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Aimed at researchers, legislators, policy analysts, journalists, and general readers, this resource compiles data on a range of quality of life factors in the US in tables that compare the fifty states and the District of Columbia in 15 categories from 2004 to 2010. States are ranked from high to low in areas of agriculture, crime and law enforcement, defense, economy, education, employment and labor, energy and environment, geography, government finances, health, households and housing, population, social welfare, and transportation. Examples of tables include public school enrollment, gross domestic product, military fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan, crime rates, farm income, median earnings, natural gas consumption, percent of days that are sunny, income tax returns, birth rates, deaths by specific diseases, homeownership rates, poverty, and highway fatalities. O'Leary Morgan, who has served in positions with the US Department of Transportation, and Morgan, an attorney, have compiled many other books on state and city rankings. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)