STATE RANKINGS [When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. States may share the same value but have different ranks due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Persons killed in alcohol-related crashes ------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent of all persons STATE killed in crashes 1995 1990 --------------------------------- 1995 1990 ---------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- Number Rank Number Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank ------------------------------------ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- United States 17,274 X 22,084 X 41.3 X 49.5 X Alabama 462 13 553 13 41.6 21 49.4 27 Alaska 48 46 48 50 54.5 3 48.4 30 Arizona 447 14 436 19 43.4 16 50.2 22 Arkansas 217 31 339 25 34.3 42 56.0 12 California 1,720 2 2,601 1 41.0 29 50.1 23 Colorado 294 22 253 31 45.6 13 46.5 37 Connecticut 155 35 216 35 48.8 10 56.0 12 Delaware 51 45 86 42 41.5 25 62.7 2 District of Columbia 31 X 31 X 54.7 X 65.3 X Florida 1,110 3 1,399 3 39.6 35 48.3 32 Georgia 522 9 706 8 35.1 39 45.3 39 Hawaii 64 43 89 41 49.3 8 50.0 25 Idaho 88 39 139 37 34.0 43 56.8 11 Illinois 681 4 802 6 42.9 17 50.5 21 Indiana 330 18 471 18 34.4 41 44.9 40 Iowa 220 30 225 33 41.6 21 48.4 30 Kansas 179 33 225 33 40.4 32 50.6 20 Kentucky 287 23 353 22 33.8 44 41.7 46 Louisiana 470 12 552 14 53.2 4 57.6 6 Maine 52 44 93 40 27.7 49 43.8 42 Maryland 233 29 302 27 34.8 40 42.8 43 Massachusetts 203 32 346 24 45.7 12 57.2 10 Michigan 616 5 758 7 40.3 33 48.2 33 Minnesota 265 25 254 30 44.3 15 44.8 41 Mississippi 361 16 391 20 41.6 21 52.1 17 Missouri 572 7 590 11 51.6 5 53.8 15 Montana 91 38 119 38 42.5 20 55.9 14 Nebraska 93 37 109 39 36.7 38 41.6 47 Nevada 154 36 196 36 49.4 7 57.3 7 New Hampshire 46 47 79 44 39.1 36 50.1 23 New Jersey 316 20 349 23 40.9 30 39.3 49 New Mexico 244 27 315 26 50.2 6 63.3 1 New York 543 8 890 4 32.4 46 40.1 48 North Carolina 488 11 628 10 33.7 45 45.4 38 North Dakota 42 49 59 47 57.9 1 52.2 16 Ohio 439 15 700 9 32.2 47 42.7 44 Oklahoma 251 26 269 29 37.5 37 42.0 45 Oregon 237 28 274 28 41.4 26 47.4 34 Pennsylvania 610 6 817 5 41.2 28 49.6 26 Rhode Island 29 50 49 49 41.6 21 58.0 5 South Carolina 280 24 497 16 31.8 48 50.9 19 South Dakota 71 42 80 43 45.0 14 51.8 18 Tennessee 512 10 581 12 40.7 31 49.4 27 Texas 1,782 1 2,038 2 56.0 2 62.7 2 Utah 86 40 65 46 26.3 50 23.8 50 Vermont 44 48 52 48 41.4 26 57.3 7 Virginia 358 17 527 15 39.8 34 48.8 29 Washington 316 20 473 17 48.5 11 57.3 7 West Virginia 160 34 227 32 42.7 18 47.0 35 Wisconsin 317 19 360 21 42.6 19 46.9 36 Wyoming 83 41 75 45 48.9 9 59.8 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-29.