Sentence examples for average states from inspiring English sources

On average, states spend almost 7percentt of their budgets on corrections, trailing only health care, education and transportation.

Another Harvard study, from 2007, found that on average states with the highest firearms ownership rates suffered twice as many suicides as states with the lowest gun ownership.

On average, states and the federal government have never accounted for more than 56percentt of schools' revenues over the last decade or so; the remainder has come from local sources, mostly property taxes.

On average, states spend less than half what the centers recommend, evoking howls from R. J. Reynolds, the major tobacco company that has long criticized the "greed" of the states in this regard.

However, Mr. Romney is now in a position where he is winning his average states by a fairly clear margin, and should have some wiggle room in the case where one or two things run against him.

The duration of federal jobless benefits — which generally kick in after 26 weeks of state-provided benefits run out — was reduced to a maximum of 73 weeks in high-unemployment states and 63 weeks in average states, compared with as much as 99 weeks currently.

Medicaid consumes 20percentt of the average state budget.

Over the last five years, the average state property tax has increased 30percentt.

In 2007, the average state paid about $290 a week and aided 37percentt of the unemployed.

On that score, California gets about 18percentt less per capita than the average state, Mr. Leonard said.

The average state exemption rate has been estimated at less than half that.