From the Publisher's Website: How does your state fare in terms of air quality or population growth? Is it keeping up with national education standards? State Rankings 2010 is CQ Press's popular rankings reference book that makes it easy to compare states in education, health, crime, transportation, taxes, government finance, and so much more. State Rankings has become a favorite resource on reference shelves throughout the United States and around the world. The editors have compiled useful statistics that would otherwise take an enormous amount of time to research. In more than 550 user-friendly tables, State Rankings 2010 compares every state and Washington, DC, in the following areas: Agricultur, Population, Economy, Environment, Government finance, Crime, Education, Geography, Social welfare, Defense, Health, Energy, and Housing. The formula and methodology are discussed in a narrative chapter allowing researchers to cite statistics with context.