Frequencies for state variable in countyrate2008 dataset :

               State |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
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             Alabama |         67        2.08        2.08
              Alaska |         24        0.75        2.83
             Arizona |         15        0.47        3.30
            Arkansas |         75        2.33        5.63
          California |         59        1.84        7.47
            Colorado |         63        1.96        9.42
         Connecticut |          8        0.25        9.67
            Delaware |          3        0.09        9.77
District Of Columbia |          1        0.03        9.80
             Florida |         67        2.08       11.88
             Georgia |        159        4.95       16.83
              Hawaii |          4        0.12       16.95
               Idaho |         44        1.37       18.32
            Illinois |        102        3.17       21.49
             Indiana |         92        2.86       24.35
                Iowa |         99        3.08       27.43
              Kansas |        105        3.27       30.70
            Kentucky |        120        3.73       34.43
           Louisiana |         64        1.99       36.42
               Maine |         16        0.50       36.92
            Maryland |         24        0.75       37.67
       Massachusetts |         14        0.44       38.10
            Michigan |         83        2.58       40.68
           Minnesota |         87        2.71       43.39
         Mississippi |         82        2.55       45.94
            Missouri |        115        3.58       49.52
             Montana |         56        1.74       51.26
            Nebraska |         93        2.89       54.15
              Nevada |         17        0.53       54.68
       New Hampshire |         10        0.31       54.99
          New Jersey |         21        0.65       55.65
          New Mexico |         33        1.03       56.67
            New York |         62        1.93       58.60
      North Carolina |        100        3.11       61.71
        North Dakota |         53        1.65       63.36
                Ohio |         88        2.74       66.10
            Oklahoma |         77        2.40       68.49
              Oregon |         36        1.12       69.61
        Pennsylvania |         67        2.08       71.70
         Puerto Rico |         78        2.43       74.12
        Rhode Island |          5        0.16       74.28
      South Carolina |         46        1.43       75.71
        South Dakota |         66        2.05       77.76
           Tennessee |         95        2.95       80.72
               Texas |        254        7.90       88.62
                Utah |         29        0.90       89.52
             Vermont |         14        0.44       89.95
            Virginia |        134        4.17       94.12
          Washington |         39        1.21       95.33
       West Virginia |         55        1.71       97.05
           Wisconsin |         72        2.24       99.28
             Wyoming |         23        0.72      100.00
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               Total |      3,215      100.00

by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , 19 Dec 2016