Northern America
By: Megan Estes
All About New Hampshire
Crimes- Annual number of crimes
Violent: 2,481, Property: 30,693 Total: 33,17%
Economy- Budget: 224 mil Debt: 15,142,336
Percent of the budget put toward each area of the state: Business- 14.8% Professional- 22% Service- 14.5% Sales- 25.4% Farming- .5% Maintence/ Repairs- 10.5% Production Transportation- 12.5%
Taxes- The state of New Hampshire taxes on food, real estate, and property
Total amount of tax money collected per year: $5,390,747,858
Schools- NH is ranked the 4th best school system in the United States
State score: 78.8
High School Graduation Rate: 78.3%
Religion: Mixed religions: overall religious: 35.15%, LDS: .63%, Catholic: 24%, Baptist: 1.61%
Climate- Record High: 102F Record Low: -37F Mild weather and constantly changing due to the seasons
Jobs/ Unemployment- 4.9% are unemployed and decreasing; many jobs available
Recreational Activities- hiking, skiing, dirt biking, 4 wheeling, going to the beach, and many other outdoor activities
Property Values/ Income- Average income: $32,000- $116,000 per year
Cost of an average middle class home: $300,000
Racial Makeup- White: 91.9% Hispanic: 3% Asian: 2.4% American Indian: .3% African American: 1.4%
All About Wyoming
Crime- It's the 7th safest state to live in
Annual number of crimes:
violent: 1,100
property: 13,283
total: 14,383
Economy- Budget: $3.2 bil Debt: $6,927,767
The dispersal of the money throughout the state- Miscellaneous agencies: $220.5 mil Family Services: $107.1 mil Workforce: $129.5 mil Environmental Quality: $151 mil Education: 231 mil Health: 761 mil
Taxes- Wyoming taxes: sales, income, property, and estate
The total amount of tax money collected per year: $3,688,000,000
Schools- Wyoming is ranked having the 24th best school system in America
Placed 15th in reading and 16th in math
Religion- Overall religious: 39.53% Catholic: 11% LDS: 11.23% Baptist: 4.56% Jewish: .2% Other: 12.77%
Climate- Wyoming has a comfortable climate. Their average high in July is 84.6F
Their average low in January is 8.8F
Jobs/ Unemployment- 4.4% unemployment and many jobs available
Recreational Activities Available- Visiting Yellow Stone National Park, or Grand Teton National Park., rock climbing, rodeos, trail riding, horseback riding, and hiking
Property Values/ Income- Median income: $51,731
Cost of an average middle class home: $215,000
Racial Makeup- White: 88.6% Hispanic: 6.7% African American: .8% Native American: 2.2% Asian: .7% other not common races: 1.1%
All About Canada
Crime- (Per 10000 people)
violent: 1,200
property: 4,500
total (using the per 10000 people scale): 1,995,000
Economy- Budget: $280,500,000,000 Debt: $616,410,585,743.75
Taxes- Canada taxes sales, food, income, exise, property, import, and export
Total amount of tax dollars collected per year: $271.4 billion
Schools- Canada is placed having the 5th best school system in the world
the US is ranked 17th
Religion- Christianity: 76.6% Muslim: 2% Jewish: 1.1% Buddhist: 1% HIndu: 1%
Climate- The farther north you go the colder it gets.
spring: 34-63F
summer:57-82F
fall:41-68F
winter:41- -4
Jobs/Unemployment- 7.2% unemployment rate and many jobs available
Recreational Activities- Hockey, skiing, snowboarding, hiking, Niagra Falls
Property Values/Income- Average income: $35,000 per year
Average Property Value: for a middle class home is $300,000-$400,000
Racial Makeup- Brittish Isles Origin: 28% French: 23% European: 15% American Indian: 2% Asian, African, Arab: 6% Mixed Background: 26%
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