Education Working Paper No. 8  February 2005

Table 13: White College Readiness Rates by Region and State, 1997–2002 Region/State 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Northeast 46% 46% 44% 43% 43% 44% Connecticut 47% 47% 47% 46% 46% 47% Delaware 40% 41% 39% 36% 38% 36% Maine I I 41% 41% 42% 40% Maryland 46% 45% 45% 44% 45% 43% Massachusetts 45% 45% 44% 43% 44% 43% New Hampshire I I I I I I New Jersey I I I I I I New York 45% I 43% 41% 41% 43% Pennsylvania 47% 47% 46% 45% 46% 46% Rhode Island 44% 44% 43% 43% 42% 39% Vermont I I I I I I Southeast 40% 43% 42% 41% 43% 41% Alabama 38% 42% 38% 38% 40% 37% Arkansas I 47% 46% 46% 45% 45% Florida 41% 42% 40% 39% 40% 40% Georgia I 39% 37% 37% 39% 38% Kentucky I I I I I 42% Louisiana 37% 42% 40% 39% 42% 41% Mississippi I 40% 38% 38% 38% 38% North Carolina 40% 44% 42% I I I South Carolina I I I I I I Tennessee 35% I I I I I Virginia 45% 49% 47% 45% 48% 46% West Virginia 44% 48% 48% 46% 47% 46% Central 34% 37% 35% 34% 36% 35% Illinois 37% 40% 38% 36% 37% 36% Indiana 31% 33% 32% 30% 32% 32% Iowa 36% 40% 37% 36% 36% 37% Kansas I 34% 33% I I I Michigan 33% 35% 33% 33% 35% 33% Minnesota 37% 39% 38% 37% 38% 37% Missouri 33% 34% 33% 33% 34% 33% Nebraska I 39% 38% 36% 37% 37% North Dakota I I I 36% 37% 37% Ohio 34% 36% 34% 33% 35% 35% South Dakota 36% 37% 35% 35% 35% 34% Wisconsin 37% 38% 37% 36% 39% 38% West 33% 33% 36% 38% 41% 39% Alaska I I I I I I Arizona I I I I I I California 35% 35% 37% 39% 41% 39% Colorado 32% 32% 34% 37% 41% 41% Hawaii I </