Sentence:  Determine for each State ( except the Virgin Islands , Guam and Puerto Rico , and , prior to 1962 , <WSD>Alaska</WSD> and Hawaii ) that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 % as the particular State 's average per capita income bears to the average per capita income of the U. S. . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union