Education Working Paper No. 8  February 2005

Table 14: African-American College Readiness Rates by Region and State, 1997–2002 Region/State 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Northeast 24% 26% 24% 27% 26% 26% Connecticut 29% 28% 28% 31% 29% 30% Delaware 23% 25% 25% 24% 26% 27% Maine I I I I I I Maryland 28% 28% 30% 33% 34% 34% Massachusetts 28% 30% 31% 34% 33% 29% New Hampshire I I I I I I New Jersey I I I I I I New York 20% 19% 22% 20% 21% Pennsylvania 25% 24% 27% 29% 28% 28% Rhode Island 24% 27% 31% 31% 31% 35% Vermont I I I I I I Southeast 20% 22% 22% 23% 23% 23% Alabama 17% 21% 21% 23% 24% 22% Arkansas I 28% 29% 30% 30% 29% Florida 19% 21% 21% 22% 22% 21% Georgia I 18% 19% 20% 20% 21% Kentucky I I I I I 25% Louisiana 19% 22% 22% 23% 25% 24% Mississippi 23% 23% 23% 24% 25% North Carolina 21% 24% 24% I I I South Carolina I I I I I I Tennessee 17% I I I I I Virginia 24% 27% 27% 28% 29% 27% West Virginia 25% 26% 29% 30% 30% 29% Central 11% 13% 14% 15% 15% 15% Illinois 12% 14% 14% 15% 14% 14% Indiana 11% 12% 14% 13% 14% 14% Iowa 12% 14% 14% 16% 16% 17% Kansas I 13% 14% I I I Michigan 11% 13% 14% 15% 16% 15% Minnesota 11% 13% 14% 14% 13% 15% Missouri 12% 14% 16% 17% 17% 18% Nebraska I 13% 14% 16% 17% 14% North Dakota I I I I I I Ohio 11% 12% 12% 13% 15% 15% South Dakota I I I I I I Wisconsin 9% 10% 11% 11% 13% 14% West 22% 24% 23% 23% 24% 24% Alaska I I I I I I Arizona I I I I I I California 23% 25% 24% 23% 23% 22% Colorado 22% 24% 22% 20% 23% 23% Hawaii I