Maine’s Report Card

Here are Maine’s letter grades for 16 indicators on social issues, and the state’s ranking among the 50 states for each:

A

Infant mortality (1st in nation)

High school completion (1st)

Food stamp coverage (3rd)

Alcohol-related highway

deaths (4th)

Homicides (5th)

Elderly poverty (8th)

B

Income inequality (13th)

Child poverty (17th)

Child abuse (18th)

Health insurance coverage (18th)

C

Unemployment (23rd)

Average wages (25th)

D

Teenage suicide (32nd)

New-housing cost burden (32nd)

Teenage drug abuse (36th)

Elderly suicide (37th)

F

None