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United Health Foundation: America’s Health Rankings, Prenatal Care 2010. Online. Available at: http://www.americashealthrankings.org/Measure/2010/Listpercent20All/Prenatalpercent20Care.aspx. Accessed January 17, 2011.

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US Census Bureau: Voting and Registration, Table 4B: Reported Voting and Registration of the Voting Age Population, by Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, for States: November 2008. Online. Available at:
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Id.

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Institute for Women’s Policy Research,
The Status of Women in Texas, 2004.
Online. Available at: http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/state_data/states/texas.pdf. Accessed January 12, 2011. Figures based on the 2000 Census.

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US Census Bureau, Survey of Business Owners, Women-Owned Businesses, 2007, Summary Statistics for Women-Owned Business by State: 2007. Online. Available at:
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US Census Bureau, Median Earnings for Female Full-Time, Year Round Workers, 2005–2009. Online. Available at:
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IBM,
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Corporation for Enterprise Development,
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Online. Available at: http://scorecard.cfed.org/housing.php?page=mortgage_debt_percentage_home_value. Accessed January 17, 2011.

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Corporation for Enterprise Development,
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard, 2009–2010, Foreclosure Rate.
Online. Available at: http://scorecard.cfed.org/housing.php?page=foreclosure_rate. Accessed January 17, 2011.

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Corporation for Enterprise Development,
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard, 2009–2010, Private Loans to Small Businesses.
Online. Available at: http://scorecard.cfed.org/business.php?page=private_loans_small_business Accessed January 17, 2011.

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Corporation for Enterprise Development,
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard, 2009–2010, Asset Poverty Rate.
Online. Available at: http://scorecard.cfed.org/financial.php?page=asset_poverty_rate. Accessed January 17, 2011.

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Corporation for Enterprise Development,
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard, 2009–2010, Net Worth.
Online. Available at: http://scorecard.cfed.org/financial.php?page=net_worth. Accessed January 17, 2011.

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Experian,
National Score Index.
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Corporation for Enterprise Development,
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard, 2009–2010.
Online.
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Id.

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CreditReport.com,
Average Credit Scores by State.
Online. Available at:
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Energy CO2 Emissions by State,
(2005). Online . Available at:
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. Accessed January 12, 2011.

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Scorecard: The Pollution Information Site,
Rankings of States by Air Pollutants Emissions.
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. Accessed January 14, 2011.

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Scorecard: The Pollution Information Site,
States with Reported Releases of Toxics Release Inventory: Water Releases.
Online. Available at:
http://www.scorecard.org/ranking/rankstates.tcl?how_many=100&drop_down_name=Water+releases
. Accessed January 14, 2011.

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Scorecard: The Pollution Information Site,
States with Reported Releases of Recognized Carcinogens to Air.
Online. Available at:
http://www.scorecard.org/ranking/rankstates.tcl?how_many=100&drop_down_name=Recognized+carcinogens+to+air
. Accessed January 14, 2011.

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
National Biennial Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Hazardous Waste Report: Based on 2009 Data,
(November 2010), Exhibit 1.2. Online. Available at:
http://www.epa.gov/osw/inforesources/data/br09/national09.pdf
. Accessed January 31, 2011.

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Id.

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Id.

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Texas Legislative Budget Board,
2010 Texas Fact Book.
Online. Available at:
http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Fact_Book/Texas_FactBook_2010.pdf
. Accessed January 14, 2011.

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U.S. Department of Energy, “Table R2. Energy Consumption by Source and Total Consumption per Capita, Ranked by State, 2008.” Online. Available at:
http://www.eia.gov/emeu/states/hf.jsp?incfile=sep_sum/plain_html/rank_use_per_cap.html
. Accessed January 14, 2011.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics. Average hours and earnings of production employees on manufacturing payrolls in States. Government Employment & Payroll. Online. Available at:
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US Census Bureau. Government Employment & Payroll. Online. Available at:
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. Accessed January 17, 2011.

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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Total Number of Workers Represented by Unions, 2010.
Online. Available at:
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?yr=138&typ=2&ind=20&cat=1&sub=5
. Accessed January 17, 2011.

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Corporation for Enterprise Development,
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard, 2009–2010, Workers Compensation Coverage.
Online. Available at: http://scorecard.cfed.org/business.php?page=workers_comp_coverage. Accessed January 17, 2011.

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PBS.
State-by-state income inequality.
Online. Available at:
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. Accessed January 25, 2011.

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Id.

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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation,
Median Annual Household Income, 2007–2009
. Online. Available at
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?ind=15&cat=1
. Accessed January 17, 2011.

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Assets and Opportunity Score Card,
Homeownership Rate.
Online. Available at http://scorecard.cfed.org/housing.php?page=homeownership_rate. Accessed January 17, 2011.

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Suite 101,
Average Home Insurance Rates by State (November 2009).
Online. Available at http://www.suite101.com/content/average_home_insurance_rate_by_state_a168687 Accessed January 17, 2011.

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Insure.com,
The Most and Least Expensive States for Car Insurance in 2010 (July 2010).
Online. Available at
http://www.insure.com/car-insurance/most-and-least-expensive-states-2010.html
Accessed January 17, 2011.

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CreditCards.com,
Bankruptcy Filings, State by State, 2005–2010.
Online. Available at
http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/state-bankruptcy-filings-statistics-1276.php
Accessed January 17, 2011.

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Household Internet Usage by Type of Internet Connection and State: 2009 (October 2009). Online. Available at
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Accessed January 17, 2011.

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Death Penalty Information Center, Number of Executions by State and Region Since 1976. Online. Available at
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. Accessed January 14, 2011.

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BURDEN OF INCARCERATION By John Bebow | Published: March 17, 2010.
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. Accessed January 14, 2011.

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2011, CQ Press, A Division of SAGE Publications. All Rights Reserved. Available online
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, State Health Facts Online Violent Crime Offenses Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants, 2009 Online. Available at
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. Accessed January 14, 2011.

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The Disaster Center.com United States: Uniform Crime Report —State Statistics from 1960—2009. Online. Available at
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/txcrime.htm
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, State Health Facts Online Number of Deaths Due to Injury by Firearms per 100,000 Population, 2007. Available at
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?ind=113&cat=2
. Accessed January 14, 2011.

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Id.

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Id.

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U.S. Census Bureau, Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008, Table 4b, Reported Voting and Registration of the Voting-Age Population, by Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, for States: November 2008. Online. Available at:
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. Accessed January 15, 2011.

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Id.

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Texas Department of Family Services. 2010. Online. Available at:
http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/about/Data_Books_and_Annual_Reports/2010/cps_27-70.asp
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“Texas Dept. of Family & Protective Services Marks Go Blue Day Against Child Abuse.” KBTX, April 6, 2010.
http://www.kbtx.com/state/headlines/90021092.html
Accessed January 31, 2011.

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Information Services Survey, 2009. Online. Available at
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Accessed January 31, 2011

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National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health,
Demographics of Low-Income Children: Texas
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Id.

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Id.

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Id.

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,
TANF Payment Levels (June 2009).
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service,
Average Monthly WIC Benefits per Person, 2010 (Preliminary).
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U.S. Department of Education,
Texas State Detailed Snapshot, 2008.
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Germeraad, Stephanie.
Educational Trust, Ed Trust Releases Their Fair Share Report and Web Tool Exposing Gaps in Teacher Quality in Texas, 2008.
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U.S. Department of Education,
Texas State Detailed Snapshot, 2008.
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The College Board, “The College Completion Agenda 2010 Progress Report”. Online. Available at:
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The College Board, “The College Completion Agenda: Texas”. Online. Available at:
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