PY05 Dislocated Worker Entered Employment Rate State Rankings

This map shows the Dislocated Worker Entered Employment Rate State rankings for PY 2005. The rate ranges from a high of 94.1 percent in Michigan to a low of 48.6 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 Michigan, Maryland, Arkansas, Nebraska, Oregon, Idaho, Puerto Rico, Delaware, Indiana, and Iowa. The ten lowest, from top to bottom, are Connecticut, Nevada, New Mexico, Hawaii, West Virginia, New York, Alaska, Vermont, Mississippi, and the Virgin Islands.

PY05 Dislocated Worker Entered Employment Rate State

Table 1

PY 05 WIA Dislocated Worker Entered Employment Rankings and Outcomes by State

Rank	State	Outcome
1	Michigan	94.1%
2	Maryland	94.0%
3	Arkansas	93.2%
4	Nebraska	92.9%
5	Oregon	92.2%
6	Idaho	91.1%
7	Puerto Rico	90.7%
8	Delaware	90.3%
9	Indiana	90.1%
10	Iowa	89.7%
11	Maine	89.6%
12	North Dakota	89.0%
13	Colorado	88.6%
14	Louisiana	88.3%
15	Massachusetts	88.1%
16	Arizona	88.0%
17	Rhode Island	88.0%
18	Tennessee	87.8%
19	Wyoming	87.8%
20	Ohio	87.2%
21	Wisconsin	87.2%
22	Minnesota	87.1%
23	Kansas	86.9%
24	Kentucky	86.8%
25	Missouri	86.6%
26	Washington	86.4%
27	Virginia	86.3%
28	South Carolina	85.9%
29	Oklahoma	85.8%
30	California	85.5%
31	South Dakota	85.2%
32	North Carolina	85.1%
33	Pennsylvania	85.0%
34	Illinois	84.9%
35	Georgia	84.2%
36	Texas	84.1%
37	New Hampshire	83.9%
38	Montana	83.8%
39	Utah	82.8%
40	New Jersey	82.5%
41	Florida	82.1%
42	Alabama	80.8%
43	District of Columbia	80.8%
44	Connecticut	80.3%
45	Nevada	80.3%
46	New Mexico	80.2%
47	Hawaii	79.8%
48	West Virginia	79.0%
49	New York	77.7%
50	Alaska	74.6%
51	Vermont	74.5%
52	Mississippi	70.3%
53	Virgin Islands	48.6%