mitsho
Deity
Total Number is 118 if it isn't a scale. Now that is too much for "origins of US Presidents" (my guess) and I'm not that an expert of the US, so I am gonna guess no more ;-)
And Kentucky, and Mississippi.
Something to do with some group of population?
Major Universities? Works for Texas and California...and Hawaii, and the states with none...hmm.
And New Mexico! NM State and UNM. I think this may be it.
That's right? Yes!
Give me a sec I'll come up with something...
Number of Private Colleges?
Is it number of colleges with obscenely high enrollment?
It is the number of campuses of the "University of <State>"?
Does it have to do with NCAA sports? Number of titles that state has in (insert sport name here)?
Division 1 teams?