Concurrently, the states reporting the fewest stolen motorcycles were in areas having much harsher and longer winters, including Alaska, Vermont, South Dakota, Wyoming and North Dakota, the latter with just 21 bikes pilfered during 2011.
The 10 fastest growing states were: Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Virginia.
We are a nation that gives the District of Columbia the same number of electoral votes as seven of our 50 states--Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming--but no Senate seats of its own.