PY05 Older Youth Employment Retention Rate State Rankings

This map shows the Older Youth Employment Retention Rate State rankings for PY 2005. The rate ranges from a high of 91.2 percent in the District of Columbia to a low of 36.2 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 the District of Columbia, Arkansas, Puerto Rico, Iowa, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Montana, New Jersey, Maryland and Minnesota. The ten lowest, from top to bottom, are Connecticut, Alabama, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Nevada, West Virginia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York, and the Virgin Islands.

Table 1

PY 05 WIA Older Youth Employment Retention Rankings and Outcomes by State

Rank	State	Outcome
1	District of Columbia	91.2%
2	Arkansas	90.6%
3	Puerto Rico	90.0%
4	Iowa	89.9%
5	North Dakota	89.9%
6	Oklahoma	89.5%
7	Montana	89.1%
8	New Jersey	88.1%
9	Maryland	87.9%
10	Minnesota	87.9%
11	Utah	87.6%
12	Kansas	87.4%
13	Kentucky	87.3%
14	South Carolina	86.3%
15	Nebraska	86.2%
16	Idaho	86.1%
17	South Dakota	86.1%
18	Michigan	85.7%
19	Texas	85.6%
20	Mississippi	85.5%
21	Wisconsin	85.4%
22	Arizona	84.5%
23	Louisiana	84.5%
24	Missouri	84.1%
25	Oregon	84.0%
26	North Carolina	83.9%
27	Tennessee	83.7%
28	Wyoming	83.6%
29	Washington	83.5%
30	Colorado	83.3%
31	California	83.0%
32	Alaska	82.1%
33	Vermont	82.1%
34	Maine	82.0%
35	Georgia	81.9%
36	Ohio	81.7%
37	Illinois	81.3%
38	Indiana	80.8%
39	New Mexico	80.7%
40	Virginia	80.6%
41	Florida	79.7%
42	Delaware	79.1%
43	Connecticut	78.9%
44	Alabama	78.7%
45	Massachusetts	77.3%
46	Hawaii	76.7%
47	Nevada	76.1%
48	West Virginia	74.6%
49	Rhode Island	74.3%
50	New Hampshire	73.3%
51	New York	73.1%
52	Virgin Islands	36.2%
53	Pennsylvania	NA