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This is a list of strange but interesting information concerning several States. Most is reflective of politics, but not all. Just a fun list.
| | The Maine Green Independent Party is the oldest state Green party in the United States. It was founded in 1984 in Augusta, Maine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Green_Independent_Party |
| | Alabama has the highest number of African-American elected officials of any State in the country. http://sessions.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=248184 |
| | California has the highest number of illegal immigrants residing in its borders. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=+%22California+has+the+highest+number+of%22 |
| | Illinois has the highest number of units of local government in the USA at 6,300, including counties, townships, school districts, conservation districts, and sanitation districts. http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Illinois |
| | Tennessee Has the Highest Number of Evangelical Voters. http://freetennessee.squarespace.com/journal/2006/11/10/tennessee-has-the-highest-number-of-evangelical-voters.html |
| | Florida has the highest number of disenfranchised Black men in the country. www.workers.org/ww/2000/racism1221.php |
| | Alaska has the highest number of lawyers per capita of any American state. Of course this is highly debated by several other states. Not to worry though, because they also have the highest number of pilots to fly those lawyers around. http://www.amchud.org/Other-Business-Finance/83673.htm, http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/1a52f/b4162/4/ |
| | Ohio has the highest number of. individuals living in poverty (1.2. million). www.incontext.indiana.edu/2000/november00/articles/4_news.pdf |
| | New York has the highest number of former members of Congress turned lobbyists of any state in the nation. http://www.cleanupwashington.org/blog/index.cfm?BC_ID=100012 |
| | Nevada has the highest number of foreclosures at one per 224 households followed by California, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan and Arizona. http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/09/17/daily14.html?surround=lfn |
| | West Virginia has the highest number of veterans per capita in the nation. http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=10987 |
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