1.   Kassebaum wanted some sort of rating system that would rank the states by the general health status of their populations.

2.   Each year, the American Angus Association ranks states by calves registered.

3.   It also ranks the states according to their tax burdens.

4.   The report included a list that ranked states by percentage of children in poverty, from lowest to highest.

5.   The report ranked the states where the federal government collected more tax dollars than it spent from highest to lowest.

6.   The state was ranked first, both over all and in the area of retirement taxation.

7.   They can be used to rank states but give no information on individual students, schools or school districts.

8.   The Center for Immigration Studies ranked states and the District of Columbia by the percentage of population composed of immigrants last year.

9.   The states are ranked according to their composite score.