PY 2009 Adult Entered Employment Rate State Rankings
PY 2009 WIA Adult Entered Employment Rate State Rankings State Actual Performance State Ranking Arkansas 87.4 Alabama 38 Michigan 87.1 Alaska 19 New Jersey 86.0 Arizona 27 Montana 84.2 Arkansas 1 Kentucky 84.0 California 50 Minnesota 83.0 Colorado 13 Florida 82.9 Connecticut 37 Wyoming 78.5 Delaware 20 Idaho 77.7 District of Columbia 43 Maine 77.6 Florida 7 Nebraska 77.5 Georgia 25 Maryland 77.3 Hawaii 41 Colorado 76.5 Idaho 9 Washington 75.9 Illinois 22 North Dakota 75.5 Indiana 52 South Dakota 75.5 Iowa 39 Massachusetts 74.8 Kansas 40 New Hampshire 74.7 Kentucky 5 Alaska 73.6 Louisiana 45 Delaware 73.4 Maine 10 Missouri 72.5 Maryland 12 Illinois 72.2 Massachusetts 17 Virginia 71.4 Michigan 2 West Virginia 71.4 Minnesota 6 Georgia 70.8 Mississippi 46 Pennsylvania 70.3 Missouri 21 Arizona 69.6 Montana 4 Tennessee 69.1 Nebraska 11 New Mexico 68.7 Nevada 33 Wisconsin 67.2 New Hampshire 18 Puerto Rico 67.1 New Jersey 3 Texas 66.0 New Mexico 29 Nevada 65.3 New York 48 North Carolina 65.3 North Carolina 33 Vermont 64.2 North Dakota 15 Ohio 64.1 Ohio 36 Connecticut 60.7 Oklahoma 49 Alabama 60.6 Oregon 53 Iowa 60.3 Pennsylvania 26 Kansas 60.1 Puerto Rico 31 Hawaii 59.8 Rhode Island 42 Rhode Island 59.4 South Carolina 44 District of Columbia 57.9 South Dakota 15 South Carolina 56.7 Tennessee 28 Louisiana 56.6 Texas 32 Mississippi 56.5 Utah 47 Utah 56.4 Vermont 35 New York 55.0 Virgin Islands 51 Oklahoma 50.2 Virginia 23 California 48.3 Washington 14 Virgin Islands 47.5 West Virginia 23 Indiana 47.4 Wisconsin 30 Oregon 43.4 Wyoming 8