PY05 Adult Credential Rate State Rankings
This map shows the Credential Rate State rankings for the WIA Adult program in PY 2005. The rate ranges from a high of 85.4 percent in Michigan to a low of 33.3 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, Hawaii, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Florida, Colorado, Washington, Rhode Island and Indiana. The ten lowest, from top to bottom, are North Dakota, California, Virginia, Alaska, the District of Columbia, New Jersey, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, and the Virgin Islands.

Table 1
PY 05 WIA Adult Credential Rankings and Outcomes by State
|
| Rank |
State |
Outcome |
| 1 |
Michigan |
85.4% |
| 2 |
Maryland |
83.6% |
| 3 |
Hawaii |
80.9% |
| 4 |
Tennessee |
78.4% |
| 5 |
Oklahoma |
77.7% |
| 6 |
Florida |
76.9% |
| 7 |
Colorado |
76.7% |
| 8 |
Washington |
76.3% |
| 9 |
Rhode Island |
75.8% |
| 10 |
Indiana |
75.4% |
| 11 |
Arkansas |
74.7% |
| 12 |
Puerto Rico |
74.5% |
| 13 |
Massachusetts |
74.4% |
| 14 |
Ohio |
73.9% |
| 15 |
West Virginia |
73.7% |
| 16 |
Oregon |
73.0% |
| 17 |
Connecticut |
72.1% |
| 18 |
Kansas |
71.7% |
| 19 |
Idaho |
71.6% |
| 20 |
Wisconsin |
71.6% |
| 21 |
Nebraska |
71.4% |
| 22 |
Arizona |
71.3% |
| 23 |
New Mexico |
70.5% |
| 24 |
South Dakota |
70.5% |
| 25 |
New Hampshire |
70.1% |
| 26 |
Delaware |
70.0% |
| 27 |
Montana |
69.5% |
| 28 |
Wyoming |
69.4% |
| 29 |
Missouri |
69.1% |
| 30 |
Nevada |
67.8% |
| 31 |
Utah |
67.8% |
| 32 |
Vermont |
67.3% |
| 33 |
Louisiana |
66.7% |
| 34 |
Kentucky |
66.3% |
| 35 |
Texas |
66.3% |
| 36 |
Minnesota |
65.6% |
| 37 |
New York |
64.7% |
| 38 |
Iowa |
64.4% |
| 39 |
Illinois |
63.8% |
| 40 |
Georgia |
63.6% |
| 41 |
Maine |
62.7% |
| 42 |
North Dakota |
61.9% |
| 43 |
California |
61.6% |
| 44 |
Virginia |
60.7% |
| 45 |
Alaska |
60.1% |
| 46 |
District of Columbia |
57.2% |
| 47 |
New Jersey |
57.2% |
| 48 |
South Carolina |
57.2% |
| 49 |
Alabama |
52.9% |
| 50 |
North Carolina |
51.6% |
| 51 |
Virgin Islands |
33.3% |
| 52 |
Mississippi |
NA |
| 53 |
Pennsylvania |
NA |
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