<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMajimbo hayo nane - North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Tennessee na Georgia - yalikuwa na jumla ya nafasi 27,150 katika mwaka wa fedha wa 1998.  <response>: These eight states - North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Georgia - totaled 27,150 positions in FY 1998. 