Rank

Score*

STATE

2006

1990

2006

1990

Change in Score

Alabama

45

42

3.9

-7.4

11.3

Alaska

31

46

17.9

-9.5

27.4

Arizona

34

39

14.7

-6.7

21.4

Arkansas

46

45

2.6

-9.3

11.9

California

23

33

23.4

-3.4

26.8

Colorado

16

14

27.6

9.8

17.8

Connecticut

5

7

35.9

16.5

19.4

Delaware

30

30

18.1

-0.7

18.8

Florida

41

48

8.1

-11.6

19.7

Georgia

42

43

7.0

-7.7

14.7

Hawaii

4

9

36.6

15.1

21.5

Idaho

19

24

25.2

4.1

21.1

Illinois

25

29

22.4

0.3

22.1

Indiana

33

25

15.0

3.9

11.1

Iowa

11

6

31.2

17.0

14.2

Kansas

17

11

26.6

11.9

14.7

Kentucky

39

41

8.6

-7.0

15.6

Louisiana

50

50

-1.7

-14.3

12.6

Maine

9

13

32.4

9.9

22.5

Maryland

32

28

16.0

1.7

14.3

Massachusetts

7

10

34.0

13.8

20.2

Michigan

27

27

21.0

2.1

18.9

Minnesota

1

1

39.9

20.1

19.8

Mississippi

49

49

-1.2

-12.3

11.1

Missouri

35

26

14.6

3.6

11.0

Montana

22

21

23.6

6.4

17.2

Nebraska

12

4

31.1

17.4

13.7

Nevada

38

46

10.3

-9.5

19.8

New Hampshire

3

5

37.6

17.1

20.5

New Jersey

14

19

29.7

7.0

22.7

New Mexico

40

44

8.3

-7.9

16.2

New York

29

35

19.8

-5.9

25.7

North Carolina

36

32

14.4

-0.9

15.3

North Dakota

8

2

33.7

19.2

14.5

Ohio

25

18

22.4

7.7

14.7

Oklahoma

44

31

5.6

-0.8

6.4

Oregon

19

34

25.2

-4.8

30.0

Pennsylvania

28

20

20.5

6.7

13.8

Rhode Island

13

12

30.1

10.5

19.6

South Carolina

48

36

2.3

-6.2

8.5

South Dakota

18

15

26.2

8.7

17.5

Tennessee

47

37

2.5

-6.3

8.8

Texas

37

37

14.0

-6.3

20.3

Utah

6

8

35.0

15.7

19.3

Vermont

2

16

39.2

8.6

30.6

Virginia

21

22

24.4

6.3

18.1

Washington