2005 Texas Rankings
By Karl-Thomas Musselman
But remember, in Texas, Sexy Cheerleaders, Chuck Wagons, and Duplicative Marriage Amendments are what we actually spend time debating.
Prepared be the Office of the Texas Comptroller
State Government Taxes and Spending
49th Tax Revenue Raised
49th Total Expenditures
Women’s Issues
2nd Birth Rate
2nd Teen Birth Rate
37th Prenatal Care
Per Capita Spending on
45th Public Health
46th Mental Health
49th Water Quality
Environment
1st Toxic and Cancerous Manufacturing Emissions
1st Number of Clean Water Permit Violations
Education
50th High School Graduation Rates
48th SAT Scores
Workforce
9th Unemployment
46th Average Hourly rate
43rd Income distribution inequality
50th Government Employee wages
State of the Child
1st Child Population Growth
1st Percentage of Uninsured Children
48th Spending on Child Protection
Public Safety
1st Number of Executions
1st Number of Gun Shows
1st Number of Registered Machine Guns
2nd Rate of Incarceration
5th Total Crime rate
11th Violent Crime Rate
Health Care
50th Percentage of Population with Health Insurance
50th Percentage of Insured Low-Income Children
48th Percentage of Poor Covered by Medicaid
45th Rate for Substance Abuse Treatment is Received
Health and Welfare
7th Poverty Rate
2nd Percentage of Population that goes hungry
3rd Percentage of Population that is malnourished
47th Amount of Welfare and Food Stamp Benefits
49th Number of WIC recipients
Democracy
44th Percentage of Eligible Voters that are Registered
47th Percentage of Eligible Voters that go to the Polls
Posted by Karl-Thomas Musselman at August 12, 2005 04:16 PM
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Oh my god, that's so depressing. So basically, women are screwed, children are screwed, workers are screwed, and the environment is screwed, but nobody votes to change anything. Sometimes I'm ashamed of my own state.
