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<table><tbody><tr valign="top"><td> This is an interactive, visual application of the data provided by statepolicyindex.com on the relative freedom enjoyed by residents in the various States. Use the sliders to adjust the weighting of various categories of policies. Categories with a "+" next to them can be expanded to adjust the relative weighting of individual factors within the category.
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Spending</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="12.5" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight0" id="groupdisplay0" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td></tr><tr><td>Above, minus charges</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="8.33" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight3" id="vardisplay3" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Adj tot spending, PPI</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="16.67" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight4" id="vardisplay4" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Above, minus charges</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="8.33" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight5" id="vardisplay5" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Fiscal decentralization</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="16.67" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight6" id="vardisplay6" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Local gov budget constraints</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="5.56" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight7" id="vardisplay7" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Gov. employment / private</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="22.22" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight10" id="vardisplay10" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Weighted ave, local & state wages</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="11.11" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight11" id="vardisplay11" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Taxation</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="12.5" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight1" id="groupdisplay1" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left: 20px; display: none;"><table style="background-color: pink; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Debt, GSP measure</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="8.33" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight0" id="vardisplay0" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Debt, PPI measure</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="8.33" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight1" id="vardisplay1" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Total tax, GSP measure</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="41.67" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight8" id="vardisplay8" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Total tax, PPI measure</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="41.67" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight9" id="vardisplay9" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Labor regulation</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="5.36" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight2" id="groupdisplay2" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left: 20px; display: none;"><table style="background-color: pink; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Minimum wage</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="31.58" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight68" id="vardisplay68" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Prevailing wage law</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="3.95" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight69" id="vardisplay69" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>General right-to-work law</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="36.84" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight70" id="vardisplay70" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Workers comp coverage regs</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="5.26" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight71" id="vardisplay71" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Workers comp funding</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="5.26" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight72" id="vardisplay72" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Disability insurance required</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="10.53" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight73" id="vardisplay73" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>State OSHA</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="5.26" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight74" id="vardisplay74" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Smoker protection laws</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="1.32" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight114" id="vardisplay114" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Health insurance</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="5.36" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight3" id="groupdisplay3" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left: 20px; display: none;"><table style="background-color: pink; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Individual guaranteed issue</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="7.69" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight75" id="vardisplay75" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Community rating: small group</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="15.38" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight76" id="vardisplay76" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Community rating: individual</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="15.38" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight77" id="vardisplay77" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Elimination rider ban for ind.</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="1.92" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight78" id="vardisplay78" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Small firm COBRA</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="1.92" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight79" id="vardisplay79" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Small firm mand. group conv.</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="1.92" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight80" id="vardisplay80" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Mandated ext. grievance review</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="1.92" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight81" id="vardisplay81" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Provider incentives banned</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="3.85" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight82" id="vardisplay82" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Direct access mandated</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="3.85" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight83" id="vardisplay83" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>High-risk insurance pool</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="1.92" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight84" id="vardisplay84" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Standing referrals mandated</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="3.85" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight85" id="vardisplay85" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Licensing of Directors</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="1.92" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight86" id="vardisplay86" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Insurance mandates</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="38.46" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight87" id="vardisplay87" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Occupational licensing</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="3.57" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight4" id="groupdisplay4" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Eminent domain</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="4.46" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight5" id="groupdisplay5" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left: 20px; display: none;"><table style="background-color: pink; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Eminent domain reform</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="100" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight93" id="vardisplay93" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Liability system</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="3.57" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight6" id="groupdisplay6" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left: 20px; display: none;"><table style="background-color: pink; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Ranking of State Liability Systems</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="100" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight94" id="vardisplay94" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Land & environmental reg</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="1.79" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight7" id="groupdisplay7" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left: 20px; display: none;"><table style="background-color: pink; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Regulatory Takings Prohibition</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="8.33" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight61" id="vardisplay61" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Smart Growth Plan</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="16.67" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight62" id="vardisplay62" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>State Wetland Program</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="4.17" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight63" id="vardisplay63" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>State Wetland Protection Statutes</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="12.5" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight64" id="vardisplay64" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Endangered Species Act</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="4.17" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight65" id="vardisplay65" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Strength of State Planning Role</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="50" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight66" id="vardisplay66" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>State wind or beach ins. pool</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="4.17" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight67" id="vardisplay67" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Utility deregulation</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="0.89" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight8" id="groupdisplay8" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left: 20px; display: none;"><table style="background-color: pink; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Natural gas</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="33.33" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight88" id="vardisplay88" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Telecommunications</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="33.33" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight89" id="vardisplay89" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Cable</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="33.33" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight90" id="vardisplay90" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Gun control</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="6.67" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight9" id="groupdisplay9" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Marijuana laws</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="5.83" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight10" id="groupdisplay10" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left: 20px; display: none;"><table style="background-color: pink; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Low-level possession legal</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="16" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight21" id="vardisplay21" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>1st offense of LLP possess decrim.</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="16" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight22" id="vardisplay22" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>1st offense of HLP a misdemeanor</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="16" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight23" id="vardisplay23" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>LL cultivation a misdemeanor</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="16" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight24" id="vardisplay24" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Mandatory minimums</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="16" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight25" id="vardisplay25" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Medical marijuana</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="4" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight26" id="vardisplay26" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Maximum prison term</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="16" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight27" id="vardisplay27" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Asset forfeiture rules</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="4.17" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight11" id="groupdisplay11" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left: 20px; display: none;"><table style="background-color: pink; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Asset forfeiture index</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="100" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight92" id="vardisplay92" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Victimless crime arrests</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="4.17" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight12" id="groupdisplay12" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left: 20px; display: none;"><table style="background-color: pink; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>VC arrests per 100,000 pop.</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="50" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight95" id="vardisplay95" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>VC arrests as percentage of all</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="50" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight96" id="vardisplay96" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Tobacco regs</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="3.33" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight13" id="groupdisplay13" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left: 20px; display: none;"><table style="background-color: pink; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Cigarette tax</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="45" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight107" id="vardisplay107" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Ban: Public Places</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="7.5" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight108" id="vardisplay108" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Ban: Restaurants</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="15" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight109" id="vardisplay109" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Ban: Bars</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="15" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight110" id="vardisplay110" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Ban - Private Workplaces</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="15" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight111" id="vardisplay111" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Vending machines</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="1.25" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight112" id="vardisplay112" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Internet purchases</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="1.25" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight113" id="vardisplay113" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td><td style="width: 190px;">Alcohol regs</td><td style="width: 250px;"><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="2.5" decimals="2" to="25" from="0" name="weight14" id="groupdisplay14" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left: 20px; display: none;"><table style="background-color: pink; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Alcohol control index</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="35.29" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight13" id="vardisplay13" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Keg registration</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="3.92" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight14" id="vardisplay14" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
</td></tr><tr><td>Mandatory server training</td><td><input typelock="off" valuecount="100" value="3.92" decimals="2" to="100" from="0" name="weight15" id="vardisplay15" class="carpe_slider_display" type="text">
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</td> <td> <table> <tbody><tr><td> http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?c...86,14,36,28,72 </td></tr><tr><td> Below are listed the States from most to least free according to your current weights. Shown above is a map representing the ranking by color: States change from blue to green to yellow as their ranking increases (they become "more free").
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<table><tbody><tr valign="top"><td><table style="width: 150px;"><tbody><tr><td>New Hampshire</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.361</td></tr><tr><td>Colorado</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.352</td></tr><tr><td>South Dakota</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.322</td></tr><tr><td>Idaho</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.297</td></tr><tr><td>Texas</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.294</td></tr><tr><td>Missouri</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.269</td></tr><tr><td>Tennessee</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.238</td></tr><tr><td>Virginia</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.235</td></tr><tr><td>Arizona</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.227</td></tr><tr><td>North Dakota</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.220</td></tr><tr><td>Utah</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.209</td></tr><tr><td>Kansas</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.183</td></tr><tr><td>Indiana</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.174</td></tr><tr><td>Michigan</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.171</td></tr><tr><td>Wyoming</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.152</td></tr><tr><td>Iowa</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.148</td></tr><tr><td>Georgia</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.128</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table style="width: 150px;"><tbody><tr><td>Oklahoma</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.126</td></tr><tr><td>Montana</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.094</td></tr><tr><td>Pennsylvania</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.084</td></tr><tr><td>Alabama</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.078</td></tr><tr><td>Florida</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.051</td></tr><tr><td>North Carolina</td><td style="width: 4em;">0.016</td></tr><tr><td>Delaware</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.004</td></tr><tr><td>Nevada</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.004</td></tr><tr><td>Mississippi</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.005</td></tr><tr><td>Oregon</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.007</td></tr><tr><td>Nebraska</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.015</td></tr><tr><td>Arkansas</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.021</td></tr><tr><td>South Carolina</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.033</td></tr><tr><td>Alaska</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.052</td></tr><tr><td>Kentucky</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.068</td></tr><tr><td>West Virginia</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.080</td></tr><tr><td>Louisiana</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.088</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table style="width: 150px;"><tbody><tr><td>Minnesota</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.089</td></tr><tr><td>New Mexico</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.122</td></tr><tr><td>Wisconsin</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.167</td></tr><tr><td>Ohio</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.172</td></tr><tr><td>Connecticut</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.180</td></tr><tr><td>Maine</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.180</td></tr><tr><td>Vermont</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.181</td></tr><tr><td>Illinois</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.197</td></tr><tr><td>Massachusetts</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.198</td></tr><tr><td>Washington</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.226</td></tr><tr><td>Hawaii</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.261</td></tr><tr><td>Maryland</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.341</td></tr><tr><td>California</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.343</td></tr><tr><td>Rhode Island</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.377</td></tr><tr><td>New Jersey</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.380</td></tr><tr><td>New York</td><td style="width: 4em;">-0.639</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
</td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> Created by Chris Hundt (email)
Special thanks to Tom Hermansson Snickars and Dean Edwards