State	FY 2011	FY 2010	Change	Percent Change
New Jersey	15,968	16,841	-872.73	-5.2
Illinois	10,774	11,634	-860.33	-7.4
Maine	11,438	12,259	-820.45	-6.7
New Mexico	9,070	9,384	-313.41	-3.3
Oklahoma	7,587	7,896	-308.84	-3.9
Idaho	6,824	7,106	-281.98	-4.0
Indiana	9,370	9,611	-241.61	-2.5
California	9,139	9,375	-235.93	-2.5
Virginia	10,364	10,597	-232.40	-2.2
Missouri	9,410	9,634	-224.14	-2.3
Kansas	9,498	9,715	-217.09	-2.2
District of Columbia	18,475	18,667	-191.77	-1.0
Mississippi	7,928	8,119	-191.15	-2.4
Arizona	7,666	7,848	-182.24	-2.3
South Carolina	8,986	9,143	-156.95	-1.7
Georgia	9,253	9,394	-141.10	-1.5
Colorado	8,724	8,853	-129.03	-1.5
North Carolina	8,312	8,409	-96.36	-1.1
Texas	8,671	8,746	-74.51	-0.9
Alabama	8,813	8,881	-68.04	-0.8
South Dakota	8,805	8,858	-53.70	-0.6
Minnesota	10,712	10,685	27.04	0.3
Washington	9,483	9,452	30.87	0.3
Iowa	9,807	9,763	43.68	0.4
Nevada	8,527	8,483	43.79	0.5
Oregon	9,682	9,624	58.38	0.6
Louisiana	10,723	10,638	84.75	0.8
Nebraska	10,825	10,734	91.21	0.8
Rhode Island	13,815	13,699	116.79	0.9
Maryland	13,871	13,738	133.09	1.0
Montana	10,639	10,497	141.74	1.4
Florida	8,887	8,741	145.21	1.7
Utah	6,212	6,064	148.56	2.4
Tennessee	8,242	8,065	177.47	2.2
Michigan	10,823	10,644	179.90	1.7
Ohio	11,223	11,030	192.49	1.7
Arkansas	9,353	9,143	210.17	2.3
Hawaii	12,004	11,754	250.45	2.1
Delaware	12,685	12,383	302.28	2.4
West Virginia	11,846	11,527	319.20	2.8
Massachusetts	13,941	13,590	350.97	2.6
Kentucky	9,309	8,948	360.96	4.0
Wisconsin	11,774	11,364	409.41	3.6
North Dakota	11,420	10,991	429.07	3.9
New York	19,076	18,618	457.79	2.5
Pennsylvania	13,467	12,995	471.73	3.6
Vermont	15,925	15,274	651.72	4.3
Wyoming	15,849	15,169	679.97	4.5
Connecticut	15,600	14,906	693.79	4.7
New Hampshire	13,224	12,383	840.25	6.8
Alaska	16,674	15,783	891.46	5.6

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