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Examine related health measures among states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Choose a measure from the top row to sort the entire table from healthiest to least healthy for relative comparison.
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Poverty
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Per Capita Income
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Children in Poverty
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Income Inequality
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Food Insecurity
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Gender Pay Gap
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Housing Cost Burden
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United States4.3%12.8%$41,80416.3%4.9211.2%82.0%31.5%
Alabama4.3%16.9%$33,77722.0%5.3612.4%75.0%25.1%
Alaska4.6%9.9%$43,05413.9%4.089.5%82.1%27.9%
Arizona4.3%12.2%$39,81915.8%4.4210.2%86.4%29.9%
Arkansas4.5%17.2%$31,38022.1%4.9816.6%80.2%25.1%
California5.3%12.1%$46,66115.3%5.2310.3%88.2%40.7%
Colorado3.5%9.4%$49,07111.1%4.488.9%79.9%33.3%
Connecticut4.7%10.5%$51,58112.5%5.179.6%84.8%34.1%
Delaware4.3%9.1%$42,57112.9%4.2011.5%82.4%25.7%
District of Columbia5.1%12.2%$71,69916.8%6.0410.0%83.8%35.9%
Florida4.0%12.8%$40,27817.1%4.6311.4%84.8%36.2%
Georgia4.2%12.9%$38,37816.6%4.7211.3%81.1%29.3%
Hawaii3.6%10.6%$42,71012.6%4.539.1%82.2%38.8%
Idaho3.0%10.8%$35,98013.3%3.9410.5%75.6%27.1%
Illinois4.8%12.4%$43,31715.9%4.9310.6%80.7%30.3%
Indiana3.6%12.9%$35,98415.7%4.3110.7%77.1%25.1%
Iowa2.9%11.4%$38,91712.2%4.218.9%80.4%24.1%
Kansas3.6%12.6%$37,91913.8%4.459.6%76.8%26.6%
Kentucky4.3%17.0%$33,98020.9%5.0813.1%79.2%26.0%
Louisiana5.4%19.0%$32,17124.6%5.6015.2%74.8%29.8%
Maine3.3%11.8%$41,18811.7%4.4210.1%84.1%28.3%
Maryland4.0%10.0%$49,23611.6%4.819.5%85.1%31.2%
Massachusetts4.1%11.7%$54,02511.5%5.548.5%84.1%35.6%
Michigan4.6%13.3%$38,15118.2%4.6511.9%80.9%27.1%
Minnesota3.2%10.2%$45,02110.9%4.367.1%83.1%27.6%
Mississippi4.9%19.6%$29,04526.4%5.2715.3%77.1%27.0%
Missouri3.7%13.6%$36,64016.9%4.5512.2%79.0%25.7%
Montana3.0%12.4%$38,32913.4%4.2710.1%81.0%27.8%
Nebraska2.3%11.7%$38,99713.8%4.3412.1%81.7%26.7%
Nevada5.5%12.4%$38,18316.1%4.3611.7%86.6%36.1%
New Hampshire2.5%8.0%$49,2816.9%4.386.2%75.3%31.4%
New Jersey5.0%10.4%$51,27212.9%5.078.8%83.0%35.5%
New Mexico4.8%17.2%$33,91623.5%5.3011.2%85.5%29.2%
New York5.1%14.6%$47,42118.8%5.9511.3%87.5%37.7%
North Carolina3.8%12.9%$38,70117.2%4.6010.7%83.9%27.2%
North Dakota2.2%11.7%$41,80012.7%4.367.7%77.3%24.4%
Ohio3.7%13.7%$37,93217.7%4.7011.5%80.9%25.9%
Oklahoma4.2%15.8%$32,93019.7%4.8114.3%79.2%27.4%
Oregon4.3%12.0%$42,47413.8%4.6211.2%85.8%34.8%
Pennsylvania4.3%12.5%$41,48915.2%4.8410.1%82.0%27.7%
Rhode Island4.5%12.1%$44,53811.7%4.938.6%83.1%32.0%
South Carolina4.4%14.1%$36,67519.2%4.6714.5%78.3%26.8%
South Dakota2.8%12.0%$37,61815.2%4.228.9%80.1%23.4%
Tennessee3.4%13.5%$36,70417.6%4.5711.5%81.4%27.1%
Texas4.4%13.7%$38,12319.2%4.8015.5%80.1%32.8%
Utah2.7%8.5%$38,5148.4%3.7810.7%73.1%26.6%
Vermont2.8%11.2%$42,25111.6%4.538.0%89.3%31.7%
Virginia3.6%11.2%$47,19912.7%4.969.3%79.6%28.8%
Washington4.1%10.1%$50,76411.4%4.578.3%80.7%33.0%
West Virginia4.7%18.0%$31,92225.0%5.0814.2%77.4%21.1%
Wisconsin2.8%11.2%$40,18812.7%4.249.6%81.0%27.0%
Wyoming3.8%11.9%$38,11414.1%4.3411.4%77.9%25.7%
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