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The other day I was talking about teeth per capita, and how Maine was kind of low on the list. Well, the list came from StateMaster, and today I've been playing about with it.
Here are some other fun statistics about Maine:
Here are some other fun statistics about Maine:
- Total roller coasters (per capita) - Maine is 10th with 3.027 coaster per 1 million people. Surprisingly our neighbors New Hampshire are number one with 5.344 coasters per 1 million people.
Children Ages 0-5 Who Are Read To Every Day, Percentage by state - Maine is 2nd, with 63.9%. Number one? Vermont. Number three? New Hampshire. Four is Connecticut, five is Massachusetts. The bottom five? Alabama, Nevada, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi.
Children Who Attend Religious Services Weekly, Percentage by state - Maine is 50th (out of 51, we-can-tax-them-but-not-represent-them DC is counted in the mix). In fact, the bottom five are Washington, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont. The top five are Mississippi, Utah, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina.
So obviously all that reading New England is doing to their children? Not the Bible. Meanwhile, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama must be too busy in church to read to their kids.
Shopping Mall Price per square feet by state - Maine has the second most expensive retail space in malls!! Maybe because the one real mall (unironically named the Maine Mall) has a monopoly? Number one is Alaska, number three is Hawai'i, number four is Vermont.
1996 Presidential Election - Popular Votes for H. Ross Perot (% of total) - Maine is number one out of states, a full 14.19% of Mainers voted for the independent candidate.
2004 Election - Total votes as percentage - Maine was number three with 72% of the population voting.
Percent of People Who are White Alone by state - Maine is getting slightly more diverse, it's now the second whitest state with 96.3% being labeled "white".
Number of Central Libraries per capita - Maine follows Vermont with 20.658 public libraries per 100,000 people.
Homicide by Knife - 28.6% of Maine homicides were by knife, leading the nation.