PY 05 Younger Youth Skill Attainment Rate State Rankings

This map shows the Younger Youth Skill Attainment Rate State rankings for PY 2005. The rate ranges from a high of 98.7 percent in the District of Columbia to a low of 61.0 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, Michigan, West Virginia, Maine, Tennessee, Arkansas, Rhode Island, Kansas, Minnesota, and Idaho. The ten lowest, from top to bottom, are New Mexico, Missouri, New York, Wyoming, North Carolina, Nevada, Iowa, North Dakota, Nebraska, and the Virgin Islands.

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

Rank	State	Outcome
1	District of Columbia	98.7%
2	Michigan	98.0%
3	West Virginia	97.3%
4	Maine	97.0%
5	Tennessee	95.0%
6	Arkansas	92.6%
7	Rhode Island	91.9%
8	Kansas	90.8%
9	Minnesota	90.3%
10	Idaho	89.5%
11	Puerto Rico	88.9%
12	Washington	88.8%
13	Georgia	87.4%
14	Massachusetts	87.3%
15	California	87.2%
16	Alaska	86.8%
17	Wisconsin	86.5%
18	Delaware	86.1%
19	Indiana	85.6%
20	Connecticut	85.1%
21	Texas	85.0%
22	South Dakota	84.9%
23	Colorado	83.6%
24	Kentucky	83.5%
25	Montana	82.3%
26	New Hampshire	82.2%
27	Florida	81.5%
28	Oregon	81.5%
29	Oklahoma	81.1%
30	Illinois	80.6%
31	New Jersey	80.6%
32	Virginia	80.4%
33	Utah	78.7%
34	Ohio	78.1%
35	South Carolina	77.8%
36	Vermont	77.3%
37	Alabama	77.2%
38	Hawaii	77.0%
39	Maryland	76.9%
40	Louisiana	76.5%
41	Arizona	76.3%
42	New Mexico	75.8%
43	Missouri	74.7%
44	New York	74.4%
45	Wyoming	73.4%
46	North Carolina	73.2%
47	Nevada	73.0%
48	Iowa	72.8%
49	North Dakota	71.1%
50	Nebraska	67.4%
51	Virgin Islands	61.0%
52	Mississippi	NA
53	Pennsylvania	NA