Here is the US Census Bureau’s 2005 “American Fact Finder“.
Some nuggets:

We have a very young median age (43rd in median age, 41st in percentage over 65)
We are below average for grandparents taking care of their grandchildren.
Below average in children living in poverty
Below average (but nowhere near the bottom) in percent completing high school.
Average for [...]

USA Today reports that the gap between the haves and the have-nots is getting bigger (link).

Here is the county-by-county ballot count for the 2006 Gubernatorial Republican Primary…

Interesting stuff. Rounding to the closest 2%, it was Beers 30%, Gibbons 49%, Hunt 18%, The rest 4%.

Here’s a cool website that color codes a variety of statistical data about Nevada and the lesser 49 states.

Here is “Measuring UP 2006: The National Report Card on Higher Education” from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.

Forbes magazine has published a survey ranking American states. The results may surprise you.