21.   But whether New Mexico or any other state approves a voucher system might ultimately depend less on local politics than on the U.S. Supreme Court.

22.   California has more illegal immigrants than any other state, according to immigration officials, and how the state should deal with them is a simmering issue.

23.   California has more people locked up in prison than any other state.

24.   California is the most ethnically diverse state in the nation and it has been impacted harder by illegal immigration, mainly from Mexico, than any other state.

25.   California, which stages more fights than any other state, is close to following in line, as is Florida.

26.   California produces more ice cream than any other state.

27.   Despite substantial enrollment increases over the last decade, higher education aid has grown more slowly in New York than in almost any other state.

28.   Experts agree that California, like any other state, would do anything to avoid a default, because to allow one would be financial suicide.

29.   Florida, home to a greater proportion of seniors than any other state, has one of the most lenient licensing laws for older drivers.

30.   Florida has more tornadoes per square mile than any other state anyway, but most of them are weak.