South Carolina Watch

Index

1999 State Rankings
Sorted Alphabetically
1=Best, 50=Worst

State Per Capita
Personal Income

Details

Cost of
Living
Infant Mortality
(deaths per 1,000 live births)
% Low Birth Weight Babies Child Deaths
(deaths per 100,000 children ages 1-14)
Teen Deaths
(deaths per 100,000 teens ages 15-19)
HS Graduation % Population w/o Health
Insurance Rank
 
Alabama 42 40 48 47 49 48 48 21 Right To Work State
Alaska 17 6 6 3 21 37 36 36 Free State
Arizona 35 17 22 17 21 31 37 41 Right To Work State
Arkansas 46 47 37 41 46 42 27 24 Right To Work State
California 13 14 5 7 7 9 29 39 Free State
Colorado 6 15 17 39 18 26 24 31 Free State
Connecticut 1 5 12 23 3 5 2 50 Free State
Delaware 11 13 31 41 21 10 32 9 Free State
Florida 19 32 31 36 34 21 47 38 Right To Work State
Georgia 22 46 40 43 41 34 46 28 Right To Work State
Hawaii 20 1 27 23 1 1 38 7 Free State
Idaho 45 29 17 9 45 42 14 37 Right To Work State
Illinois 7 19 43 33 18 25 12 19 Free State
Indiana 30 24 37 30 39 29 26 3 Free State
Iowa 33 34 6 9 14 19 5 47 Right To Work State
Kansas 27 35 28 18 36 23 17 15 Right To Work State
Kentucky 41 45 34 36 28 29 30 22 Free State
Louisiana 44 38 47 49 46 40 49 42 Right To Work State
Maine 37 9 1 6 6 32 8 14 Free State
Maryland 5 23 42 45 14 34 23 13 Free State
Massachusetts 3 2 4 18 2 3 15 2 Free State
Michigan 18 31 39 33 21 14 21 8 Free State
Minnesota 10 30 13 7 14 11 3 46 Free State
Mississippi 50 50 49 50 50 47 50 30 Right To Work State
Missouri 29 37 36 26 21 44 22 48 Free State
Montana 47 26 17 15 39 46 35 Free State
Nebraska 24 33 22 13 21 32 7 4 Right To Work State
Nevada 9 16 16 23 30 26 43 40 Right To Work State
New Hampshire 8 8 9 9 3 6 35 1 Free State
New Jersey 2 3 17 36 5 4 1 17 Free State
New Mexico 48 22 25 26 36 49 42 44 Free State
New York 4 4 15 28 7 7 41 29 Free State
North Carolina 31 43 46 44 30 28 39 25 Right To Work State
North Dakota 39 36 22 9 28 23 6 11 Free State
Ohio 23 21 40 30 14 11 28 6 Free State
Oklahoma 43 42 43 21 43 37 31 33 Right To Work State
Oregon 25 20 9 1 21 8 33 23 Free State
Pennsylvania 16 10 28 30 18 20 18 49 Free State
Rhode Island 15 7 6 20 7 2 40 45 Free State
South Carolina 38 41 50 48 42 36 45 34 Right To Work State
South Dakota 36 44 45 5 36 45 10 12 Right To Work State
Tennessee 34 39 35 46 43 40 34 10 Right To Work State
Texas 26 48 13 21 34 21 44 43 Right To Work State
Utah 40 18 1 15 7 11 4 20 Right To Work State
Vermont 32 12 9 2 7 15 11 16 Free State
Virginia 14 27 28 28 7 15 20 18 Right To Work State
Washington 12 11 3 3 7 15 25 26 Free State
West Virginia 49 49 31 33 30 39 19 32 Free State
Wisconsin 21 28 17 13 30 15 13 5 Free State
Wyoming 28 25 25 40 48 49 16 27 Right To Work State

Also see:
South Carolina Census 2000 Data