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. 2016 Mar 3;8(3):e518. doi: 10.7759/cureus.518

Table 2. Data Availability by State.

*Source: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 [17].

State Population* Cost of Data (USD) Street Address Available Comments
Alabama 4,833,722   Unknown No response
Alaska 735,132 $3M No Zip code only
Arizona 6,626,624   Unknown No response
Arkansas 2,959,373 $4,000 Yes Data not acquired due to data fee
California 38,332,521   No Does not allow research use 
Colorado 5,268,367   No Does not allow research use (state law cited)
Connecticut 3,596,080   No Weight not recorded
Delaware 646,449   No Does not allow research use 
District of Columbia 925,749   Unknown No response
Florida 19,552,860   No Weight not recorded
Georgia 9,992,167   Unknown No response
Hawaii 1,404,054   No Does not allow research use 
Idaho 1,612,136   No Declined data request
Illinois 12,882,135 $500 Yes Data received
Indiana 6,570,902   No Does not allow research use (state law cited)
Iowa 3,090,416 $0 Yes In queue for data programming
Kansas 2,893,957   Unknown No response
Kentucky 4,395,295   No Declined data request
Louisiana 4,625,470   No Declined data request
Maine 1,328,302 $95 Yes Data received
Maryland 5,928,814   No Does not allow research use 
Massachusetts 6,692,824   No Weight not recorded
Michigan 9,895,622 $0 Yes Data received
Minnesota 5,420,380 $325 No Zip code only
Mississippi 2,991,207   Unknown No response
Missouri 6,044,171   No Does not allow research use 
Montana 1,015,165   No Does not allow research use (state law cited)
Nebraska 1,868,516 $30,000 Yes Data not acquired due to data fee
Nevada 2,790,136 $2,500 No 2-3 years to prepare data extract
New Hampshire 1,323,459   No Does not allow research use (state law cited)
New Jersey 8,899,339   No Does not allow research use. Also cited lack of “technical sophistication to fully accommodate” request.
New Mexico 2,085,287   No Does not allow research use
New York 19,651,127   No Weight not recorded
North Carolina 9,848,060   No Weight not recorded
North Dakota 723,393   No Does not allow research use (state law cited)
Ohio 11,570,808 $0 Yes Data available for research, specific request under review
Oklahoma 3,850,568   Unknown No response
Oregon 3,930,065 $292 Yes Data received
Pennsylvania 12,773,801   No Declined data request
Rhode Island 1,051,511   No “Due to the age and fragility of our current legacy system…we are unable to provide” the data.
South Carolina 4,774,839 $0 No Zip code only
South Dakota 844,877   No Zip code only
Tennessee 6,495,978   No Weight not recorded
Texas 26,448,193 $0 Yes Data received
Utah 2,900,872   No Does not allow research use
Vermont 626,630 $0 Yes Data received
Virginia 8,260,405   No Weight not recorded
Washington 6,971,406 $0 Yes Data received
West Virginia 1,854,304 $300 Yes In queue for data programming
Wisconsin 5,742,713 $0 Yes In queue for data programming
Wyoming 582,658 $5,000 Yes Data not acquired due to data fee
Total 316,128,839