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 State
Alabama 489 90 18.4% 489 76 15.5% 501 92 18.4% 495 52 10.5% 478 99 20.7% 449 114 25.4% 427 145 34.0% 404 100 24.8% 396 82 20.7% 406 106 26.1% 406 83 20%
392
81
21%
418
111

27%

413
113

27.4%
377
92
24.4%
389
96
24.7%
334
71
21.3%
 Alabama
Alaska 50 8 16.0% 45 5 11.1% 49 3 6.1% 46 6 13.0% 48 4 8.3% 48 6 12.5% 45 3 6.7% 49 7 14.3% 38 8 21.1% 36 5 13.9% 34 6 18%
33
9
27%
30
7
23%
28
7

25.0%
25
8
34.0%
26
8
30.8%
22
6
22.7%
 Alaska
Arizona 236 52 22.0% 224 50 22.3% 227 37 16.3% 242 25 10.3% 228 45 19.7% 218 29 13.3% 219 36 16.4% 217 36 16.6% 224 45 20.1% 199 39 19.6% 196 40 20%
207
47
23%
190
39
21%
195
28

14.4%
199
38
19.1%
212
38
17.9%
169
36
21.3%
 Arizona
Arkansas 154 30 19.5% 172 39 22.7% 181 34 18.8% 186 26 14.0% 187 32 17.1% 188 40 21.3% 190 35 18.4% 167 22 13.2% 155 31 20.0% 148 34 23.0% 151 37 25%
124
24
19%
125
24
19%
114
20
17.5%
100
28
28.0%
107
26
24.3%
76
18
23.7%
 Arkansas
California 735 136 18.5% 731 154 21.1% 701 96 13.7% 717 58 8.1% 679 117 17.2% 630 103 16.3% 621 106 17.1% 592 153 25.8% 575 154 26.8% 558 119 21.3% 560 138 25%
535
230
24%
555
119
21%
525
125
23.8%
487
87
17.9%
507
101
19.9%
417
118
28.3%
 California
Colorado 374 56 15.0% 369 69 18.7% 374 56 15.0% 389 44 11.3% 396 73 18.4% 376 74 19.7% 353 51 14.4% 352 76 21.6% 356 82 23.0% 350 70 20.0% 348 91 26%
331
100
30%
355
79
22%
320
61
19.1%
318
87
27.4%
338
79
23.4%
296
88
29.7%
 Colorado
Connecticut 112 12 10.7% 106 19 17.9% 103 8 7.8% 93 6 6.5% 89 9 10.1% 85 17 20.0% 78 16 20.5% 78 13 16.7% 72 9 12.5% 74 8 10.8% 67 10 15%
64
10
26%
62
12
19%
69
8
11.6%
63
10
15.9%
69
7
10.1%
45
7
15.6%
 Connecticut
Delaware 23 1 4.3% 17 1 5.9% 22 3 13.6% 24 3 12.5% 27 3 11.1% 26 3 11.5% 23 2 8.7% 25 2 8.0% 21 4 19.0% 21 4 19.0% 20 5 25%
19
4
21%
21
10
48%
22
5
22.7%
21
10
47.6%
19
5
26.3%
15
5
33.3%
 Delaware
Florida 605 65 10.7% 611 59 9.7% 591 69 11.7% 657 58 8.8% 640 68 10.6% 638 79 12.4% 566 88 15.5% 533 62 11.6% 537 106 19.7% 511 84 16.4% 541 71 13%
495
73
15%
519
65
13%
505
71
14.1%
459
87
19.0%
495
72
14.5%
375
54
14.4$%
 Florida
Georgia 750 69 9.2% 748 65 8.7% 740 67 9.1% 713 25 3.5% 722 88 12.2% 679 139 20.5% 648 165 25.5% 631 136 21.6% 654 118 18.0% 603 118 19.6% 592 116 20%
563
108
19%
581
106
18%
557
103
18.5%
533
83
15.6%
551
89
16.2%
468
90
19.2%
 Georgia
Guam 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0%
1
0

0.0%
1
0
0.0%
1
1
100.0%
1
1
100.0%
 Guam
Hawaii 26 1 3.8% 33 2 6.1% 34 6 17.6% 33 3 9.1% 28 4 14.3% 32 2 6.3% 32 2 6.3% 27 6 22.2% 28 6 21.4% 25 3 12.0% 25 4 16%
21
7
33%
24
5
21%
24
6
25%
23
8
34.8%
29
10
34.5%
28
8
28.6%
 Hawaii
Idaho 79 7 8.9% 83 6 7.2% 85 8 9.4% 102 4 3.9% 101 14 13.9% 88 6 6.8% 82 8 9.8% 81 7 8.6% 65 9 13.8% 59 3 5.1% 68 6 9%
63
12
19%
68
8
12%
70
15
21.4%
67
9
13.5%
71
8
11.3%
46
7
15.2%
 Idaho
Illinois 258 48 18.6% 254 50 19.7% 256 25 9.8% 274 28 10.2% 272 59 21.7% 260 36 13.8% 229 40 17.5% 230 42 18.3% 238 59 24.8% 231 37 16.0% 219 48 22%
207
49
24%
207
34
16%
200
35
17.5%
173
25
14.5%
166
29
17.5%
143
24
16.8%
 Illinois
Indiana 482 59 12.2% 458 89 19.4% 423 72 17.0% 450 64 14.2% 482 82 17.0% 421 77 18.3% 396 91 23.0% 364 86 23.6% 343 91 26.5% 342 86 25.1% 337 111 33%
308
84
27%
331
91
28%
316
68
21.5%
307
65
21.2%
326
58
17.8%
266
61
22.9%
 Indiana
Iowa 38 3 7.9% 37 7 18.9% 37 3 8.1% 32 3 9.4% 35 3 8.6% 35 4 11.4% 32 3 9.4% 30 1 3.3% 28 5 17.9% 25 4 16.0% 25 3 12%
27
3
11%
21
5
24%
19
3
15.8%
21
0
0.0%
15
2
13.3%
16
3
18.8%
 Iowa
Kansas 63 6 9.5% 58 2 3.4% 61 5 8.2% 55 2 3.6% 46 6 13.0% 49 14 28.6% 57 10 17.5% 52 6 11.5% 46 16 34.8% 46 6 13.0% 47 12 26%
51
16
31%
49
11
22%
45
9
20.0%
44
11
25.0%
48
7
14.6%
39
6
15.4%
 Kansas
Kentucky 313 36 11.5% 323 52 16.1% 294 58 19.7% 279 33 11.8% 309 58 18.8% 281 55 19.6% 276 57 20.7% 248 65 26.2% 253 58 22.9% 249 56 22.5% 241 55 23%
223
50
22%
221
55
25%
218
48
22.0.%
213
46
21.6%
210
45
21.4%
179
52
29.1%
 Kentucky
Louisiana 49 3 6.1% 45 7 15.6% 44 11 25.0% 44 6 13.6% 41 9 22.0% 44 8 18.2% 36 11 30.6% 43 17 39.5% 35 10 28.6% 32 10 31.3% 33 11 33%
35
11
31%
37
9
24%
31
11
35.5%
32
11
34.4%
34
8
23.5%
27
6
22.2%
 Louisiana
Maine 21 1 4.8% 21 4 19.0% 23 4 17.4% 23 3 13.0% 22 5 22.7% 24 4 16.7% 20 5 25.0% 17 4 23.5% 26 2 7.7% 16 1 6.3% 14 1 7%
15
4
27%
15
4
27%
14
4
28.6%
12
2
16.7%
21
2
9.5%
14
3
21.4%
 Maine
Maryland 435 57 13.1% 400 57 14.3% 387 53 13.7% 405 33 8.1% 387 58 15.0% 383 62 16.2% 354 40 11.3% 344 63 18.3% 334 96 28.7% 305 66 21.6% 298 56 19%
258
65
25%
269
67
25%
255
57
22.4%
250
72
28.8%
233
50
21.5%
200
68
34.0%
 Maryland
Massachusetts 96 10 10.4% 93 24 25.8% 99 13 13.1% 96 18 18.8% 98 17 17.3% 84 14 16.7% 79 9 11.4% 76 13 17.1% 74 19 25.7% 78 14 17.9% 74 12 16%
72
12
17%
80
15
19%
77
20
26.0%
79
13
16.5%
84
19
22.6%
72
26
36.1%
 Massachusetts
Michigan 217 28 12.9% 218 30 13.8% 194 27 13.9% 185 27 14.6% 180 37 20.6% 147 25 17.0% 122 17 13.9% 118 21 17.8% 103 19 18.4% 103 15 14.6% 108 24 22%
102
17
17%
108
20
19%
96
17
17.7%
97
17
17.5%
86
11
12.8%
71
13
18.3%
 Michigan
Minnesota 53 4 7.5% 58 8 13.8% 60 10 16.7% 62 11 17.7% 55 7 12.7% 58 7 12.1% 61 7 11.5% 59 8 13.6% 59 9 15.3% 57 5 8.8% 53 8 15%
51
5
10%
49
4
8%
46
3
6.5%
43
7
16.3%
44
6
13.6%
35
7
20.0%
 Minnesota
Mississippi 58 9 15.5% 54 14 25.9% 51 12 23.5% 45 9 20.0% 46 11 23.9% 43 10 23.3% 41 5 12.2% 40 5 12.5% 43 7 16.3% 43 7 16.3% 29 8 28%
25
4
16%
26
10
39%
21
6
28.6%
19
7
36.8%
23
9
39.1%
20
7
35.0%
 Mississippi
Missouri 362 61 16.9% 364 84 23.1% 357 56 15.7% 349 40 11.5% 346 56 16.2% 320 50 15.6% 328 56 17.1% 305 54 17.7% 279 52 18.6% 261 43 16.5% 258 48 19%
257
57
22%
272
46
17%
257
37

14.4%

247
51
20.6%
249
38
15.3%
193
36
18.7%
 Missouri
Montana 50 6 12.0% 41 8 19.5% 47 8 17.0% 56 9 16.1% 55 9 16.4% 54 8 14.8% 56 14 25.0% 54 10 18.5% 55 12 21.8% 49 11 22.4% 48 10 21%
44
11
25%
41
11
27%
38
19
50.0%
50
26
52.0%
70
36
51.4%
56
24
42.9%
 Montana
Nebraska 9 2 22.2% 12 3 25.0% 12 1 8.3% 9 1 11.1% 6 2 33.3% 6 2 33.3% 10 2 20.0% 7 1 14.3% 8 1 12.5% 6 1 16.7%      
5
2
40%
6
2
33%
5
3
60.0%
4
3
75.0%
4
1
25.0%
5
2
40.0%
 Nebraska
Nevada 85 17 20.0% 78 19 24.4% 83 12 14.5% 85 9 10.6% 87 15 17.2% 82 11 13.4% 67 11 16.4% 70 11 15.7% 67 15 22.4% 68 10 14.7% 68 13 19%
65
8
12%
67
14
21%
70
17
24.3%
63
11
17.5%
63
7
11.1%
57
10
17.5%
 Nevada
New Hampshire 44 4 9.1% 36 8 22.2% 42 4 9.5% 37 0 0.0% 36 4 11.1% 32 6 18.8% 35 3 8.6% 26 6 23.1% 18 6 33.3% 20 5 25.0% 21 7 33%
22
4
18%
21
4
19%
19
4
21.1%
21
5
23.8%
31
6
19.4%
30
7
23.3%
 New Hampshire
New Jersey 188 36 19.1% 178 31 17.4% 175 22 12.6% 169 20 11.8% 166 18 10.8% 168 21 12.5% 156 19 12.2% 131 21 16.0% 134 28 20.9% 121 22 18.2% 124 33 27%
114
29
25%
107
31
29%
107
24
22.4%
96
32
33.3%
92
21
22.8%
73
20
27.4%
 New Jersey
New Mexico 214 35 16.4% 222 41 18.5% 217 39 18.0% 209 22 10.5% 225 71 31.6% 212 44 20.8% 219 41 18.7% 222 75 33.8% 208 52 25.0% 194 46 23.7% 183 52 28%
172
57
33%
191
49
26%
183
42
23.0%
183
51
27.9%
177
60
33.9%
134
57
42.5%
 New Mexico
New York 340 61 17.9% 324 72 22.2% 300 43 14.3% 311 46 14.8% 342 57 16.7% 302 44 14.6% 303 39 12.9% 293 44 15.0% 264 47 17.8% 244 35 14.3% 242 43 18%
246
48
20%
239
41
17%
221
41
18.6%
217
40
18.4%
217
45
20.7%
184
49
26.6%
 New York
North Carolina 235 13 5.5% 238 24 10.1% 247 17 6.9% 270 21 7.8% 273 25 9.2% 225 38 16.9% 233 25 10.7% 209 39 18.7% 210 41 19.5% 171 39 22.8% 176 43 24%
177
48
27%
177
45
25%
137
68
22.8%
181
47
26.0%
196
39
19.9%
171
29
17.0%
 North Carolina
North Dakota 3 2 66.7% 3 2 66.7% 4 2 50.0% 5 2 40.0% 3 3 100.0% 4 6 150.0% 3 3 100.0% 3 3 100.0% 3 0 0.0% 4 1 25.0% 4 1 25%
4
2
50%
4
1
25%
2
0
0.0%
5
0
0.0%
4
2
50.0%
4
1
25.0%
 North Dakota
Ohio 598 89 14.9% 581 115 19.8% 541 93 17.2% 572 46 8.0% 551 83 15.1% 506 96 19.0% 471 80 17.0% 435 70 16.1% 395 83 21.0% 383 79 20.6% 389 83 21%
364
83
23%
387
82
21%
363
68
18.7%
376
75
19.9%
366
76
20.8%
291
69
23.7%
 Ohio
Oklahoma 101 12 11.9% 92 8 8.7% 87 14 16.1% 80 8 10.0% 76 3 3.9% 77 12 15.6% 72 13 18.1% 58 14 24.1% 61 8 13.1% 49 8 16.3% 55 6 11%
57
4
7%
65
5
8%
59
12
20.3%
57
8
14.0%
56
5
8.9%
36
6
16.7%
 Oklahoma
Oregon 106 24 22.6% 105 21 20.0% 108 27 25.0% 96 19 19.8% 107 26 24.3% 105 12 11.4% 95 11 11.6% 97 27 27.8% 96 23 24.0% 82 28 34.1% 92 26 28%
96
21
22%
103
18
18%
117
17
14.5%
106
15
14.1%
108
20
18.5%
77
13
16.9%
 Oregon
Pennsylvania 678 90 13.3% 652 96 14.7% 601 83 13.8% 601 64 10.6% 577 83 14.4% 534 92 17.2% 497 71 14.3% 497 94 18.9% 462 100 21.6% 471 94 20.0% 468 112 24%
428
123
29%
460
117
25%
428
110
25.7%
421
120
28.5%
438
111
25.3%
353
100
28.3%
 Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico 70 3 4.3% 35 5 14.3% 11 1 9.1% 18 2 11%
38
1
3%
18
2
11%
15
3
20.0%
12
2
16.7%
14
3
21.4%
9
0
00.0%
 Puerto Rico
Rhode Island 10 2 20.0% 8 1 12.5% 6 3 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 10 3 30.0% 14 1 7.1% 10 3 30.0% 11 1 9.1% 8 1 12.5% 10 1 10.0% 9 3 33%
7
3
43%
6
2
33%
6
1
16.7%
5
1
20.0%
5
1
20.0%
5
2
40.0%
 Rhode Island
South Carolina 67 4 6.0% 64 4 6.3% 58 2 3.4% 63 4 6.3% 67 9 13.4% 68 11 16.2% 68 8 11.8% 63 18 28.6% 52 6 11.5% 48 8 16.7% 58 11 19%
52
11
21%
62
7
11%
57
7
12.3%
50
6
12.0%
53
8
15.1%
48
8
16.7%
 South Carolina
South Dakota 26 2 7.7% 28 6 21.4% 27 3 11.1% 29 3 10.3% 30 6 20.0% 27 7 25.9% 32 7 21.9% 31 6 19.4% 33 5 15.2% 30 5 16.7% 28 6 21%
26
6
23%
34
5
15%
34
7
20.6%
32
8
25.0%
38
15
39.5%
29
14
48.3%
 South Dakota
Tennessee 652 86 13.2% 631 120 19.0% 652 115 17.6% 658 86 13.1% 709 145 20.5% 664 136 20.5% 606 149 24.6% 590 158 26.8% 561 126 22.5% 555 118 21.3% 552 129 23%
536
111
21%
568
139
24%
534
121
22.7
524
94
17.9%
543
123
22.7%
488
108
22.1%
 Tennessee
Texas 498 70 14.1% 536 80 14.9% 510 79 15.5% 487 51 10.5% 499 98 19.6% 496 64 12.9% 465 101 21.7% 462 96 20.8% 441 102 23.1% 439 78 17.8% 409 81 20%
382
83
22%
415
86
21%
408
72
17.6%
387
85
22.0%
433
86
19.9%
375
88
23.5%
 Texas
Utah 100 11 11.0% 103 10 9.7% 98 10 10.2% 109 6 5.5% 110 13 11.8% 101 13 12.9% 103 17 16.5% 102 13 12.7% 97 16 16.5% 84 15 17.9% 87 16 18%
88
18
20%
89
15
17%
87
11
12.6%
79
14
17.7%
76
19
25.0%
73
19
26.0%
 Utah
Vermont 38 7 18.4% 42 6 14.3% 41 7 17.1% 42 8 19.0% 40 12 30.0% 45 11 24.4% 44 14 31.8% 44 12 27.3% 33 13 39.4% 38 9 23.7% 38 14 37%
38
15
39%
37
18
49%
37
12
32.4%
37
17
45.9%
37
17
45.9%
31
8
25.8%
 Vermont
Virginia 847 121 14.3% 825 157 19.0% 808 164 20.3% 812 64 7.9% 787 168 21.3% 663 171 25.8% 702 135 19.2% 667 163 24.4% 637 165 25.9% 616 168 27.3% 599 168 28%
587
191
33%
583
161
28%
582
174
29.9%
571
158
27.7%
580
170
29.3%
481
157
32.6%
 Virginia
Washington 154 29 18.8% 155 23 14.8% 160 20 12.5% 155 13 8.4% 148 23 15.5% 141 28 19.9% 130 28 21.5% 128 27 21.1% 126 22 17.5% 147 29 19.7% 147 38 26%
139
38
27%
144
29
20%
137
17
12.4%
139
30
20.9%
145
33
22.8%
109
23
21.1%
 Washington
Washington, DC - - - 17 2 11.8% 19 5 26.3% 15 0 0.0% 13 3 23.1% 14 3 21.4% 12 0 0.0% 12 2 16.7% 12 4 33.3% 10 3 30.0% 11 4 36%
14
5
36%
14
4
29%
14
4
28.6%
16
3
18.7%
5
15
33.3%
11
6
54.5%
 Washington, DC
West Virginia 288 73 25.3% 293 58 19.8% 284 41 14.4% 286 32 11.2% 289 47 16.3% 266 50 18.8% 263 43 16.3% 276 52 18.8% 252 64 25.4% 241 62 25.7% 241 52 22%
200
44
22%
210
50
24%
207
35
16.9%
205
34
16.6%
198
45
22.7%
161
43
26.7%
 West Virginia
Wisconsin 122 17 13.9% 124 22 17.7% 118 19 16.1% 118 16 13.6% 118 21 17.8% 108 21 19.4% 107 16 15.0% 102 19 18.6% 100 15 15.0% 87 18 20.7% 80 16 20%
73
12
16%
74
13
18%
71
13
18.3%
69
9
13.0%
69
14
20.3%
58
6
10.3%
 Wisconsin
Wyoming 45 12 26.7% 56 8 14.3% 51 9 17.6% 51 12 23.5% 50 12 24.0% 43 10 23.3% 44 7 15.9% 43 11 25.6% 41 6 14.6% 38 8 21.1% 38 12 32%
39
6
15%
36
7
19%
38
8
21.1%
33
13
39.4%
40
16
40.0%
34
10
29.4%
 Wyoming
APO 0 0 0.0% 12 2 16.7% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0%     4 0 0.0% 11 2 18.2% 11 2 18.2% 6 2 33%
9
0
0
6
2
33%
8
4
50.0%
17
1
5.9%
5
3
35.0%
2
0
00.0%
 APO
International 384 32 8.3% 394 30 7.6% 429 20 4.7% 458 21 4.6% 423 27 6.4% 377 27 7.2% 380 20 5.3% 288 24 8.3% 284 49 17.3% 104 12 11.5% 283 49 17%
283
56
20%
277
50
18%
262
42
16.0%
67
33
49.3%
283
56
19.8%
282
55
23.2%
 International
No/Illegible PM
0
 175
0
0
 125
0
0
 97
0
0
 503
0
0
 17
0
0
 37
0
0
 17
0
0
 16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0%
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
00.0%
 No/Illegible PM
TOTAL 11,960 1,884 15.8% 11,861 2075 17.5% 11,619 1,787 15.4% 11,786 1,673 14.2% 11,739 1,967 16.8% 10,940 1,960 17.9% 10,498 1,905 18.1% 1,0078 2,041 20.3% 9,652 2,114 21.9% 9,109 1,859 20.4% 9,218 2,036 22%
8,609
1,985
23%
9,074
1,966
21.7%
8,714
1806
20.7%
8,234
1815
22.0%
8,741
1,872
21.4%
7,178
1,741
24.3%
 TOTAL
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

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