the “clean states” michigan, minnesota, iowa, & wisconsin
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The “Clean States”Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, & Wisconsin
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Population Growth in the "Clean States"
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4,000,000
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8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
MI WI MN IA
population 2000
est. population2006
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html
State Rankings
MN 25WI 30IA 40MI 44
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ranks/rank02.xls
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Diversity in the “Clean States”?
Diversity in the Clean States Relative to that of the US
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IA MN WI MI US
percent other
percent hispanicpersons
percent blackpersons
percent whitepersons
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html
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A Closer Look at Diversity within the "Clean States" Relative to that of the US
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MI WI MN IA US
percent black personspercent hispanic persons
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html
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Population Density
MN
IA
WI
MI
www.wikipedia.comhttp://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/08s0029.xls
Urban & Rural Populations (%)
Urban Rural
US 79 21
MI 74.7 25.3
MN 70.9 29.1
IA 61.1 38.9
WI 68.3 31.7
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Per Capita Personal Income
3233343536373839404142
MinnesotaWisconsinMichiganIowa
National Average
State
($) in thousands
Source: http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p60-235.pdf
State Rankings
MN 11 WI 25MI 26IA 27
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Rank of High Tech Economy
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Minnesota Michigan Iowa Wisconsin
State
Out of 50
Source: http://www.neweconomyindex.org/states/2002/overall_rank.html
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Manufacturing Jobs
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5
10
15
20
Wisconsin
Iowa
MichiganMinnesota
USA
States
As percent of totaljobs
Rank in US
Source: http://www.census.gov/statab/ranks/rank26.xls
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Religion and Political CultureEvangelical-Protestant
Protestant Catholic
Minnesota 21% 32% 28%
Iowa 24% 30% 25%
Michigan 26% 19% 23%
Wisconsin 24% 23% 29%
National 26% 18% 24%
-Moralist political culture
http://religions.pewforum.org/maps
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State Rankings
MN 1WI 2IA 8MI 15
http://www.statemaster.com/graph/gov_200_tot_vot_as_per-2004-election-total-votes-percentage
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2004 Presidential Election Voter Turnout
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States
% Voted
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2008 Presidential Donations
http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/
Rural Areas vs. Cities
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The Clean States Believe that Children are our Future
State National Rank Change in Funding
from 2003
Michigan 4 4%
Minnesota 12 -0.5%
Wisconsin 15 5%
Iowa 31 1.4%
Total Revenues (‘000) for Public k-12 Schools from State Gov
http://www.nea.org/edstats/images/04rankings-update.pdf
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Life is Good in the Clean States
Funding for Welfare
(lower ratings= good)
Percentage of Population under the Poverty Level
(higher ratings= better)
Prisoner to Population Ratio
(lower ratings= better)
MN 12 48 1
MI 17 32 38
WI 3 45 25
IA 21 44 11
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/rankings.html
National Rankings: