Analysis - The Institute for Southern Studies

downstream). Using the Census search engine Factfinder (http:factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en), EPA retrieved
total population and people 18 and over for 464 (94%) of the 495 electric utility plants. For 42 plants (8%) there was no ZCTA Census
data because the plants did not have complete address data from DOE or because the Census search engine did not have data for the
ZCTA.
Step 2: EPA collected 3-year (2005 to 2007) average statewide percentages for people 18 and older data as displayed in Exhibit 7I below.
Exhibit 7I
State-by-State Data on Child Populations (2005-2007 Average)
Row State % children in state
1 AK 27.0%
2 AL 24.4%
3 AR 24.8%
4 AZ 26.4%
5 CA 25.9%
6 CO 24.7%
7 CT 23.7%
8 DC 19.5%
9 DE 23.9%
10 FL 22.3%
11 GA 26.5%
12 HI 22.3%
13 IA 23.9%
14 ID 27.3%
15 IL 25.1%
16 IN 25.1%
17 KS 25.2%
18 KY 23.9%
19 LA 25.4%
20 MA 22.5%
21 MD 24.4%
22 ME 21.5%
23 MI 24.6%
24 MN 24.5%
25 MO 24.4%
26 MS 26.3%
27 MT 23.2%
28 NC 24.4%
29 ND 22.5%
30 NE 25.3%
Row State % children in state
31 NH 23.1%
32 NJ 24.0%
33 NM 25.6%
34 NV 25.8%
35 NY 23.2%
36 OH 24.2%
37 OK 24.9%
38 OR 23.2%
39 PA 22.6%
40 RI 22.3%
41 SC 24.2%
42 SD 24.8%
43 TN 24.1%
44 TX 27.7%
45 UT 30.9%
46 VA 23.9%
47 VT 21.6%
48 WA 23.9%
49 WI 23.8%
50 WV 21.5%
51 WY 24.0%
Max (UT) 30.9%
Min (DC) 19.5%
Nationwide 24.7%
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