diff --git a/src/main/scala/csvreader/CSVReader.scala b/src/main/scala/csvreader/CSVReader.scala
index e2d4d4b..cf6fcb5 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/csvreader/CSVReader.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/csvreader/CSVReader.scala
@@ -10,19 +10,6 @@ import scala.util.{Failure, Success}
   * 
   */
 object CSVReader extends App {
-    val file = io.Source.fromFile("people.csv") 
-    var m = Map[String, Int]()
-    for (line <- file.getLines) {
-      var state = line.split(",")(2)
-      if (m.contains(state)) {
-        m(state) += 1
-      } else {
-        m(state) = 1
-      }
-    }
-    m.foreach(println)
-
-    val future = Future {
-      m.foreach(println)
-    } 
+    val stateMap = new fileReader("people.csv")
+    stateMap.countStates()
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scala/csvreader/fileReader.scala b/src/main/scala/csvreader/fileReader.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fda1b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/csvreader/fileReader.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package csvreader 
+
+import scala.collection.mutable.Map
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
+import scala.util.{Failure, Success}
+
+class fileReader(fileName: String) {
+
+    /** Simple method that parses the input file and counts the number of times each state appears
+      * @return a map with the state name as the key and the counts as the value
+      */
+    def countStates(): Map[String, Int] = {
+        val file = io.Source.fromFile(fileName) 
+        var m = Map[String, Int]()
+        for (line <- file.getLines) {
+            var state = line.split(",")(2)
+            if (m.contains(state)) {
+                m(state) += 1
+            } else {
+                m(state) = 1
+            }
+        }
+        val future = Future (for ((k, v) <- m) println(s"$k: $v"))
+        m
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file