| EAR | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 |
| Louisiana | 11.2 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 14.2 | 12.4 | 9.9 | 12.7 | 13 | 13.2 | 11.2 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 12.8 | 15.7 | 17.5 |
| Mississippi | 8.0 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 9 | 7.7 | 11.4 | 13.1 | 11.1 |
| New Mexico | 7.5 | 6.8 | 9.9 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 6 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 11.5 |
| Maryland | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 9 | 10 | 9.9 | 11.6 |
| South Carolina | 6.8 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 8 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 8 | 8.4 | 9 |
| Alabama | 6.3 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| Michigan | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7 | 7.3 | 7.5 | |
| Arizona | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7 | 8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.5 |
| Missouri | 6.1 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 5 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.1 |
| Tennessee | 5.8 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Illinois | 5.6 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 10 |
| Georgia | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 8 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 9.5 |
| Oklahoma | 5.5 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| Arkansas | 5.5 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 8 | 9.9 | 8.7 |
| North Carolina | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 7 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.5 |
| Nevada | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 9 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 13.7 |
| Florida | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| California | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6 | 6.6 | 8 | 9.1 |
| Indiana | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.2 |
| Delaware | 4.5 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 4.3 |
| Ohio | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Texas | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.7 |
| New Jersey | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| West Virginia | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| New York | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.1 | 6 | 7.4 |
| Alaska | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 6 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 7.4 |
| Kansas | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 6 | 5.9 | 6 | 6.6 |
| Virginia | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 |
| Connecticut | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| Nebraska | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3 | 2.9 |
| Kentucky | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| North Dakota | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| Wyoming | 3.2 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Colorado | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4 | 4.7 |
| Massachusetts | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| Montana | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| South Dakota | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Wisconsin | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Washington | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.3 | 3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| Idaho | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Oregon | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2 | 2.4 | 2 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4 |
| Maine | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Utah | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| Iowa | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Minnesota | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| Rhode Island | 1.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Vermont | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| New Hampshire | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| Hawaii | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 2 | 4 | 3.4 |
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