PY03 Younger Youth Retention Rate State Rankings

This map shows the Retention Rate rankings for the WIA Younger Youth program in PY 03. The rate ranges from a high of 81.4% in Arkansas to a low of 46.9% in South Carolina. The map highlights the ten highest and lowest states on this measure. The top ten in order are Arkansas, Puerto Rico, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, Connecticut, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and New Hampshire. The lowest ten from top to bottom are New Mexico, Florida, Maryland, Delaware, Arizona, New York, Virginia, Hawaii, Ohio and South Carolina.

Table 1

PY 03 Younger Youth Retention Rate State Rankings

Rank	States	Outcome	Remarks
1	Arkansas	81.4	Top Ten
2	Puerto Rico	80.6	Top Ten
3	Idaho	79.8	Top Ten
4	Oregon	79.3	Top Ten
5	Wyoming	78.0	Top Ten
6	Connecticut	77.7	Top Ten
7	Minnesota	77.1	Top Ten
8	Iowa	76.7	Top Ten
9	North Dakota	74.7	Top Ten
10	New Hampshire	74.5	Top Ten
11	North Carolina	74.3	Mode
12	Michigan	73.7	Mode
13	Utah	70.7	Mode
14	Wisconsin	70.2	Mode
15	Georgia	69.3	Mode
16	Maine	68.6	Mode
17	Washington	67.8	Mode
18	Alaska	67.0	Mode
19	District of Columbia	66.5	Mode
20	Kentucky	66.3	Mode
21	South Dakota	66.2	Mode
22	Kansas	65.9	Mode
23	Louisiana	65.8	Mode
24	Oklahoma	65.6	Mode
25	Alabama	64.9	Mode
26	Tennessee	64.4	Mode
27	Montana	64.1	Mode
28	New Jersey	63.3	Mode
29	Illinois	62.3	Mode
30	Texas	62.0	Mode
31	Nebraska	61.7	Mode
32	Missouri	61.1	Mode
33	Pennsylvania	60.9	Mode
33	Vermont	60.9	Mode
35	Massachusetts	60.5	Mode
36	Indiana	60.4	Mode
37	Colorado	59.8	Mode
38	California	59.3	Mode
39	West Virginia	58.5	Mode
40	Mississippi	56.8	Mode
41	Nevada	56.7	Mode
42	Rhode Island	55.6	Mode
43	New Mexico	54.7	Bottom Ten
44	Florida	54.2	Bottom Ten
45	Maryland	53.7	Bottom Ten
46	Delaware	53.6	Bottom Ten
47	Arizona	53.1	Bottom Ten
48	New York	48.7	Bottom Ten
49	Virginia	48.0	Bottom Ten
50	Hawaii	47.0	Bottom Ten
50	Ohio	47.0	Bottom Ten
52	South Carolina	46.9	Bottom Ten