diff --git a/R/aaa.R b/R/aaa.R
index 598ad7f..9a25a83 100644
--- a/R/aaa.R
+++ b/R/aaa.R
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ state_coords <- structure(list(abbrev = c("AL", "AK", "AZ", "AR", "CA", "CO",
                           .Names = c("abbrev", "state", "col", "row"),
                           class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -54L))
 
+state_coords <- state_coords[order(state_coords$state),]
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diff --git a/R/statebins-manual.R b/R/statebins-manual.R
index ee64a38..ef8be0c 100644
--- a/R/statebins-manual.R
+++ b/R/statebins-manual.R
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ statebins_manual <- function(state_data, state_col="state", color_col="color",
   st.dat <- merge(state_coords, state_data, by.x=merge.x, by.y=state_col, all.y=TRUE)
 
   gg <- ggplot(st.dat, aes_string(x="col", y="row", label="abbrev"))
-  gg <- gg + geom_tile(aes_string(fill="color"))
+  gg <- gg + geom_tile(aes_string(fill=color_col))
   gg <- gg + geom_tile(color=state_border_col, aes_string(fill="color"),
                        size=2, show.legend=FALSE)
   gg <- gg + geom_text(color=text_color, size=font_size)
   gg <- gg + scale_y_reverse()
+
   if (is.null(labels)) {
     gg <- gg + scale_fill_manual(values=unique(st.dat[,color_col]))
     legend_position = "none"
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ statebins_manual <- function(state_data, state_col="state", color_col="color",
     gg <- gg + scale_fill_manual(values=unique(st.dat[,color_col]),
                                  labels=labels, name=legend_title)
   }
+
   gg <- gg + coord_equal()
   gg <- gg + labs(x=NULL, y=NULL, title=NULL)
   gg <- gg + theme_bw()
diff --git a/R/statebins.R b/R/statebins.R
index f44a614..57f9283 100644
--- a/R/statebins.R
+++ b/R/statebins.R
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ statebins <- function(state_data, state_col="state", value_col="value",
 
   palette <- match.arg(trimws(tolower(palette)), c("brewer", "viridis"))
 
-  if (breaks <= 0 | breaks > 10) {
-    stop("'breaks' must be between 0 & 10")
-  }
+  # if (breaks <= 0 | breaks > 10) {
+  #   stop("'breaks' must be between 0 & 10")
+  # }
 
   if (!title_position %in% c("", "top", "bottom")) {
     stop("'title_position' must be either blank, 'top' or 'bottom'")