11.  At 28.3 percent, Yuma County's unemployment rate last year was the highest in the state _ nearly five times the state average.

12.  Hall County's 1997 unemployment rate was 3 percent, lower than the 4.5 percent state average, according to the Georgia Department of Labor.

13.  Health authorities raised concerns that leukemia deaths in Carson County, in which Pantex is situated, were twice the state average.

14.  HISD has a higher percentage of low-income students than the rest of the state, and the district's test scores lag behind state averages.

15.  In 1999, the county spent only $640 per student in local money, almost a third less than the state average, according to state figures.

16.  In a few underachieving urban school districts, spending per pupil is above the state average.

17.  In Lehigh and Northampton counties, unemployment is baseboard low, and job growth is ahead of the state average.

18.  In fact, residents of Concord have far lower rates of lung cancer than the state average.

19.  In L.A. Unified, 55.7 percent of fourth-grade students are limited English proficient, compared with the state average of 25.8 percent.

20.  In Okanogan County, a rural county with 38,000 residents, the unemployment rate was 11.6 percent in March, more than double the state average of 5 percent.