Table 1. Open in new tab List of the 21...

	All Chapters	Statutes	Regulations
Florida	FL	78	2.32	21	3.31	57	2.09
Virginia	VA	46	1.81	15	1.12	31	2.56
South Carolina	SC	25	1.69	18	1.42	7	3.29
Vermont	VT	36	1.56	19	1.46	17	1.68
Delaware	DE	32	1.46	17	1.49	15	1.43
New Hampshire	NH	32	1.41	12	0.94	20	2.00
Mississippi	MS	25	1.39	15	1.30	10	1.55
Rhode Island	RI	43	1.26	15	0.65	28	2.51
Connecticut	CT	26	1.21	14	1.49	12	1.00
Massachusetts	MA	26	1.08	5	0.83	21	1.17
New Jersey	NJ	29	1.02	10	0.54	19	1.89
North Carolina	NC	26	1.00	16	0.69	10	3.48
Maine	ME	41	0.97	22	1.04	19	0.90
Tennessee	TN	26	0.96	9	0.76	17	1.12
Georgia	GA	15	0.89	8	0.93	7	0.70
Kentucky	KY	39	0.88	8	1.77	31	0.77
Alabama	AL	28	0.87	10	0.74	18	0.97
Pennsylvania	PA	32	0.86	15	0.84	17	0.87
Maryland	MD	33	0.82	12	1.74	21	0.63
New York	NY	47	0.66	19	0.82	28	0.58
West Virginia	WV	21	0.58	8	0.41	13	0.78
Mean		33.62	1.17	13.67	1.16	19.76	1.52
Total		706	1.10	288	1.00	418	1.18

	All Chapters	Statutes	Regulations
Florida	FL	78	2.32	21	3.31	57	2.09
Virginia	VA	46	1.81	15	1.12	31	2.56
South Carolina	SC	25	1.69	18	1.42	7	3.29
Vermont	VT	36	1.56	19	1.46	17	1.68
Delaware	DE	32	1.46	17	1.49	15	1.43
New Hampshire	NH	32	1.41	12	0.94	20	2.00
Mississippi	MS	25	1.39	15	1.30	10	1.55
Rhode Island	RI	43	1.26	15	0.65	28	2.51
Connecticut	CT	26	1.21	14	1.49	12	1.00
Massachusetts	MA	26	1.08	5	0.83	21	1.17
New Jersey	NJ	29	1.02	10	0.54	19	1.89
North Carolina	NC	26	1.00	16	0.69	10	3.48
Maine	ME	41	0.97	22	1.04	19	0.90
Tennessee	TN	26	0.96	9	0.76	17	1.12
Georgia	GA	15	0.89	8	0.93	7	0.70
Kentucky	KY	39	0.88	8	1.77	31	0.77
Alabama	AL	28	0.87	10	0.74	18	0.97
Pennsylvania	PA	32	0.86	15	0.84	17	0.87
Maryland	MD	33	0.82	12	1.74	21	0.63
New York	NY	47	0.66	19	0.82	28	0.58
West Virginia	WV	21	0.58	8	0.41	13	0.78
Mean		33.62	1.17	13.67	1.16	19.76	1.52
Total		706	1.10	288	1.00	418	1.18

Table 1.

List of the 21 states in the invasive species policy database and the number and percentage of chapters that contain policies pertaining to invasive species, including the number of statutory and regulatory chapters.

		All Chapters		Statutes		Regulations
State	Abbreviation	Count	Percentage	Count	Percentage	Count	Percentage
Florida	FL	78	2.32	21	3.31	57	2.09
Virginia	VA	46	1.81	15	1.12	31	2.56
South Carolina	SC	25	1.69	18	1.42	7	3.29
Vermont	VT	36	1.56	19	1.46	17	1.68
Delaware	DE	32	1.46	17	1.49	15	1.43
New Hampshire	NH	32	1.41	12	0.94	20	2.00
Mississippi	MS	25	1.39	15	1.30	10	1.55
Rhode Island	RI	43	1.26	15	0.65	28	2.51
Connecticut	CT	26	1.21	14	1.49	12	1.00
Massachusetts	MA	26	1.08	5	0.83	21	1.17
New Jersey	NJ	29	1.02	10	0.54	19	1.89
North Carolina	NC	26	1.00	16	0.69	10	3.48
Maine	ME	41	0.97	22	1.04	19	0.90
Tennessee	TN	26	0.96	9	0.76	17	1.12
Georgia	GA	15	0.89	8	0.93	7	0.70
Kentucky	KY	39	0.88	8	1.77	31	0.77
Alabama	AL	28	0.87	10	0.74	18	0.97
Pennsylvania	PA	32	0.86	15	0.84	17	0.87
Maryland	MD	33	0.82	12	1.74	21	0.63
New York	NY	47	0.66	19	0.82	28	0.58
West Virginia	WV	21	0.58	8	0.41	13	0.78
Mean		33.62	1.17	13.67	1.16	19.76	1.52
Total		706	1.10	288	1.00	418	1.18

		All Chapters		Statutes		Regulations
State	Abbreviation	Count	Percentage	Count	Percentage	Count	Percentage
Florida	FL	78	2.32	21	3.31	57	2.09
Virginia	VA	46	1.81	15	1.12	31	2.56
South Carolina	SC	25	1.69	18	1.42	7	3.29
Vermont	VT	36	1.56	19	1.46	17	1.68
Delaware	DE	32	1.46	17	1.49	15	1.43
New Hampshire	NH	32	1.41	12	0.94	20	2.00
Mississippi	MS	25	1.39	15	1.30	10	1.55
Rhode Island	RI	43	1.26	15	0.65	28	2.51
Connecticut	CT	26	1.21	14	1.49	12	1.00
Massachusetts	MA	26	1.08	5	0.83	21	1.17
New Jersey	NJ	29	1.02	10	0.54	19	1.89
North Carolina	NC	26	1.00	16	0.69	10	3.48
Maine	ME	41	0.97	22	1.04	19	0.90
Tennessee	TN	26	0.96	9	0.76	17	1.12
Georgia	GA	15	0.89	8	0.93	7	0.70
Kentucky	KY	39	0.88	8	1.77	31	0.77
Alabama	AL	28	0.87	10	0.74	18	0.97
Pennsylvania	PA	32	0.86	15	0.84	17	0.87
Maryland	MD	33	0.82	12	1.74	21	0.63
New York	NY	47	0.66	19	0.82	28	0.58
West Virginia	WV	21	0.58	8	0.41	13	0.78
Mean		33.62	1.17	13.67	1.16	19.76	1.52
Total		706	1.10	288	1.00	418	1.18

Note: The states are arranged from the highest to lowest percentage of invasion-related policy chapters in their legal codes.

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