Rank

State

% Change 1997-98

Rank

State

% Change 1997-98

1

Washington

9.4

27

New York

5.6

2

Colorado

9.4

28

Maine

5.5

3

Arizona

8.7

29

Connecticut

5.4

4

Georgia

8.6

30

Kansas

5.4

5

New Hampshire

8.3

31

New Jersey

5.1

6

Virginia

8.2

32

Michigan

5.1

7

Delaware

8.1

33

Vermont

5

8

Nevada

7.8

34

Mississippi

4.9

9

California

7.2

35

Alabama

4.9

10

Massachusetts

7.1

36

Ohio

4.9

11

Florida

7.1

37

Pennsylvania

4.9

12

North Carolina

6.7

38

Missouri

4.8

13

Indiana

6.5

39

Rhode Island

4.3

14

Texas

6.4

40

Oklahoma

4.3

15

Idaho

6.4

41

Arkansas

4.2

16

Utah

6.4

42

Montana

4.2

17

Maryland

6.3

43

Nebraska

4

18

North Dakota

6.3

44

Iowa

3.7

19

South Carolina

6.1

45

West Virginia

3.6

20

Oregon

6

46

New Mexico

2.7

21

South Dakota

6

47

Hawaii

2.3

22

Minnesota

5.9

48

Louisiana

1.6

23

Tennessee

5.9

49

Wyoming

-1.4

24

Illinois

5.8

50

Alaska

-5

25

Wisconsin

5.7

District of Columbia

6.9

26

Kentucky

5.6

United States

6.1