2013 Michigan Scorecard

CATEGORY	2008	2010	2012	2014
Student Performance	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
4th Grade Math	33rd	39th	41st	42nd
8th Grade Math	37th	37th	36th	37th
4th Grade Reading	31st	31st	35th	36th
8th Grade Reading	30th	33rd	33rd	29th
4th Grade Science	NA	NA	28th	28th
8th Grade Science	NA	NA	24th	18th
High School Completion	Good	Fair	Good	Good
Graduation rate	75%	76%	76%	76%
Drop-out rate	15%	14%	11%	11%
Adults with a diploma	87%	89%	89%	91%
K-12 Investment	Good	Fair	Poor	Poor
Per pupil expenditure	16th	20th	24th	25th
Teacher salary	7th	9th	12th	8th
College completion	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
National ranking	35th	35th	35th	37th
College affordability	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
National ranking	NA	47th	48th	45th
Higher education investment	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
National ranking	37th	42nd	41st	39th

JOBS, PROSPERITY AND ECONOMY SCORECARD

CATEGORY	2008	2010	2012	2014
Personal income	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
Per capita income ranking	36th	40th	40th	35th
Unemployment rate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
Unemployment rate	7.9%	12.8%	9.3%	8.7%
Job growth	Poor	Poor	Good	Good
Job growth ranking	49th	49th	13th	4th
Overall economic growth	Poor	Poor	Good	Fair
State GDP growth ranking	50th	50th	13th	18th
Exports	N/A	Fair	Good	Good
Exports ranking among states	6th	8th	7th	8th
Research and development	Good	Fair	Good	Good
University R&D rankings	10th	11th	10th	10th
R&D growth	29th	27th	6th	23rd
Venture Capital	Fair	Fair	Fair	Good
National ranking	29th	25th	18th	15th
Business tax burden	Fair	Fair	Fair	Good
National ranking	28th	17th	18th	12th

QUALITY OF LIFE SCORECARD

CATEGORY	2008	2010	2012	2014
Public safety	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor
Violent crime ranking	10th	17th	12th	14th
Incarceration ranking	11th	19th	17th	23rd
Poverty	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
Poverty ranking	42nd	35th	35th	36th
Population trends	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
Population ranking	8th	8th	8th	9th
Persons gained/lost	-46K	–86K	–1K	+7K
Public health	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair
Active physicians	27th	25th	23rd	18th
Insurance coverage	12th	14th	15th	17th
Infant mortality	44th	38th	36th	37th
Tobacco use	39th	36th	34th	41st
Diabetes	41st	35th	39th	30th
Obesity	45th	35th	44th	46th
Exercise	27th	29th	24th	16th
Home ownership	Good	Good	Good	Good
Home ownership ranking	2nd	4th	6th	6th
Infrastructure	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
Roads in poor condition	38%	37%	37%	38%
Bridges in poor condition	28%	30%	30%	28%
Arts and Culture	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
NEA grants ranking	16th	15th	17th	16th
Capita ranking	33rd	30th	47th	33rd
Environment	N/A	Poor	Good	Fair
Renewable energy ranking	16th	22nd	21st	25th
Energy use ranking	10th	12th	11th	15th
Forested area ranking	11th	12th	12th	12th
Greenhouse gas emissions	28th	29th	30th	28th
Toxic chemicals released	33rd	36th	36th	38th
State enviromental report	N/A	N/A	good	good

POLITICS AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION SCORECARD

CATEGORY	2008	2010	2012	2014
Public opinion	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair
State headed in wrong direction	78%	N/A	66%	43%
Government efficiency	Good	Good	Good	Good
Number of government employees	11th	11th	11th	12th
Government employee pay	12th	13th	13th	13th
Voter participation	Good	N/A	Good	N/A
National ranking – presidential	11th	N/A	7th	N/A
Philanthropy and giving	Good	Good	Good	Fair
Total giving	5th	6th	8th	9th
Volunteer hours	31st	13th	30th	35th

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