6.19

6.27

6.13

6.17

6.42

6.99

6.74

6.31

6.21

6.81

7.13

4.70%

Pennsylvania

6.72

6.39

6.03

5.79

6.14

6.61

6.76

6.60

6.84

7.44

7.16

7.38

8.33

8.45

8.30

-1.80%

Rhode Island

7.87

7.46

6.81

6.60

7.13

7.22

7.63

7.68

8.17

9.12

8.02

8.49

9.61

9.56

9.53

-0.30%

South Carolina

6.62

6.54

6.59

6.73

6.73

7.17

6.98

7.03

7.14

7.65

7.54

7.41

8.37

8.30

8.46

1.90%

South Dakota

5.75

5.26

4.87

4.91

4.85

5.14

4.94

5.15

5.30

5.27

5.05

5.25

5.75

5.59

5.83

4.30%

Tennessee

5.12

4.97

4.68

4.65

4.83

5.11

5.19

5.50

5.69

6.13

5.77

6.26

6.91

6.70

6.55

-2.20%

Texas

5.77

5.31

5.21

5.37

5.55

5.78

5.71

5.78

5.91

5.99

5.92

5.89

6.32

6.16

6.09

-1.10%

Utah

4.86

4.64

4.97

5.11

5.14

5.28

5.44

5.44

5.13

4.96

4.74

4.47

5.13

5.57

5.37

-3.60%

Vermont

6.28

6.28

6.23

5.65

5.62

5.79

6.23

6.70

6.19

6.94

6.82

6.40

6.41

6.54

7.18

9.80%

Virginia

7.02

6.49

5.86

5.81

6.59

6.75

6.80

6.69

7.51

7.63

7.18

7.94

8.60

8.57

8.61

0.50%

Washington

6.60

5.93

5.42

5.50

5.49

5.02

4.68

5.00

5.23

5.70

5.89

5.65

5.64

5.84

5.88

0.70%

West Virginia

6.39

6.34

5.98

5.50

5.75

6.46

6.50

6.31

6.45

6.66

7.05

7.02

6.81

7.29

7.42

1.80%

Wisconsin

6.47

6.20

5.99

5.89

5.64

5.74

5.61

5.87

6.34

6.28

5.82

6.04

6.43

6.15

6.17

0.30%

Wyoming

5.17

4.93

4.70

4.48

4.71

4.84

4.74

4.72

4.77

5.10

4.83

4.26

4.58

5.19

5.11

-1.50%