Statistics for U.S. States by Haiku

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Haiku	State	% Correct
Slowly sinking swamp / a pensioner's paradise / zero income tax	Florida	89%
Weather balloon crash / what the government told us / that day in Roswell	New Mexico	86%
On Lake Pontchartrain / lies a city where people / play trombones outside	Louisiana	77%
Black Hills full of gold / send in General Custer / to kick out the Sioux	South Dakota	77%
City on a sound / a giant corporation / conquering the world	Washington	76%
A moose wandering / on the New Brunswick border / not afraid of cars	Maine	73%
In the vast expanse / cattle with horns ten feet long / bluebonnet flowers	Texas	73%
Upper and lower / we named our peninsulas / could have done better	Michigan	72%
Sticklers often claim / authentic Bourbon whiskey / only comes from here	Kentucky	71%
Government workers / the highest household income / never mind "The Wire"	Maryland	70%
Rich people can buy / a house on Martha's Vineyard / just like Obama	Massachusetts	70%
A farm in Bethel / four hundred thousand hippies / music festival!	New York	66%
Laramie Cody / Sheridan Casper Gillette / to name some cities	Wyoming	58%
Some kid with a match / industrial pollution / a river on fire	Ohio	55%
I would like to know / what exactly they research / in that triangle	North Carolina	47%
Words that killed the dream / impossible high speed train / "Not in my backyard"	California	46%
A tiny mansion / with the famous Jungle Room / seventy dollars	Tennessee	35%