The variables for this data set are violent crime rate (number of
violent crimes per 100,000 population), murder rate, percent in
metropolitan areas, percent white, percent high school graduates,
percent below the poverty level, and percent of families
headed by a single parent. The data are from Statistical
Abstract of the United States for 2005.


state  violent  murder  metro   white    HS   poverty
AK  	593   	6  	65.6  	70.8  	90.2  	8.0
AL  	430  	7  	55.4  	71.4  	82.4  	13.7
AR  	456  	6  	52.5  	81.3  	79.2  	12.1
AZ  	513  	8  	88.2  	87.6  	84.4  	11.9
CA  	579  	7  	94.4  	77.2  	81.3  	10.5
CO  	345  	4  	84.5  	90.3  	88.3  	7.3
CT  	308  	3  	87.7  	85.1  	88.8  	6.4
DE  	658  	3  	80.1  	75.3  	86.5  	5.8
FL  	730  	5  	89.3  	80.6  	85.9  	9.7
GA  	454  	8  	71.6  	66.4  	85.2  	10.8
HI  	270  	2  	91.5  	26.5  	88.0  	7.4
ID  	243  	2  	66.4  	95.5  	87.9  	9.8
IL  	557   	7  	87.8  	79.4  	86.8  	8.5
IN  	353   	6  	70.8  	88.7  	87.2  	7.5
IO  	272   	2  	61.1  	95.0  	89.8  	6.9
KS  	396  	5  	71.4  	89.4  	89.6  	7.1
KY  	262   	5  	55.8  	90.4  	81.8  	14.2
LA  	646    13  	72.6  	64.1  	78.7  	16.6
MA  	469   	2  	91.4  	87.0  	86.9  	7.5
MD  	704    10  	86.1  	64.5  	87.4  	6.1
ME  	109   	1  	40.2  	97.0  	87.1  	7.6
MI  	511   	6  	74.7  	81.4  	87.9  	8.6
MN  	263   	3  	70.9  	89.8  	92.3  	5.6
MO  	473    	5  	69.4  	85.4  	87.9  	8.6
MS  	326   	9  	48.8  	61.3  	83.0  	16.4
MT  	365   	3  	54.1  	91.0  	91.9  	9.9
NC  	455   	6  	60.2  	74.1  	80.9  	10.7
ND  	78      2  	55.9  	92.4  	89.5  	8.4
NE  	289   	3  	69.8  	92.1  	91.3  	8.2
NH  	149   	1  	59.3  	96.2  	90.8  	5.1
NJ  	366   	5  	94.4  	76.9  	87.6  	6.6
NM  	665   	6  	75.0  	84.7  	82.9  	14.8
NV  	614   	9  	91.5  	82.5  	86.3  	8.7
NY  	465   	5  	87.5  	73.9  	85.4  	10.7
OH  	333   	5  	77.4  	85.2  	88.1  	9.4
OK  	506   	6  	65.3  	78.6  	85.2  	12.4
OR  	296   	2  	78.7  	90.9  	87.4  	9.7
PA  	398   	5  	77.1  	86.2  	86.5  	8.2
RI  	286   	2  	90.9  	89.0  	81.1  	8.2
SC  	794   	7  	60.5  	68.3  	83.6  	11.3
SD  	173   	1  	51.9  	88.7  	87.5  	7.2
TN  	688   	7  	63.6  	80.7  	82.9  	10.6
TX  	553   	6  	82.5  	83.3  	78.3  	13.1
UT  	249   	3  	88.2  	93.8  	91.0  	7.6
VA  	276   	6  	73.0  	73.8  	88.4  	6.6
VT  	110   	2  	38.2  	96.9  	90.8  	6.4
WA  	347   	3  	82.0  	85.3  	89.7  	7.9
WI  	221   	3  	68.3  	90.2  	88.8  	7.2
WV  	258   	4  	46.1  	95.2  	80.9  	15.5
WY  	262   	3  	65.1  	94.7  	91.9  	7.3
DC     1608    44      100.0  	37.4  	86.4  	18.5