Microsoft Excel was used to run four different multiple regressions to find out whether crime is affected by unemployment. Also, at the same time, the percentage of unemployment and crime was plotted in LoggerPro to see the linear fir. The carefully chosen sample states for this study include sixteen states representing 54% of the U.S. population. The definition of the level of unemployment is an annual average expressed as a percentage of the workforce. Total property theft is measured as a percentage of the population and includes thefts, burglaries, and motor vehicle thefts. Crimes of a violent nature are not included because previous research has shown that there is little to no correlation between these types of crimes and unemployment. Only crimes from which a visible advantage is obtained are significant. Variables used include the per capita for each state, the percentage of males aged 18 to 24, the percentage of the population that is white or black, and total funding for elementary and secondary education. Unfortunately, the study was only conducted in the years 2001-2003 due to the limited amount of data available. Demographic data can only be obtained from one reliable source over the period 2001-2003, and to keep the data consistent, the use of a single source for the data was chosen. Data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Census Bureau's annual American Community Survey were used. The research question of this article is “Is there a link between unemployment and crime?” Many researches have tried to find the link between unemployment and crime. However, despite the various results obtained by different researchers, this topic still remains important because…half of the article…is focused on the results. However, it is very important to find out what factors connect the relationship in order to actually define the relationship between these two factors. Works Cited Levitt, Steven D. "Alternative Strategies for Identifying the Link Between Unemployment and Crime," Journal of Quantitative Criminology 17, 377-390. Levitt, Steven D. “Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors That Explain the Decline and Six That Don't,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 18, 163-190. U.S. Department of Education: Fiscal Year 2001-2007 State tables for the U.S. Department of Education. (2005). http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/index.htmlU.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics “How the Government Measures Unemployment.” Labor force statistics from the Current Population Survey (2001). www.bls.gov