Between 1977 and 2017, 1465 convicted criminals were put to death in the United States. Here are data on the number of executions in several states during those years, as well as the estimated June 1, 2017, population of thesestates:

State	Population (thousands)	Executions
Alabama	4,875	61
Arkansas	3,004	31
Delaware	962	16
Florida	20,984	95
Indiana	6,667	20
Nevada	2,998	12
Oklahoma	3,931	112
Texas	28,305	545

Texas and Florida are among the leaders in executions. Because these are large states, we might expect them to have many executions. Find the rate of executions for each of the states just listed, in executions per million population. Because population is given in thousands, you can find the rate per millionas

rate per million=executionspopulation in thousands1000

Do any other states stand out when you examine therates?

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State(s) with unusualrates