PY05 Younger Youth Diploma Attainment Rate State Rankings

This map shows the Younger Youth Diploma Attainment Rate State rankings for PY 2005. The rate ranges from a high of 95.2 percent in the Virgin Islands to a low of 14.4 percent in Wyoming. The ten highest and ten lowest states for this ranking are highlighted on the map. The ten highest states in order are the Virgin Islands, Rhode Island, the District of Columbia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Puerto Rico, Idaho, Nebraska, Connecticut, and Arkansas. The ten lowest, from top to bottom, are South Carolina, Arizona, New York, Utah, New Hampshire, Florida, Hawaii, Alabama, Nevada, and Wyoming.

PY 05 WIA Younger Youth Diploma Attainment Rankings and Outcomes by State

Rank	State	Outcome
1	Virgin Islands	95.2%
2	Rhode Island	93.1%
3	District of Columbia	91.1%
4	Michigan	88.9%
5	Wisconsin	82.9%
6	Puerto Rico	81.2%
7	Idaho	80.2%
8	Nebraska	78.9%
9	Connecticut	78.1%
10	Arkansas	76.1%
11	Maryland	76.0%
12	Minnesota	75.9%
13	Illinois	73.4%
14	Ohio	73.2%
15	Kentucky	72.7%
16	Kansas	71.5%
17	Oklahoma	70.5%
18	Georgia	70.1%
19	North Dakota	69.3%
20	California	69.0%
21	Tennessee	68.5%
22	Iowa	68.0%
23	Vermont	65.8%
24	West Virginia	65.2%
25	Delaware	65.1%
26	Oregon	65.1%
27	Indiana	64.8%
28	Missouri	64.8%
29	Alaska	64.7%
30	Virginia	64.6%
31	New Jersey	64.2%
32	Massachusetts	64.0%
33	Maine	63.9%
34	Montana	63.4%
35	Washington	62.3%
36	North Carolina	62.2%
37	South Dakota	61.6%
38	Colorado	59.8%
39	Texas	59.7%
40	Louisiana	59.6%
41	New Mexico	59.4%
42	South Carolina	58.2%
43	Arizona	57.6%
44	New York	57.0%
45	Utah	55.0%
46	New Hampshire	54.2%
47	Florida	48.0%
48	Hawaii	42.2%
49	Alabama	41.8%
50	Nevada	23.9%
51	Wyoming	14.4%
52	Mississippi	NA
53	Pennsylvania	NA