| NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables |
| Table A5, part 1 |
| Paid full-time equivalent (FTE) staff per 25,000 population |
| State |
2002 Rank |
Total paid FTE staff per 25,000 population* |
| 50 States and DC | . | 12.28 |
| Ohio | 1 | 22.22 |
| Indiana | 2 | 19.87 |
| Wyoming | 3 | 18.71 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 18.61 |
| District of Columbia** | 5 | 18.44 |
| Kansas | 6 | 18.28 |
| Illinois | 7 | 16.64 |
| New York | 8 | 16.42 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | 15.53 |
| Rhode Island | 10 | 15.50 |
| New Jersey | 11 | 15.43 |
| Maryland | 12 | 14.91 |
| Maine | 13 | 14.48 |
| Colorado | 14 | 14.47 |
| New Hampshire | 15 | 14.35 |
| Missouri | 16 | 14.14 |
| Oregon | 17 | 13.89 |
| Nebraska | 18 | 13.87 |
| Washington | 19 | 13.83 |
| Wisconsin | 20 | 13.64 |
| Iowa | 21 | 13.55 |
| South Dakota | 22 | 13.32 |
| Vermont | 23 | 13.19 |
| Idaho | 24 | 12.70 |
| Minnesota | 25 | 12.58 |
| Alaska | 26 | 12.44 |
| Virginia | 27 | 12.08 |
| Michigan | 28 | 12.01 |
| Louisiana | 29 | 11.96 |
| Utah | 30 | 11.60 |
| Mississippi | 31 | 11.03 |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | 10.99 |
| Hawaii | 33 | 10.74 |
| Kentucky | 34 | 10.14 |
| Oklahoma | 35 | 10.11 |
| Florida | 36 | 9.75 |
| Nevada | 37 | 9.65 |
| South Carolina | 38 | 9.60 |
| North Dakota | 39 | 9.42 |
| New Mexico | 40 | 9.28 |
| Arizona | 41 | 9.14 |
| Montana | 42 | 9.01 |
| Alabama | 43 | 8.97 |
| Georgia | 44 | 8.87 |
| West Virginia | 44 | 8.87 |
| California | 46 | 8.76 |
| North Carolina | 47 | 8.65 |
| Texas | 48 | 8.33 |
| Tennessee | 49 | 8.05 |
| Delaware | 50 | 7.96 |
| Arkansas | 51 | 7.89 |