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The per capita income of Italy ($30,250) is roughly that of Mississippi ($30,399)
The unemployment rate in Croatia (14.2%) is roughly that of Michigan (14.7%)
The Gross Domestic Product of Nepal ($31.1 billion) is roughly that of North Dakota (($31.2 billion)
The Hispanic population of Guatemala (13 million) is roughly that of California (13.5 million)
The number of students per teach in South Korea (21.1) is roughly that of Oregon (21.3)
The birh rate of Jamaica (20.8/1,000 people) is roughly that of Utah (21)
The infant-mortality rate of Sri Lanka (11/1,000 live births) is roughly that of Washington, D.C. (11.26)
The number of physicians per 10,000 people in Kuwait (18) is roughly that of Idaho (17.9)
— “What State is Your State In? From unemployment to infant-mortality rates, some US states (and the District of Columbia) resemble other countries more than they do each other” Newsweek November 23, 2009 page 64
