1990s Autism Change In Per Capita Rate By State

Dividing autism occurances (times 1 million) for each state in 1992 and 2000 by the state populations in 1990 and 2000 and sorting by the 2000 per capita autism rate, yields the following table:

State19922000
Oregon10885
Minnesota60559
Indiana44472
Michigan28438
Maryland5404
Delaware19394
New Jersey53378
Wisconsin3372
Connecticut48372
Maine29361
North Carolina97358
Texas69354
California47354
Alaska12354
Utah47338
Washington80332
New York86330
Nevada2327
South Dakota47326
Virginia76320
Missouri60310
New Hampshire0308
Rhode Island18307
Arizona38305
Florida36303
Georgia32295
Arkansas11285
Vermont9284
Pennsylvania28278
Illinois0271
Louisiana91271
Kansas27249
Hawaii42249
South Carolina35244
Idaho30239
Kentucky9234
Nebraska2213
Oklahoma8211
Wyoming30207
Ohio1204
Montana22203
Iowa22193
Tennessee53191
Alabama15189
North Dakota14184
West Virginia55173
District of Columbia0169
Mississippi0149
New Mexico8148
Colorado3137
Massachusetts7795

Sorted by Multiple of Increase

StateMultiple from 1992 to 2000
New Hampshire308
Illinois271
Ohio204
District of Columbia169
Nevada163.5
Mississippi149
Wisconsin124
Nebraska106.5
Oregon88.5
Maryland80.8
Colorado45.66
Vermont31.55
Alaska29.5
Oklahoma26.37
Kentucky26
Arkansas25.9
Delaware20.73
New Mexico18.5
Rhode Island17.05
Michigan15.64
North Dakota13.14
Alabama12.6
Maine12.44
Indiana10.72
Pennsylvania9.92
Minnesota9.31
Montana9.22
Kansas9.22
Georgia9.21
Iowa8.77
Florida8.41
Arizona8.02
Idaho7.96
Connecticut7.75
California7.53
Utah7.19
New Jersey7.13
South Carolina6.97
South Dakota6.93
Wyoming6.9
Hawaii5.92
Missouri5.16
Texas5.13
Virginia4.21
Washington4.15
New York3.83
North Carolina3.69
Tennessee3.6
West Virginia3.14
Louisiana2.97
Massachusetts1.23

Sorted by Foreign Born in 1990

StateForeign Born Per 1000 in 1990
California190
New York150
Hawaii134
New Jersey114
Florida104
Massachusetts90
Rhode Island90
Connecticut82
Illinois76
Texas73
Maryland59
Washington54
Arizona54
Nevada52
New Mexico44
Virginia44
Oregon40
Alaska39
Michigan35
New Hampshire33
Colorado33
Pennsylvania30
Delaware28
Maine28
Vermont28
Utah26
Kansas23
Idaho22
Minnesota22
Ohio22
Wisconsin22
Georgia21
Louisiana19
Oklahoma18
Nebraska16
Wyoming15
Montana15
Indiana15
North Dakota14
Missouri14
North Carolina14
Iowa14
South Carolina12
South Dakota10
Tennessee10
Arkansas9
Alabama9
Kentucky8
Mississippi7

Scattergram

Horizontal: Autism Rate In 2000
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Scattergram of autism 2000 (h) vs autism 1992 (v).

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Scattergram of autism 2000 (h) vs Finnish ancestry 1990 (v).
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Scattergram of autism 2000 (h) vs median family income 1990(v).
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