Which group of states will have the most offenders listed on teachercrime.com when school gets out?
Here's the count
AL AK AZ AR CA 151
CO CT DE FL GA 135
SD TN TX UT VT 115
NM NY NC ND OH 104
OK OR PA RI SC 78
HI ID IL IN IA 68
MA MI MN MS MO 68
KS KY LA ME MD 65
VA WA WV WI WY 62
MT NE NV NH NJ 54
Making AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA the winner
Special thanks goes to Notable for his help on settling the market
Background:
In many parts of the United States, the school year ends in May or June, and this would be the time many parents would most be concerned by reports of crimes commited by teachers.
Each state has a seperate page. For instance, New York is on http://www.teachercrime.com/new_york.html
I have listed the 50 US states in groups of 5, For this question, the number of individuals named on each state's page will be summed. Which group of states will have the highest number of individuals reported by June 15th, 2009?
As a reference for people who may live outside the US and not familiar with the US state abbreviation, here is a list. ALABAMA AL, ALASKA AK, ARIZONA AZ, ARKANSAS AR, CALIFORNIA CA, COLORADO CO, CONNECTICUT CT, DELAWARE DE, FLORIDA FL, GEORGIA GA, HAWAII HI, IDAHO ID, ILLINOIS IL, INDIANA IN, IOWA IA, KANSAS KS, KENTUCKY KY, LOUISIANA LA, MAINE ME, MARYLAND MD, MASSACHUSETTS MA, MICHIGAN MI, MINNESOTA MN, MISSISSIPPI MS, MISSOURI MO, MONTANA MT, NEBRASKA NE, NEVADA NV, NEW HAMPSHIRE NH, NEW JERSEY NJ, NEW MEXICO NM, NEW YORK NY, NORTH CAROLINA NC, NORTH DAKOTA ND, OHIO OH, OKLAHOMA OK, OREGON OR, PENNSYLVANIA PA, RHODE ISLAND RI, SOUTH CAROLINA SC, SOUTH DAKOTA SD, TENNESSEE TN, TEXAS TX, UTAH UT, VERMONT VT, VIRGINIA VA, WASHINGTON WA, WEST VIRGINIA WV, WISCONSIN WI, WYOMING WY
Settlement details:As reported by http://www.teachercrime.com
| AL AK AZ AR CA |
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| CO CT DE FL GA |
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| HI ID IL IN IA |
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| KS KY LA ME MD |
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| MA MI MN MS MO |
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| MT NE NV NH NJ |
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| NM NY NC ND OH |
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| OK OR PA RI SC |
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| SD TN TX UT VT |
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| VA WA WV WI WY |
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- Activity: H$12,104 |
- Predictions: 57 |
Comments: 5
Suspend date: Mon 15th Jun 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Thu 2nd Jul 5:30pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 15th Jun 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: AL AK AZ AR CA: 10%, CO CT DE FL GA: 10%, HI ID IL IN IA: 10%, KS KY LA ME MD: 10%, MA MI MN MS MO: 10%, MT NE NV NH NJ: 10%, NM NY NC ND OH: 10%, OK OR PA RI SC: 10%, SD TN TX UT VT: 10%, VA WA WV WI WY: 10%
Action history:
frogchop
: Time to settle this one. 
notablenotices![[Power User]](http://www.hubdub.com/images/icon_superuser.gif "This user is a super user"){kind=icon}
: It looks like the winning answer is "AL AK AZ AR CA"
AL AK AZ AR CA 151
CO CT DE FL GA 135
SD TN TX UT VT 115
NM NY NC ND OH 104
OK OR PA RI SC 78
HI ID IL IN IA 68
MA MI MN MS MO 68
KS KY LA ME MD 65
VA WA WV WI WY 62
MT NE NV NH NJ 54
ryanj
: Here's the count
AL AK AZ AR CA 151
CO CT DE FL GA 135
SD TN TX UT VT 115
NM NY NC ND OH 104
OK OR PA RI SC 78
HI ID IL IN IA 68
MA MI MN MS MO 68
KS KY LA ME MD 65
VA WA WV WI WY 62
MT NE NV NH NJ 54
Making AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA the winner
Special thanks goes to Notable for his help on settling the market
Suspend date: Mon 15th Jun 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Thu 2nd Jul 5:30pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 15th Jun 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
Get widget!Predictions (57)
candelario
predicted CO CT DE FL GA (H$5 at 72%)
predicted AL AK AZ AR CA (H$20 at 18%)
pita_soup
predicted CO CT DE FL GA (H$80 at 72%)
waynem
predicted CO CT DE FL GA (H$100 at 71%)Comments (5)
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