PY 05 Older Youth Credential Rate State Rankings

This map shows the Older Youth Credential Rate State rankings for PY 2005. The rate ranges from a high of 91.7 percent in the District of Columbia to a low of 0.7 percent in Puerto Rico. The ten highest and ten lowest states for this ranking are highlighted on the map. The ten highest states in order are the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Michigan, Delaware, Montana, Hawaii, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Maine, and Kansas. The ten lowest, from top to bottom, are South Carolina, California, Alabama, Louisiana, Wyoming, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Puerto Rico.

Table 1

PY 05 WIA Older Youth Credential Rankings and Outcomes by State

Rank	State	Outcome
1	District of Columbia	91.7%
2	Virgin Islands	84.4%
3	Michigan	78.2%
4	Delaware	68.4%
5	Montana	68.0%
6	Hawaii	65.5%
7	Connecticut	65.5%
8	Wisconsin	63.1%
9	Maine	62.7%
10	Kansas	62.6%
11	Maryland	62.4%
12	Illinois	61.8%
13	Nebraska	61.4%
14	Missouri	61.2%
15	Washington	61.0%
16	Minnesota	60.5%
17	Indiana	59.2%
18	Utah	59.1%
19	Iowa	58.9%
20	Idaho	58.7%
21	Tennessee	58.4%
22	Virginia	58.0%
23	New York	57.2%
24	Oklahoma	56.9%
25	Ohio	56.9%
26	South Dakota	56.7%
27	Georgia	56.0%
28	Kentucky	54.9%
29	Florida	54.7%
30	West Virginia	54.0%
31	New Mexico	53.6%
32	Colorado	53.6%
33	New Jersey	52.2%
34	Alaska	51.7%
35	Massachusetts	50.5%
36	Vermont	50.0%
37	Rhode Island	50.0%
38	Texas	49.4%
39	Arkansas	48.4%
40	Oregon	48.1%
41	Nevada	47.4%
42	Arizona	47.2%
43	South Carolina	46.5%
44	California	45.6%
45	Alabama	43.4%
46	Louisiana	43.0%
47	Wyoming	42.1%
48	Mississippi	41.8%
49	North Dakota	40.3%
50	New Hampshire	38.2%
51	North Carolina	31.0%
52	Puerto Rico	0.7%
53	Pennsylvania	NA