1. The “Clean States” Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, & Wisconsin

2. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html State Rankings MN  25 WI  30 IA  40 MI  44 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ranks/rank02.xls

3. Diversity in the “Clean States”? http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html

5. Population Density MN IA WI MI www.wikipedia.com http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/08s0029.xls Urban & Rural Populations (%) UrbanRural US7921 MI74.725.3 MN70.929.1 IA61.138.9 WI68.331.7

6. Source: http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p60-235.pdf State Rankings MN  11 WI  25 MI  26 IA  27

7. Source: http://www.neweconomyindex.org/states/2002/overall_rank.html

8. Source: http://www.census.gov/statab/ranks/rank26.xls

9. Religion and Political Culture Evangelical- Protestant ProtestantCatholic Minnesota21%32%28% Iowa24%30%25% Michigan26%19%23% Wisconsin24%23%29% National26%18%24% -Moralist political culture http://religions.pewforum.org/maps

10. State Rankings MN  1 WI  2 IA  8 MI  15 http://www.statemaster.com/graph/gov_200_tot_vot_as_per-2004-election-total-votes- percentage

11. 2008 Presidential Donations http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/ Rural Areas vs. Cities

12. The Clean States Believe that Children are our Future StateNational RankChange in Funding from 2003 Michigan44% Minnesota12-0.5% Wisconsin155% Iowa311.4% Total Revenues (‘000) for Public k-12 Schools from State Gov http://www.nea.org/edstats/images/04rankings-update.pdf

13. Life is Good in the Clean States Funding for Welfare (lower ratings= good) Percentage of Population under the Poverty Level (higher ratings= better) Prisoner to Population Ratio (lower ratings= better) MN12481 MI173238 WI34525 IA214411 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/rankings.html National Rankings: