Wednesday, April 25, 2012
State Of The Air - April 25, 2012
The American Lung Association has compiled a state-by-state map of air pollution measures. Learn about air pollution in your state here:
http://www.stateoftheair.org/2012/states
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Vaccine-Preventable Outbreaks
Click MAP on the left side if the page, just below INTRODUCTION.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
County Level Estimates of Obesity
Red State versus Blue State tax payments to Federal Govt
Federal Taxes Paid vs. Federal Spending Received by State, 1981-2005 October 19, 2007
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Federal Taxes Paid vs. Federal Spending Received by State, 1981-2005
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Federal Taxes Paid vs. Federal Spending Received by State, 1981-2005
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Health Care ranking by State
Friday, November 18, 2011
How Many Loans are Underwater in Your State?
Click HERE to check your state."Home equity has become a thing of the past for millions of homeowners. Nearly 11 million, to be precise. That’s the number of properties nationwide that had negative equity at the end of the second quarter of 2011, according to market research firm CoreLogic. Using CoreLogic’s data, we’ve illustrated the number and percentage of “underwater” properties (a common term for those with mortgage loans that are larger than what the property is currently worth) in the United States. Hover over each state for the details."
Monday, October 31, 2011
The World at Seven Billion
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Birth Rate Drops As Economy Falters
A new Pew Research Center report indicates that in the current declining economy there is a corresponding decline in the birth rate.
Friday, October 14, 2011
America's Mental Health, State By State
From The Huffington Post, October 13, 2011, by Amanda Chan
Ranking by state
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Ranking by state
Keywords/phrases: Mental Health , Healthy Living Health News , America's Mental Health , Mental Health America , Mental Health News , Mental Health State , Mental Health States , Mental Illness America , Mental Illness State , Slidepollajax , State By State , Healthy Living News
Sunday, September 25, 2011
United States population
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Life Expectancy in the United States
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
STATES PERFORM - An Initiative of The Council of State Governments
States Perform provides users with access to interactive, customizable and up-to-date comparative performance measurement data for 50 states in six key areas: fiscal and economic, public safety and justice, energy and environment, transportation, health and human services, and education.
Yet another data source doing a better job than this blog of keeping up with State Of The Nation Spreadsheet type data!
Yet another data source doing a better job than this blog of keeping up with State Of The Nation Spreadsheet type data!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
The red and the black
Where federal taxes are raised and spent...
SOME American states receive more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes; others receive less. Over twenty years these fiscal transfers can add up to a sizeable sum. From 1990 to 2009, the federal government spent $1.44 trillion in Virginia but collected less than $850 billion in taxes, a gap of over $590 billion. But relative to the size of its economy, Virginia derived a smaller benefit from America’s fiscal union than states like New Mexico, Mississippi and West Virginia, where the 20-year transfer exceeded 200% of their annual GDP. Transfers to Puerto Rico, which is a US territory not a fully incorporated state, exceeded 290%. Where did these transfers come from? New York transferred over $950 billion to the rest of America’s fiscal union from 1990 to 2009. But relative to the size of its economy, Delaware made the biggest contribution, equivalent to more than twice its 2009 GDP. These calculations are based on tax figures provided by the Internal Revenue Service (which used to bracket Washington, DC, with Maryland) and federal spending numbers provided by the Census Bureau, which ignores spending on international programmes and interest payments.
The Red And The Black - which states are welfare states supported by others
map & chart at above site
SOME American states receive more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes; others receive less. Over twenty years these fiscal transfers can add up to a sizeable sum. From 1990 to 2009, the federal government spent $1.44 trillion in Virginia but collected less than $850 billion in taxes, a gap of over $590 billion. But relative to the size of its economy, Virginia derived a smaller benefit from America’s fiscal union than states like New Mexico, Mississippi and West Virginia, where the 20-year transfer exceeded 200% of their annual GDP. Transfers to Puerto Rico, which is a US territory not a fully incorporated state, exceeded 290%. Where did these transfers come from? New York transferred over $950 billion to the rest of America’s fiscal union from 1990 to 2009. But relative to the size of its economy, Delaware made the biggest contribution, equivalent to more than twice its 2009 GDP. These calculations are based on tax figures provided by the Internal Revenue Service (which used to bracket Washington, DC, with Maryland) and federal spending numbers provided by the Census Bureau, which ignores spending on international programmes and interest payments.
The Red And The Black - which states are welfare states supported by others
map & chart at above site
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
America's Dummy Belt
We are a land of many ‘belts’: the Bible Belt, the Rust Belt, the Sun Belt, to name a few.
But watching the near dissolution of our political institutions and our international reputation as a scientific, medical, and cultural leader at the hands of ideologically puritanical and intellectually useless base idiots, the time has come to name another of America’s ‘belts’: the DUMMY BELT
Posted on August 4, 2011, by berryblog - Fighting a War on Ignorance
But watching the near dissolution of our political institutions and our international reputation as a scientific, medical, and cultural leader at the hands of ideologically puritanical and intellectually useless base idiots, the time has come to name another of America’s ‘belts’: the DUMMY BELT
Posted on August 4, 2011, by berryblog - Fighting a War on Ignorance
Friday, June 24, 2011
Close-up: Texas under Perry; Health care falters in state, By PATRICIA KILDAY HART and GARY SCHARRER, HOUSTON CHRONICLE, Aug. 17, 2011, 8:04PM
Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7701850.html#ixzz1VM1ZTMzP
Rick Perry's so-called Texas "Miracle"
Here's how Texas ranks, in comparison with the other 49 states:
Progressivity of Tax Revenues: 44th.
Average Teacher Salary As A Percentage of Average Annual Pay: 49th.
State Aid Per Pupil in Average Daily Attendance: 47th.
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) Scores: 46th.
Percent of Population 25 and Older with a High School Diploma: 50th
Percent of the Population Without Health Insurance: 1st.
Percent of the Population with Employer Based Health Insurance: 46th.
Percent of Uninsured Children: 1st.
Air Pollution Emissions: 1st.
Rate of Incarceration: 2nd.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7701850.html#ixzz1VM1ZTMzP
Rick Perry's so-called Texas "Miracle"
Here's how Texas ranks, in comparison with the other 49 states:
Progressivity of Tax Revenues: 44th.
Average Teacher Salary As A Percentage of Average Annual Pay: 49th.
State Aid Per Pupil in Average Daily Attendance: 47th.
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) Scores: 46th.
Percent of Population 25 and Older with a High School Diploma: 50th
Percent of the Population Without Health Insurance: 1st.
Percent of the Population with Employer Based Health Insurance: 46th.
Percent of Uninsured Children: 1st.
Air Pollution Emissions: 1st.
Rate of Incarceration: 2nd.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
LBGT
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
http://www.gaspricewatch.com/usgastaxes.asp Gas taxes by state...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/welfare-queen-states/2011/05/17/AFzTK45G_story.html
http://sensen-no-sen.blogspot.com/2011/04/is-america-finally-waking-up.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/welfare-queen-states/2011/05/17/AFzTK45G_story.html
http://sensen-no-sen.blogspot.com/2011/04/is-america-finally-waking-up.html
Friday, April 22, 2011
Empirical Evidence That Proves Conservatism is Destroying America
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Where Did My Tax Dollars Go?
Click on the site below, enter the amount of money you made, then how you filed (single, married, etc), then click WHERE DID MY TAX DOLLARS GO? ...
Demystifying Federal Taxes and Government Spending
* Data is for 2009 Tax Year (2010 Spending Year)
Demystifying Federal Taxes and Government Spending
* Data is for 2009 Tax Year (2010 Spending Year)
Monday, April 18, 2011
Country Profiles
Index Mundi, home of the Internet's most complete country profiles. This site contains detailed country statistics, charts, and maps compiled from multiple sources.Sunday, April 17, 2011
your taxpayer receipt
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Obesity and partisanship (Red vs Blue states)
Obesity rate by state and county and partisanship (red versus blue states/counties)
Poverty/Hunger/Food Insecurity by state
Red staters are, on average, more obese than blue staters.
Poverty/Hunger/Food Insecurity by state
Red staters are, on average, more obese than blue staters.
Friday, December 03, 2010
marriage and divorce
Released: October 15, 2009
Marriage and Divorce: A 50-State Tour
Data from the 2008 American Community Survey
Bailout Recipeints
Where is the Money? Who got the money? How much money did they get? Have they paid it back?
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