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Information about each state collected from both the official US Census website and from various other sources.

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• state - State name.

• abbr - State abbreviation (e.g. "MN").

• fips - FIPS code.

• pop2010 - Population in 2010.

• pop2000 - Population in 2000.

• homeownership - Homeownership rate.

• multiunit - Percent of living units that are in multi-unit structures.

• income - Average income per capita.

• med_income - Median household income.

• poverty - Poverty rate.

• fed_spend - Federal spending per capita.

• land_area - Land area.

• smoke - Percent of population that smokes.

• murder - Murders per 100,000 people.

• robbery - Robberies per 100,000.

• agg_assault - Aggravated assaults per 100,000.

• larceny - Larcenies per 100,000.

• motor_theft - Vehicle theft per 100,000.

• soc_sec - Percent of individuals collecting social security.

• nuclear - Percent of power coming from nuclear sources.

• coal - Percent of power coming from coal sources.

• tr_deaths - Traffic deaths per 100,000.

• tr_deaths_no_alc - Traffic deaths per 100,000 where alcohol was not a factor.

• unempl - Unemployment rate (February 2012, preliminary).

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Please note that we have not validated the Infochimps data. The other data were collected directly from the corresponding websites. US Census website (pop2010, pop2000, homeownership, multiunits, income, med_income, poverty, fed_spend, land_area), http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html Infochimps (murder, robbery, agg_assault, larcent, motor_theft, soc_sec, coal, nuclear), http://www.infochimps.com (see linked pages and corresponding downloadable data sets for original source information) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (tr_deaths, tr_deaths_no_alc), http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov Bureau of Labor Statistics (unempl), http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm

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