Increase in Incarceration Rate, 1980 - 2000
1. Connecticut
2. New Hampshire
3. North Dakota
4. New Jersey
5. Idaho
6. California
7. Mississippi
8. Oklahoma
9. Pennsylvania
10. Wisconsin
11. Missouri
12. Hawaii
13. Massachusetts
14. Colorado
15. South Dakota
16. Illinois
17. Kentucky
18. Utah
19. Alabama
20. Louisiana
21. Texas
22. Montana
23. Arkansas
24. Ohio
25. Vermont
26. West Virginia
27. New York
28. Wyoming
29. Kansas
30. Arizona
31. Iowa
32. Rhode Island
33. District of Columbia
34. Michigan
35. Indiana
36. Delaware
37. New Mexico
38. Tennessee
39. Minnesota
40. Virginia
41. Oregon
42. Georgia
43. Nebraska
44. Maryland
45. Washington
46. Alaska
47. Nevada
48. South Carolina
49. Florida
50. Maine
51. North Carolina
|  | Incarceration Rate, 2000
1. District of Columbia
2. Louisiana
3. Texas
4. Oklahoma
5. Mississippi
6. Alabama
7. South Carolina
8. Georgia
9. Nevada
10. Delaware
11. Missouri
12. Arizona
13. California
14. Michigan
15. Florida
16. Arkansas
17. Maryland
18. Idaho
19. Virginia
20. Ohio
21. Tennessee
22. Connecticut
23. Colorado
24. New York
25. Kentucky
26. Wisconsin
27. New Jersey
28. Illinois
29. Wyoming
30. South Dakota
31. North Carolina
32. Montana
33. Alaska
34. Indiana
35. Kansas
36. Oregon
37. Pennsylvania
38. New Mexico
39. Hawaii
40. Iowa
41. Washington
42. Utah
43. Massachusetts
44. Vermont
45. Nebraska
46. West Virginia
47. Rhode Island
48. New Hampshire
49. North Dakota
50. Maine
51. Minnesota
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Growth in Prison Spending Per Capita, 1980 - 2000
1. Ohio
2. Pennsylvania
3. Texas
4. Michigan
5. New Jersey
6. Oregon
7. Connecticut
8. Utah
9. Kansas
10. Wisconsin
11. Maine
12. Idaho
13. Arkansas
14. Illinois
15. Missouri
16. West Virginia
17. North Dakota
18. California
19. Mississippi
20. Montana
21. Iowa
22. Hawaii
23. Massachusetts
24. South Dakota
25. New York
26. Indiana
27. Vermont
28. Florida
29. Louisiana
30. Kentucky
31. Rhode Island
32. New Hampshire
33. Arizona
34. Oklahoma
35. Colorado
36. Minnesota
37. South Carolina
38. Virginia
39. Nebraska
40. Georgia
41. Tennessee
42. Maryland
43. District of Columbia
44. Washington
45. New Mexico
46. North Carolina
47. Alabama
48. Alaska
49. Delaware
50. Wyoming
51. Nevada
| | Prison Spending Per Capita, 2000
1. District of Columbia
2. Alaska
3. Oregon
4. Michigan
5. Ohio
6. Maryland
7. Wisconsin
8. New York
9. Arizona
10. Virginia
11. Illinois
12. California
13. Texas
14. Louisiana
15. New Jersey
16. Pennsylvania
17. Massachusetts
18. Nevada
19. Washington
20. Delaware
21. Oklahoma
22. Georgia
23. Idaho
24. Utah
25. North Carolina
26. Kansas
27. Maine
28. Kentucky
29. Montana
30. Florida
31. South Carolina
32. Iowa
33. New Mexico
34. Indiana
35. Wyoming
36. Nebraska
37. Vermont
38. Hawaii
39. Connecticut
40. Colorado
41. Missouri
42. Rhode Island
43. Mississippi
44. Tennessee
45. Minnesota
46. Arkansas
47. South Dakota
48. North Dakota
49. New Hampshire
50. Alabama
51. West Virginia
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Growth in Higher Education Spending Per Capita, 1980 - 2000
1. Minnesota
2. New Jersey
3. Pennsylvania
4. Ohio
5. Georgia
6. Indiana
7. Massachusetts
8. Iowa
9. Nebraska
10. New Mexico
11. Kentucky
12. Connecticut
13. Illinois
14. North Carolina
15. Oklahoma
16. Delaware
17. Arkansas
18. Florida
19. Tennessee
20. Texas
21. Missouri
22. Michigan
23. Maine
24. Vermont
25. Alabama
26. Virginia
27. West Virginia
28. Kansas
29. Louisiana
30. Maryland
31. Utah
32. Oregon
33. Idaho
34. Mississippi
35. Nevada
36. Wisconsin
37. Hawaii
38. Washington
39. North Dakota
40. New Hampshire
41. South Dakota
42. Colorado
43. Rhode Island
44. South Carolina
45. California
46. Montana
48. New York
49. Arizona
50. Alaska
51. District of Columbia
| | Education Spending Per Capita, 2000
1. Minnesota
2. Iowa
3. New Mexico
4. Hawaii
5. North Carolina
6. Wyoming
7. Nebraska
8. Alaska
9. Delaware
10. Texas
11. Oklahoma
12. North Dakota
13. Kentucky
14. Utah
15. Alabama
16. Kansas
17. Indiana
18. Georgia
19. California
20. Mississippi
21. West Virginia
22. Ohio
23. Wisconsin
24. New Jersey
25. Washington
26. Louisiana
27. Virginia
28. Idaho
29. Michigan
30. Arkansas
31. Maryland
32. South Carolina
33. Florida
34. Illinois
35. Oregon
36. Arizona
37. Tennessee
38. Colorado
39. Missouri
40. Massachusetts
41. South Dakota
42. Nevada
43. Maine
44. Connecticut
45. Rhode Island
46. Pennsylvania
47. Montana
48. New York
49. Vermont
50. New Hampshire
51. District of Columbia
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Highest Proportion of Drug Offenders, 1999
1. New Jersey
2. New York
3. California
4. Utah
5. Illinois
6. Oklahoma
7. South Carolina
8. Arizona
9. Tennessee
10. Delaware
11. Kentucky
12. New Mexico
13. Washington
14. Maryland
15. Texas
16. Colorado
17. Idaho
18. Indiana
19. Iowa
20. Kansas
21. Nevada
22. Nebraska
23. Alabama
24. Florida
25. North Carolina
26. Arkansas
27. Georgia
28. Missouri
29. Virginia
30. Minnesota
31. Hawaii
32. Massachusetts
33. Pennsylvania
34. New Hampshire
35. Alaska
36. Oregon
37. West Virginia
38. Vermont States not listed here did not provide data for 1999. | | Greatest Disparity Between White and Nonwhite Incarceration Rates, 2000
1. Pennsylvania
2. District of Columbia
3. Wisconsin
4. Connecticut
5. Minnesota
6. New Jersey
7. New York
8. Maryland
9. Illinois
10. Ohio
11. Iowa
12. Massachusetts
13. Louisiana
14. Delaware
15. Virginia
16. Michigan
17. Nebraska
18. Indiana
19. Kentucky
20. North Dakota
21. North Carolina
22. Missouri
23. Mississippi
24. Tennessee
25. Kansas
26. Rhode Island
27. Alabama
28. South Carolina
29. Arkansas
30. West Virginia
31. Colorado
32. Washington
33. Florida
34. Georgia
35. South Dakota
36. New Hampshire
37. Alaska
38. Utah
39. Vermont
40. Oklahoma
41. Wyoming
42. Montana
43. Texas
44. New Mexico
45. Idaho
46. Arizona
47. California
48. Maine
49. Oregon
50. Nevada
51. Hawaii
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Greatest Disparity Between White and Black Incarceration Rates, 2000
1. Minnesota
2. New Jersey
3. Wisconsin
4. Iowa
5. Connecticut
6. Pennylvania
7. Utah
8. New York
9. District of Columbia
10. Illinois
11. New Mexico
12. Washington
13. Rhode Island
14. Colorado
15. Massachusetts
16. Nebraska
17. Kansas
18. Maryland
19. North Dakota
20. Ohio
21. Wyoming
22. Oregon
23. Indiana
24. New Hampshire
25. Virginia
26. California
27. Maine
28. South Dakota
29. Delaware
30. Michigan
31. Arizona
32. Vermont
33. Kentucky
34. Florida
35. Texas
36. Louisiana
37. North Carolina
38. Montana 39. Missouri
40. Oklahoma
41. West Virginia
42. Tennessee
43. Arkansas
44. Alaska
45. South Carolina
46. Alabama
47. Nevada
48. Mississippi
49. Idaho
50. Georgia
51. Hawaii
| | Greatest Disparity Between White and Hispanic Incarceration Rates, 2000
1. New York
2. Connecticut
3. Pennsylvania
4. Massachusetts
5. North Dakota
6. New Jersey
7. Minnesota
8. Maryland
9. Wisconsin
10. New Hampshire
11. Nebraska
12. Vermont
13. Washington
14. Rhode Island
15. Colorado
16. New Mexico
17. Iowa
18. Utah
19. South Dakota
20. Illinois
21. Wyoming
22. Idaho
23. Delaware
24. Arizona
25. Ohio
26. California
27. Kansas
28. Montana
29. District of Columbia
30. Michigan
31. Oregon
32. Texas
33. Missouri
34. Louisiana
35. Indiana
36. Oklahoma
37. Alaska
38. Florida
39. North Carolina
40. Nevada
41. West Virginia
42. Mississippi
43. Alabama
44. Kentucky
45. Tennessee
46. Maine
47. South Carolina
48. Virginia
49. Hawaii
50. Georgia
51. Arkansas
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