A Socio-Economic & Demographic Analysis
60,000
54,117.00
State Per Capita Income
49,082.00
49,194.00
50,000
47,385.00
Income in Dollars
38,611
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
USA
CT.
MA.
NJ.
NY.
States
Source:
http://www.census.gov/statab/ranks/rank29.html
Total Expenditures for Education
60,000,000,000
50,000,000,000
Money Spent
40,000,000,000
30,000,000,000
20,000,000,000
10,000,000,000
0
CT.
MA.
NJ.
States
NY.
USA
Source:
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles/sresult.asp?mode=short&s1=09&s2=36
Source:
http://www.massbudget.org/documentsearch/findDocument?doc_id=640&dse_id=677
Rural vs. Urban Population
100.00%
90.00%
89.40%
87.70%
84.30%
84.30%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
Series1
50.00%
Series2
40.00%
30.00%
12.30%
20.00%
15.70%
15.70%
10.50%
10.00%
0.00%
CT.
MA.
NJ.
NY.
8.80%
16.70%
MA.
7.10%
White
89.90%
NJ.
12.30%
White
14.50%
Black
CT.
White
10.40%
Black
Black
75.80%
Latino
Latino
Latino
73.20%
16.80%
USA
NY.
15.80%
White
17.20%
59.90%
Black
Latino
White
12.90%
Black
65.10%
Latino
New York Unemployment
Source:
http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/publications2007/SOWNY/SWNY07_WebEditionFinal.pdf
FIGURE III-7
Source: CT Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Data, A
Source:
http://www.massbudget.org/file_storage/documents/StateOfWorkingMass2008
-1231.pdf
Individual Political Culture
Dominant
Mixed with Others
Source, Daniel Elazar, Political Cultures of the
US
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“In such a system, an individual can secede
politically, not by dealing with issues in some
exceptional way or by accepting some
concept of good government and then
striving to implement it, but by maintaining
his place in the system of mutual
obligations.”
-Daniel Elazar