Kathleen O′Leary Morgan & Scott Morgan 
State Rankings 2018 
A Statistical View of America

Published annually,
State Rankings features comprehensive state statistics across key measures in education, health, crime, transportation, taxes, government finance, and so much more. The editors compile useful statistics that otherwise take an enormous amount of time to research, making it a favorite resource on reference shelves throughout the United States and around the world. Overall state rankings are provided as well as a complete list of all sources used to compile the tables. The rankings have been updated using specific methodology explained in the introduction with the most current available data at publication. Explanatory notes on the source and data are also included to provide context to each statistical table.

State Rankings compares every state and Washington, D.C. in the following areas:

• Agriculture


• Population


• Economy


• Environment


• Government finance


• Crime


• Education


• Geography


• Social welfare


• Defense

 

O autorze

Scott Morgan is an attorney who served as chief counsel to Senator Bob Dole’s 1988 presidential campaign.