PY 05 WIA Adult Employment Retention Rate State Rankings

This map shows the Employment Retention Rate State rankings for the WIA Adult program in PY 2005. The rate ranges from a high of 91.7 percent in Arkansas to a low of 65.2 percent in the Virgin Islands. The ten highest and ten lowest states for this ranking are highlighted on the map. The ten highest states in order are Arkansas, Wyoming, Maryland, Nebraska, Puerto Rico, Kentucky, Iowa, Tennessee, South Dakota, Kansas and Texas. The ten lowest, from top to bottom, are North Dakota, Massachusetts, Missouri, Rhode Island, Mississippi, Vermont, Nevada, Delaware, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands.

Table 1

PY 05 WIA Adult Employment Retention Rankings and Outcomes by State

Rank	State	Outcome
1	Arkansas	91.7%
2	Wyoming	89.9%
3	Maryland	89.7%
4	Nebraska	89.3%
5	Puerto Rico	87.6%
6	Kentucky	87.2%
7	Iowa	87.1%
8	Tennessee	86.9%
9	South Dakota	86.7%
10	Kansas	86.3%
11	Texas	86.3%
12	Arizona	86.2%
13	Oklahoma	86.2%
14	South Carolina	85.9%
15	Ohio	85.7%
16	Montana	85.5%
17	Washington	85.5%
18	Virginia	85.3%
19	Florida	85.0%
20	Idaho	84.8%
21	Wisconsin	84.8%
22	Georgia	84.0%
23	Indiana	83.9%
24	North Carolina	83.7%
25	Connecticut	83.5%
26	Minnesota	83.4%
27	New Mexico	83.4%
28	Hawaii	83.2%
29	New Hampshire	83.1%
30	Illinois	82.7%
31	Pennsylvania	82.7%
32	Alaska	82.5%
33	West Virginia	82.5%
34	Louisiana	82.4%
35	Oregon	82.3%
36	Maine	82.1%
37	Utah	81.8%
38	New York	81.6%
39	California	81.5%
40	Michigan	81.2%
41	New Jersey	81.2%
42	Alabama	80.3%
43	Colorado	80.0%
44	North Dakota	78.8%
45	Massachusetts	78.7%
46	Missouri	78.1%
47	Rhode Island	77.0%
48	Mississippi	76.6%
49	Vermont	76.6%
50	Nevada	73.7%
51	Delaware	73.2%
52	District of Columbia	71.0%
53	Virgin Islands	65.2%