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                     MOTOR VEHICLES                         VIOLENT           PRISONERS UNDER
                     REGISTRATIONS *    ACCIDENT           CRIME RATE         FEDERAL & STATE
                       ESTIMATED         DEATHS         PER 100,000 POP.       JURISDICTION
                         1995             1995               1995                  1995

 STATE              (THOUS.)  RANK    NUMBER   RANK      RATE       RANK     NUMBER     RANK

 Alabama             3,553     21     1,113     12       632         22       20,718     16
 Alaska                542     49        87     48       770 1/      12        3,522     39
 Arizona             2,873     23     1,031     14       713 2/      14       21,341     15
 Arkansas            1,613     33       631     27       553         24        9,411     30
 California         22,432      1     4,192      1       966          7      135,646      1

 Colorado            2,812     27       645     26       440         30       11,063     28
 Connecticut         2,622     30       317     36       405 1/      33       14,801     22
 Delaware              592     48       121     45       725 1/      13        4,802     36
 D.C.                  243     51        58     51     2,661 1/       1        9,800     29
 Florida            10,369      3     2,805      3     1,071 2/       2       63,879      4
 Georgia             6,120      9     1,488      7       657 2/      20       34,266      8

 Hawaii                802     43       130     44       295 1/      42        3,560     38
 Idaho               1,043     40       262     38       322         41        3,328     41
 Illinois            8,973      6     1,586      5       996 1/       4       37,658      7
 Indiana             5,072     14       960     15       525         25       16,125     20
 Iowa                2,814     26       527     30       354 2/      39        5,906     34

 Kansas              2,085     32       442     33       421         32        7,054     33
 Kentucky            2,631     29       849     20       365         36       12,060     24
 Louisiana           3,286     22       883     17     1,007          3       25,195     13
 Maine                 967     42       187     41       131         48        1,396     48
 Maryland            3,654     20       671     23       987          5       21,453     14

 Massachusetts       4,502     16       444     32       687 2/      16       11,687     25
 Michigan            7,674      8     1,530      6       687 2/      15       41,112      6
 Minnesota           3,882     19       597     28       356         38        4,846     35
 Mississippi         2,144     31       868     19       503         27       12,684     23
 Missouri            4,255     17     1,109     13       664         19       19,134     18

 Montana               968     41       215     40       171         47        1,999     46
 Nebraska            1,467     35       254     39       382         34        3,074     42
 Nevada              1,047     39       313     37       945          8        7,713     32
 New Hampshire       1,122     38       118     46       115         50        2,014     45
 New Jersey          5,906     10       773     21       600         23       27,066     12

 New Mexico          1,484     34       485     31       819         10        4,078     37
 New York           10,274      4     1,674      4       842          9       68,489      3
 North Carolina      5,682     11     1,448      9       646         21       29,253     10
 North Dakota          695     46        74     49        87         51          608     51
 Ohio                9,810      5     1,366     10       483         29       44,663      5

 Oklahoma            2,856     24       669     24       664         17       18,151     19
 Oregon              2,785     28       572     29       522         26        7,886     31
 Pennsylvania        8,481      7     1,480      8       427         31       32,410      9
 Rhode Island          699     45        69     50       368 1/      35        2,902     43
 SOUTH CAROLINA      2,833     25       881     18       982          6       19,611     17

 South Dakota          709     44       158     43       208         46        1,841     47
 Tennessee           5,400     13     1,259     11       772         11       15,206     21
 Texas              13,682      2     3,181      2       664         18      127,766      2
 Utah                1,447     36       326     35       329         40        3,452     40
 Vermont               492     50       106     47       118 1/      49        1,279     50

 Virginia            5,613     12       900     16       362         37       27,415     11
 Washington          4,503     15       653     25       484         28       11,608     26
 West Virginia       1,425     37       376     34       210         45        2,512     44
 Wisconsin           3,993     18       745     22       281         43       11,199     27
 Wyoming               601     47       170     42       254         44        1,395     49

 UNITED STATES     201,530      X    41,798      X      685          X     1,126,287     X

  Northeast Region     NA       X       NA       X      611          X       162,044     X
  Midwest Region       NA       X       NA       X      588          X       193,220     X
  South Region         NA       X       NA       X      738          X       454,182     X
  West Region          NA       X       NA       X      770          X       216,591     X
* Motor Vehicle registrations cover publicly, privately, and commercially owned vehicles, excluding those owned by military services. For uniformity, figures have been adjusted to a calender year basis as registration years in states differ.
1/: Includes both jail and prison inmates.
2/: Numbers are custodial, not jurisdictional courts.
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