PY 04 Dislocated Worker Employment Retention Rate State Rankings

This map shows the Employment Retention Rate rankings for the WIA Dislocated Worker program in PY 04. The rate ranges from a high of 97.3% in Arkansas to a low of 84.0% in Alaska. The ten highest and lowest states for this ranking are highlighted on the map. The ten highest states in order are Arkansas, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Idaho, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wyoming, Kentucky, and North Carolina. The ten lowest states from top to bottom are California, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Vermont, New York, Mississippi, District of Columbia, New Mexico, Delaware, and Alaska.

Table 1

PY 04 WIA Dislocated Worker Employment Retention Rankings and Outcomes by State
Rank	State	Outcome
1	Arkansas	97.3
2	South Dakota	95.7
3	Nebraska	95.6
4	Iowa	95.5
5	Idaho	95.4
6	New Jersey	94.6
7	South Carolina	94.4
8	Wyoming	94.2
9	Kentucky	94.1
10	North Carolina	93.9
11	Indiana	93.8
11	Minnesota	93.8
11	Missouri	93.8
11	West Virginia	93.8
15	Ohio	93.6
16	Kansas	93.4
17	Washington	93.2
18	Maryland	92.9
18	Rhode Island	92.9
20	Michigan	92.8
21	Pennsylvania	92.6
22	Arizona	92.4
22	Colorado	92.4
22	Texas	92.4
25	Wisconsin	92.3
26	North Dakota	92.2
26	Oklahoma	92.2
28	Georgia	92.1
28	Utah	92.1
28	Virginia	92.1
31	Maine	91.7
32	Connecticut	91.6
32	Tennessee	91.6
34	Illinois	91.4
35	Louisiana	91.2
35	New Hampshire	91.2
37	Nevada	91.0
38	Alabama	90.4
39	Puerto Rico	90.2
40	Oregon	90.0
41	Florida	89.6
42	Montana	89.4
43	California	89.3
44	Massachusetts	89.2
45	Hawaii	88.5
45	Vermont	88.5
47	New York	87.9
48	Mississippi	87.0
49	District of Columbia	86.7
50	New Mexico	85.9
51	Delaware	84.9
52	Alaska	84.0