PY03 WIA Adult Employment Retention Rate State Rankings

This map shows the Employment Retention Rate for the WIA Adult program in PY 03. The rate ranges from a high of 92.5% in Arkansas to a low of 70.1% in Delaware. The ten highest and ten lowest states for this ranking are highlighted on the map. The ten highest states in order are Arkansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Wyoming and Idaho. The ten lowest, from top to bottom, are Connecticut, California, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Nevada, the District of Columbia, Oregon and Delaware.

Rank	State	Outcome	Remarks
1	Arkansas	92.5	Top Ten
2	Nebraska	92.0	Top Ten
3	New Jersey	91.4	Top Ten
4	Iowa	90.5	Top Ten
5	Kentucky	90.4	Top Ten
6	Minnesota	89.9	Top Ten
6	New Hampshire	89.9	Top Ten
8	North Carolina	89.4	Top Ten
9	Wyoming	89.2	Top Ten
10	Idaho	88.9	Top Ten
11	South Dakota	88.6	Mode
12	Indiana	88.1	Mode
12	Puerto Rico	88.1	Mode
14	Ohio	87.9	Mode
15	Maine	86.9	Mode
15	Louisiana	86.9	Mode
17	Colorado	86.7	Mode
18	Oklahoma	86.6	Mode
19	Maryland	86.4	Mode
19	South Carolina	86.4	Mode
19	Montana	86.4	Mode
22	Tennessee	86.1	Mode
23	Michigan	85.6	Mode
24	Washington	85.5	Mode
25	Hawaii	85.3	Mode
26	Missouri	85.2	Mode
27	Mississippi	85.1	Mode
28	Virginia	85.0	Mode
28	North Dakota	85.0	Mode
30	Texas	84.8	Mode
31	Rhode Island	84.7	Mode
32	Alaska	84.6	Mode
33	Georgia	84.3	Mode
33	New Mexico	84.3	Mode
35	Arizona	84.2	Mode
36	Alabama	84.1	Mode
36	Kansas	84.1	Mode
38	Illinois	84.0	Mode
39	Vermont	83.7	Mode
39	Pennsylvania	83.7	Mode
41	Florida	83.6	Mode
42	New York	83.4	Mode
43	Connecticut	82.7	Bottom Ten
43	California	82.7	Bottom Ten
45	Utah	82.5	Bottom Ten
46	West Virginia	82.3	Bottom Ten
47	Wisconsin	80.5	Bottom Ten
48	Massachusetts	79.1	Bottom Ten
49	Nevada	79.0	Bottom Ten
49	District of Columbia	79.0	Bottom Ten
51	Oregon	78.8	Bottom Ten
52	Delaware	70.1	Bottom Ten