PY03 Older Youth Entered Employment Rate State Rankings

This map shows the Entered Employment Rate rankings for the WIA Older Youth program in PY 03. The rate ranges from a high of 95.8% in the District of Columbia to a low of 49.5% in Kansas. The map highlights the ten highest and lowest states for this ranking. The ten highest states in order are the District of Columbia, Idaho, New Hampshire, Montana, Maryland, Wyoming, New Jersey, Maine, North Dakota and Hawaii. The ten lowest states from top to bottom are Rhode Island, Nevada, Florida, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Delaware, Connecticut and Kansas.

Table 1

PY 03 Older Youth Entered Employment Rate State Rankings

Rank	States	Outcome	Remarks
1	District of Columbia	95.8	Top Ten
2	Idaho	88.5	Top Ten
3	New Hampshire	87.5	Top Ten
4	Montana	83.3	Top Ten
5	Maryland	83.2	Top Ten
6	Wyoming	82.8	Top Ten
7	New Jersey	82.1	Top Ten
8	Maine	81.2	Top Ten
8	North Dakota	81.2	Top Ten
10	Hawaii	81.1	Top Ten
11	Iowa	80.9	Mode
11	Nebraska	80.9	Mode
13	Michigan	80.1	Mode
14	West Virginia	78.1	Mode
15	Kentucky	77.6	Mode
16	Arkansas	76.8	Mode
17	Colorado	76.0	Mode
18	North Carolina	75.9	Mode
19	Georgia	75.1	Mode
19	Mississippi	75.1	Mode
21	Washington	74.3	Mode
22	Alaska	74.1	Mode
23	Utah	73.8	Mode
24	Alabama	73.6	Mode
25	Indiana	73.3	Mode
25	Oklahoma	73.3	Mode
27	Minnesota	72.3	Mode
28	New Mexico	72.0	Mode
29	Tennessee	71.9	Mode
30	California	71.5	Mode
31	Texas	71.4	Mode
32	South Carolina	70.7	Mode
33	Louisiana	70.0	Mode
33	Oregon	70.0	Mode
35	South Dakota	69.3	Mode
36	Vermont	69.1	Mode
37	Arizona	69.0	Mode
38	Wisconsin	68.6	Mode
39	Illinois	68.5	Mode
40	Missouri	68.4	Mode
41	Virginia	66.7	Mode
42	Puerto Rico	66.0	Mode
43	Rhode Island	65.4	Bottom Ten
44	Nevada	65.1	Bottom Ten
45	Florida	64.7	Bottom Ten
46	New York	64.5	Bottom Ten
47	Ohio	64.1	Bottom Ten
48	Pennsylvania	62.6	Bottom Ten
49	Massachusetts	61.1	Bottom Ten
50	Delaware	60.7	Bottom Ten
51	Connecticut	59.5	Bottom Ten
52	Kansas	49.5	Bottom Ten