Holiday Grocery Shopping Rate by State

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Introduction

A new study has found that there have been dramatic changes in foot traffic to grocery stores across the US over the past 2 years. Montana has seen the highest increase with a 15% change since December 2019, while New Mexico has seen the worst drop with a -13% change. 

Other states that have seen significant increases are Wyoming (13%), Hawaii (8%), North Dakota (8%), North Carolina (7%), Alaska (6%), Texas (6%), Maine (6%) and Washington, Wisconsin, Idaho, Oklahoma and Alabama all seeing a 5% increase. Utah and Virginia saw a 4% increase as did California, Delaware and Oregon. New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Missouri and South Carolina all saw a 3% rise while Vermont and Louisiana both saw a 2% increase. Maryland and Illinois were only marginally up by 1%. 

Rhode Island, Kansas, Arizona, Georgia, Ohio and Arkansas saw no change since December 4th, 2022. Similarly, Colorado had an even split of 0%, as did Nevada and Indiana along with Michigan. Massachusetts had a slight decrease of -1%, Connecticut -2%, Iowa -3%, and South Dakota, Kentucky Mississippi and West Virginia all at -3%. Minnesota and Nebraska also had decreases of -4%. 

Overall there have been considerable changes in foot traffic to grocery stores across the US in December 2022. These changes demonstrate the varying impact Covid-19 has had on different states as well as how people are adjusting their shopping habits post-pandemic.

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1Montana15%23%28%-6%
2Wyoming13%29%9%18%
3Hawaii8%50%56%2%
4North Dakota8%21%-3%6%
5North Carolina7%26%32%6%
6Alaska6%77%20%-33%
7Maine6%58%36%13%
8Texas6%29%27%5%
9Alabama5%19%24%-6%
10District of Columbia5%67%249%
11Idaho5%21%16%-16%
12Oklahoma5%20%22%2%
13Washington5%59%18%-7%
14Wisconsin5%45%33%1%
15California4%60%43%5%
16Delaware4%32%17%-7%
17Florida4%21%30%1%
18Oregon4%66%54%-9%
19Utah4%28%20%-11%
20Virginia4%34%25%10%
21Louisiana3%20%25%-12%
22Missouri3%29%31%-2%
23New Hampshire3%66%30%23%
24Pennsylvania3%32%31%4%
25South Carolina3%22%27%14%
26Tennessee3%18%24%-7%
27Vermont3%88%14%51%
28Illinois2%83%43%10%
29Maryland2%43%26%7%
30Arizona1%35%24%5%
31Arkansas1%24%23%0%
32Georgia1%21%30%0%
33Kansas1%33%11%0%
34Ohio1%35%25%-5%
35Rhode Island1%61%27%50%
36Colorado0%91%33%2%
37Indiana0%22%27%-1%
38Michigan0%75%32%8%
39Nevada0%49%51%3%
40New Jersey0%40%43%9%
41Connecticut-1%47%26%17%
42Iowa-1%38%15%-11%
43Massachusetts-1%55%45%9%
44New York-2%48%37%12%
45Kentucky-3%64%21%-1%
46Mississippi-3%19%17%-3%
47South Dakota-3%29%21%-16%
48West Virginia-3%37%7%9%
49Minnesota-4%85%27%-1%
50Nebraska-4%33%22%-10%
51New Mexico-13%90%25%-4%

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5%

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#9

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#32

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6%

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#6

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#6

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#40

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#50

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1%

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#30

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#26

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#33

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#18

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1%

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#31

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#39

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#35

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#28

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#15

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#13

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#6

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#19

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#36

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#1

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#11

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#23

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Connecticut

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-1%

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#41

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#20

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#26

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#5

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4%

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#16

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#31

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#43

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#40

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#10

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#8

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Florida

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4%

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#17

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#43

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Georgia

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1%

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#32

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#44

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#18

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#29

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Hawaii

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8%

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#3

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#17

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#2

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#24

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5%

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#11

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#45

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#45

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#48

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Illinois

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2%

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#28

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#5

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#7

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Indiana

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#37

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#41

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#21

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#31

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Iowa

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-1%

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#42

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#24

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#46

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#45

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Kansas

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1%

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#33

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#29

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#48

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#30

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Kentucky

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-3%

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#45

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#11

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#38

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#32

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Louisiana

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3%

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#21

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#47

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Maine

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6%

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#7

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#15

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#10

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Maryland

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2%

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#29

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#22

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#27

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#15

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Massachusetts

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-1%

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#43

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#16

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#5

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#11

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Michigan

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#38

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#7

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#13

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#14

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Minnesota

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-4%

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#49

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#4

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#22

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#33

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Mississippi

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-3%

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#46

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#50

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#44

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#35

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Missouri

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3%

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#22

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#33

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#15

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#34

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Montana

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15%

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#1

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#40

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#20

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#39

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Nebraska

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-4%

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#50

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#30

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#36

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#44

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Nevada

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0%

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#39

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#18

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#4

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#22

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New Hampshire

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3%

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#23

Ranked in the US

#9

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#19

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#3

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New Jersey

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#40

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#23

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#8

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#12

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New Mexico

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-13%

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#51

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#2

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#29

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#36

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New York

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-2%

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#44

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#19

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#9

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#8

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North Carolina

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7%

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#5

Ranked in the US

#38

Ranked in the US

#14

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#16

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North Dakota

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8%

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#4

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#46

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#51

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#17

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Ohio

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1%

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#34

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#27

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#30

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#37

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Oklahoma

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5%

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#12

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#48

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#37

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#25

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Oregon

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4%

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#18

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#10

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#3

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#43

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Pennsylvania

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3%

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#24

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#32

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#16

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#21

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Rhode Island

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#35

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#12

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#23

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South Carolina

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3%

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#25

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#42

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-3%

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#47

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#34

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#39

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#49

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Tennessee

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3%

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#26

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#51

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Texas

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6%

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#8

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Utah

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4%

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#19

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#27

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Virginia

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Washington

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#14

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-3%

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Wisconsin

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