Civic Report
No. 31 November 2002

Table 4: Ranking of African-American Graduation Rates by State Rank STATE African-American Graduation Rate, 2000 1 WEST VIRGINIA 74% 2 ARKANSAS 68% 3 MASSACHUSETTS 66% 4 VIRGINIA 66% 5 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 64% 6 OKLAHOMA 64% 7 MARYLAND 63% 8 NEW MEXICO 63% 9 CONNECTICUT 62% 10 TEXAS 61% 11 ALASKA 61% 12 RHODE ISLAND 60% 13 MISSISSIPPI 60% 14 ALABAMA 59% 15 CALIFORNIA 59% 16 PENNSYLVANIA 59% 17 IOWA 58% 18 MISSOURI 58% 19 ILLINOIS 57% 20 LOUISIANA 57% 21 NEVADA 56% 22 DELAWARE 56% 23 COLORADO 55% 24 NEBRASKA 53% 25 INDIANA 50% 26 GEORGIA 47% 27 NEW YORK 46% 28 TENNESSEE 46% 29 OREGON 46% 30 FLORIDA 46% 31 WISCONSIN 41% ARIZONA NA IDAHO NA KANSAS NA KENTUCKY NA MICHIGAN NA NEW HAMPSHIRE NA NEW JERSEY NA NORTH CAROLINA NA OHIO NA SOUTH CAROLINA NA UTAH NA VERMONT NA WASHINGTON NA HAWAII INS MAINE INS MINNESOTA INS MONTANA INS NORTH DAKOTA INS SOUTH DAKOTA INS WYOMING INS National 55% NA = Data not available INS = Insufficient information for calculating graduation rate

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