State Profiles, The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State.

• Author: Wunnicke, Pat
• Position: Review

State Profiles, The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State, First Edition, 1999, edited by Courtenay M. Slater and Martha G. Davis. Bernan Press, Lanham, Md., 1999. 475 pages, paperback, $65.

Nevada, Arizona and Idaho, with large net inflows of population from within the United States, have been the three fastest growing states during the 1990s. That's just one item from Bernan's latest addition to its award-winning Databook series, State Profiles: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State, First Edition, 1999.

This big (475 pages) reference work contains an eight-page profile for each state and the District of Columbia. It provides a wealth of up-to-date information on population and labor force, household and personal income, economic structure, housing, agriculture, education, health and government, along with an overview and state rankings. The format allows the user to compare data across states as well as with the national average. Well illustrated with charts, graphs and tables, the text is written in easy-to-read, conversational...