Safety:
 
Sex Offenders
SOURCE: State public registries
 
Missing Children
SOURCE: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children website
 
Violent Crime
SOURCE: FBI Uniform Crime Report
 
Property Crime
SOURCE: FBI Uniform Crime Report
 
 
Education:

Pupil/Teacher Ratio by county
SOURCE: 2007-2007 Common Core of Data, National Center for Education Statistics
 
Current expenditures per student
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, 2005-06 (FY 2006)
 
% of population with Advanced Degrees
SOURCE: 2007 American Community Survey, Census Bureau
 
% of pop with diploma or GED
SOURCE: 2007 American Community Survey, Census Bureau
 
Physical education requirements by state
SOURCE: 2006 Shape of the Nation Report, National Association for Sport and Physical Education
 
State School Foods Report Card score
SOURCE: Center for Science in the Public Interest 2007
 
 
Family Life:
 
Performing Arts Companies
SOURCE: Economic Census 2002
 
Museums
SOURCE: Economic Census 2002

Historical Sites
SOURCE: Economic Census 2002
 
Zoos
SOURCE: Economic Census 2002
 
Nature Parks
SOURCE: Economic Census 2002
 
Parental Leave laws
SOURCE: National Partnership for Women and Families