Sources for “Where We Rank”

The following references were taken from the second edition of Eliot Shapleigh’s “Texas on the Brink.” Some URLs to Web sites may no longer be active.

May 2005

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37-2 Texans Care for Children, The Children’s Campaign: An Agenda for the Decade (2004), Online. Available: Link.

Source for “35th in”

35 U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division, 2002, Online. Available: Link.

Source for “33rd in”

33-1 Morgan Quitno Press, “State Health Care Rankings 2004,” Lawrence, KS, 2004, Online. Available: Link.

33-2 Violence Policy Council, Who Dies? A Look at Firearms Deaths and Injuries in America (Washington, D.C., February, 1999), Online. Available: Link.

Source for “32nd in”

32-1 The 2004 Texas Legislative Budget Board, Texas Fact Book, Austin (pamphlet).

32-2 National Education Association, Rankings and Estimates (May 2004), Online. Available: Link.

32-3National Education Association, Rankings and Estimates (May 2004), Online. Available: Link.

Source for “25th in”

25 U.S. Census Bureau Ranking Tables, Percent High School Graduate or Higher: 2002 (September 2003), Online. Available: Link.

Source for “16th in”

16 Clay Robison, “Texas our Texas how stingy and shortsighted you are.” Houston Chronicle (August 22, 2004), Outlook, p. 3.

Source for “15th in”

15 Harold Hovey and Kendra Hovey, CQ’s State Fact Finder 2004 (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2004).

Source for “12th in”

12 United Health Foundation, America’s Health: State Health Rankings—2004 Edition, Online. Available: Link.

Source for “11th in”

11-1 Clay Robison, “Texas our Texas how stingy and shortsighted you are.” Houston Chronicle. (August 22, 2004), Outlook, p. 3.

11-2 Harold Hovey and Kendra Hovey, CQ’s State Fact Finder 2004 (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2004).

Source for “9th in”

9-1 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link

9-2 The 2004 Texas Legislative Budget Board, Texas Fact Book, Austin (pamphlet).

9-3 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link.

Source for “7th in”

7 U.S. Census Bureau Ranking Tables, Percent of People Below Poverty Level: 2002 (September 2003), Online. Available: Link.

Source for “6th in”

6 United Health Foundation, America’s Health: State Health Rankings--2004 Edition. Available: Link.

Source for “5th in”

5-1 Harold Hovey and Kendra Hovey, CQ’s State Fact Finder 2004 (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2004).

5-2 The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, State Health Facts Online (March 2004), Online. Available: Link.

Source for “4th in”

4-1 United Health Foundation, America’s Health: State Health Rankings—2004 Edition. Available: Link.

4-2 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link.

Source for “3rd in”

3 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link.

Source for “2nd in”

2-1 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link.

2-2 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link.

2-3 Polly Ross Hughes, “No unity on fixing children’s services.” Houston Chronicle (November 1, 2004), p. A-1.

2-4 The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count Data Book, State Profiles of Child Well-Being (2004).

2-5 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link.

2-6 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link.

2-7 Violence Policy Center, Gunland, U.S.A. (June 28, 2000), Online. Available: Link.

2-8 The 2004 Texas Legislative Budget Board, Texas Fact Book, Austin (pamphlet).

2-9 The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, State Health Facts Online (March 2004), Online. Available: Link.

Source for “1st in”

1-1 Polly Ross Hughes, “No unity on fixing children’s services.” Houston Chronicle (November 1, 2004), p. A-1.

1-2 The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count Data Book, State Profiles of Child Well-Being (2004).

1-3 Center for Community Change, Risk or Race? Racial Disparities and the Subprime Refinance Market (July 2002), Online. Available: Link.

1-4 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link.

1-5 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link.

1-6 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link.

1-7 The 2004 Texas Legislative Budget Board, Texas Fact Book, Austin (pamphlet).

1-8 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link.

1-9 Texans for Public Justice, State of the Lone Star State: How Life in Texas Measures Up (September 2000), Online. Available: Link.

1-10 Death Penalty Information Center, Number of Executions by State and Region Since 1976, Online. Available: Link.

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