PY05 Dislocated Worker Employment Retention Rate State Rankings
This map shows the Dislocated Worker Employment Retention Rate State rankings for PY 2005. The rate ranges from a high of 94.8 percent in Arkansas to a low of 41.9 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 Arkansas, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Vermont. The ten lowest, from top to bottom, are California, Nevada, Louisiana, New York, Alaska, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Mississippi, Delaware and the Virgin Islands.

Table 1
PY 05 WIA Dislocated Worker Employment Retention Rankings and Outcomes by State
| Rank |
State |
Outcome |
| 1 |
Arkansas |
94.8% |
| 2 |
Wisconsin |
94.1% |
| 3 |
South Dakota |
93.9% |
| 4 |
Arizona |
93.4% |
| 5 |
Idaho |
93.1% |
| 6 |
Iowa |
92.8% |
| 7 |
North Dakota |
92.7% |
| 8 |
Ohio |
92.3% |
| 9 |
Oklahoma |
92.2% |
| 10 |
Vermont |
92.2% |
| 11 |
Texas |
92.1% |
| 12 |
Washington |
91.8% |
| 13 |
South Carolina |
91.5% |
| 14 |
Kansas |
91.1% |
| 15 |
Maryland |
91.0% |
| 16 |
Nebraska |
90.9% |
| 17 |
Tennessee |
90.9% |
| 18 |
North Carolina |
90.8% |
| 19 |
New Hampshire |
90.7% |
| 20 |
Pennsylvania |
90.5% |
| 21 |
Illinois |
90.3% |
| 22 |
Virginia |
90.3% |
| 23 |
West Virginia |
90.0% |
| 24 |
Wyoming |
89.9% |
| 25 |
Kentucky |
89.7% |
| 26 |
Alabama |
89.6% |
| 27 |
Georgia |
89.4% |
| 28 |
Maine |
89.2% |
| 29 |
Utah |
89.2% |
| 30 |
Montana |
89.0% |
| 31 |
Puerto Rico |
89.0% |
| 32 |
Oregon |
88.7% |
| 33 |
Michigan |
88.5% |
| 34 |
Rhode Island |
88.5% |
| 35 |
Minnesota |
88.4% |
| 36 |
Colorado |
88.3% |
| 37 |
Massachusetts |
88.2% |
| 38 |
Indiana |
87.8% |
| 39 |
Missouri |
87.8% |
| 40 |
New Jersey |
87.8% |
| 41 |
Connecticut |
87.6% |
| 42 |
Florida |
87.5% |
| 43 |
New Mexico |
87.5% |
| 44 |
California |
86.3% |
| 45 |
Nevada |
86.3% |
| 46 |
Louisiana |
86.1% |
| 47 |
New York |
84.6% |
| 48 |
Alaska |
84.3% |
| 49 |
District of Columbia |
84.1% |
| 50 |
Hawaii |
80.8% |
| 51 |
Mississippi |
79.7% |
| 52 |
Delaware |
78.9% |
| 53 |
Virgin Islands |
41.9% |
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