Tri-State Comparision
The State of Missouri is very comparable to the majority of the United States based on several identical variables. In order to shorten the length of this study, three states, including Missouri, have been chosen to compare variables. The three states are Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. The first two states were chosen because of location to demonstrate the comparability of Missouri with bordering states. All three states have state debt and the following numbers are per capita. The state with the highest debt is Illinois with a debt of 1702 putting the state at number 18 on the ranking list of the United States. The lowest debt goes to Iowa with a debt of only 651, ranking number 33. Missouri is in the middle of both states, but closer to Illinois, with a debt of 1245 per capita, leaving Missouri to place number 26 in the United States regarding state debt. The population of Missouri is 74.3 people per square mile. This ranks number 27 in the United States. Iowa is the least populated of the three states with 49.7 people per square mile, ranking number 33 in the United States. Illinois has the largest amount of people per square mile with a total of 205.6 people per square mile and ranking number 11 in the
Now let's take a look at how much of the tax dollar is spent towards education. The following numbers are based on education spending per child for public elementary and secondary schooling. Also included in these comparisons is class size, based on an average of number of pupils per teacher, in public elementary school. Illinois is, again, highest with $4,853.00 per student. Class size is 16.8 students per teacher. This leaves Illinois at number 20 in education spending and numbers 26 in class size compared to the United States. Iowa is next with $4853.00 in education spending per student and they have the lowest class size with 15.8 students per teacher. Iowa is number 24 in the United States with education spending and number 33 with class size. Sadly, Missouri is last in education spending with $4226.00 per student, but in the middle of the three states on class size with 16.2 students per teacher. This leaves Missouri at number 31 in the United States on education spend! Illinois was the highest of the three states in family income so it is no surprise that they are the highest in income tax paid with $2301 per capita. This leaves Illinois number 9 in the United States. The number 28 state is Missouri with $1741.00 per capita. The last state, number 34 in the United States, i
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