Table 219.85a.

Percentage of high school dropouts among noninstitutionalized and institutionalized persons 16 to 24 years old (status dropout rate), by race/ethnicity and state: 2014

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State	Total			White			Black			Hispanic			Asian			Pacific Islander			American Indian/Alaska Native			Two or more races
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9
United States	6.3		(0.05)	4.4		(0.06)	7.9		(0.17)	10.7		(0.15)	2.5		(0.14)	10.6		(1.66)	11.5		(0.77)	5.0		(0.26)
Alabama	7.7		(0.49)	7.3		(0.66)	8.5		(0.93)	13.0		(3.25)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	5.1	!	(2.44)
Alaska	2.8		(0.61)	2.6	!	(0.94)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	8.8		(1.70)	‡		(†)
Arizona	8.5		(0.40)	4.8		(0.51)	9.9		(2.19)	12.1		(0.85)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	14.9		(2.12)	5.7	!	(1.83)
Arkansas	6.8		(0.66)	5.2		(0.63)	5.5		(1.04)	13.7		(3.62)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	15.3	!	(5.08)
California	6.0		(0.14)	3.3		(0.18)	7.2		(0.71)	8.8		(0.24)	2.2		(0.24)	6.9	!	(2.43)	7.5		(2.16)	2.6		(0.41)
Colorado	6.4		(0.50)	4.4		(0.57)	5.1	!	(2.16)	11.0		(1.10)	7.7		(2.29)	‡		(†)	20.3	!	(7.68)	5.9	!	(2.33)
Connecticut	4.6		(0.39)	2.5		(0.47)	6.3		(1.45)	11.3		(1.36)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Delaware	6.5		(0.98)	6.6		(1.25)	3.7	!	(1.54)	13.9	!	(4.20)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
District of Columbia	5.0		(0.85)	‡		(†)	8.5		(1.59)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Florida	7.1		(0.25)	5.3		(0.29)	8.3		(0.58)	9.7		(0.60)	2.3	!	(1.0)	‡		(†)	12.8	!	(5.76)	4.8		(1.09)
Georgia	7.0		(0.36)	5.1		(0.32)	8.4		(0.72)	12.8		(1.20)	3.4		(0.97)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	3.3	!	(1.19)
Hawaii	5.0		(0.71)	3.2	!	(1.54)	‡		(†)	10.1	!	(3.08)	3.4		(1.01)	11.3	!	(3.43)	‡		(†)	3.1	!	(1.02)
Idaho	6.4		(0.84)	4.0		(0.61)	‡		(†)	15.7		(3.31)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Illinois	5.1		(0.22)	3.0		(0.21)	8.3		(0.72)	9.2		(0.71)	0.7	!	(0.29)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	4.4	!	(1.64)
Indiana	8.0		(0.45)	7.3		(0.39)	11.0		(1.35)	13.5		(2.52)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	9.3		(2.34)
Iowa	5.0		(0.56)	4.0		(0.52)	10.8	!	(3.77)	12.1		(3.52)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Kansas	5.9		(0.57)	3.4		(0.52)	8.7		(2.28)	17.2		(2.60)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	3.4	!	(1.65)
Kentucky	6.4		(0.45)	6.0		(0.43)	7.3		(1.92)	11.8		(2.67)	11.3	!	(4.70)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	3.4	!	(1.66)
Louisiana	10.6		(0.61)	7.8		(0.77)	13.3		(1.09)	23.9		(4.05)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	5.5	!	(2.45)
Maine	4.7		(0.82)	4.1		(0.87)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	17.8	!	(7.28)
Maryland	6.0		(0.34)	4.4		(0.46)	7.2		(0.70)	12.3		(1.63)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	4.8	!	(1.74)
Massachusetts	3.8		(0.29)	2.3		(0.26)	4.9		(0.99)	9.9		(1.36)	2.9		(0.86)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	4.5	!	(2.16)
Michigan	6.0		(0.31)	4.5		(0.34)	10.8		(1.01)	11.3		(1.67)	3.5	!	(1.21)	‡		(†)	13.4		(3.23)	4.7		(1.19)
Minnesota	4.0		(0.39)	3.0		(0.37)	6.2	!	(1.98)	11.5		(2.23)	2.1	!	(0.82)	‡		(†)	10.5	!	(4.15)	‡		(†)
Mississippi	8.4		(0.49)	6.6		(0.77)	9.3		(0.91)	24.0		(4.33)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	10.7	!	(5.21)
Missouri	5.8		(0.33)	5.1		(0.35)	8.6		(1.04)	9.3		(2.01)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	6.0	!	(2.94)
Montana	6.7		(1.25)	4.7		(1.13)	‡		(†)	11.1	!	(4.12)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	22.0	!	(7.10)	‡		(†)
Nebraska	3.9		(0.61)	2.3		(0.43)	4.0	!	(1.90)	11.4		(3.10)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Nevada	8.6		(0.62)	6.7		(0.92)	12.2		(2.76)	11.6		(1.21)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	6.3	!	(2.35)
New Hampshire	3.7		(0.71)	3.1		(0.74)	‡		(†)	15.1	!	(6.54)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
New Jersey	4.6		(0.28)	2.0		(0.23)	6.0		(0.76)	10.3		(0.87)	0.9	!	(0.37)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	5.4	!	(1.98)
New Mexico	9.5		(0.82)	7.7		(1.57)	‡		(†)	10.4		(1.12)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	13.4		(2.51)	‡		(†)
New York	6.0		(0.22)	3.6		(0.20)	7.9		(0.57)	11.6		(0.57)	3.3		(0.62)	‡		(†)	11.3		(2.99)	4.4		(1.12)
North Carolina	5.8		(0.29)	4.8		(0.33)	5.7		(0.56)	12.3		(1.32)	3.4	!	(1.06)	‡		(†)	7.2	!	(2.19)	3.6	!	(1.46)
North Dakota	5.3		(1.07)	4.7		(1.24)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	9.4	!	(3.48)	‡		(†)
Ohio	6.1		(0.35)	5.5		(0.36)	8.6		(0.90)	9.8		(1.61)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	5.7	!	(1.87)
Oklahoma	7.9		(0.54)	6.3		(0.64)	6.5		(1.54)	16.5		(1.67)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	8.8		(1.69)	9.7		(1.71)
Oregon	6.8		(0.54)	4.9		(0.53)	16.7	!	(6.50)	14.6		(2.11)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	3.9	!	(1.38)
Pennsylvania	5.5		(0.27)	4.6		(0.27)	7.2		(0.88)	12.5		(1.77)	2.1	!	(0.71)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	2.9	!	(1.37)
Rhode Island	6.1		(0.83)	4.1		(0.79)	‡		(†)	14.5		(2.79)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
South Carolina	7.3		(0.39)	5.5		(0.47)	10.1		(0.95)	9.4		(1.98)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	11.5	!	(3.75)
South Dakota	6.6		(1.24)	4.7		(1.30)	‡		(†)	9.3	!	(3.79)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	19.1		(4.75)	‡		(†)
Tennessee	5.6		(0.35)	4.2		(0.36)	7.2		(1.15)	16.8		(2.33)	5.8	!	(2.74)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	6.5	!	(2.85)
Texas	7.5		(0.18)	4.3		(0.26)	5.1		(0.47)	11.2		(0.35)	2.6		(0.71)	‡		(†)	11.7	!	(5.27)	5.4		(1.17)
Utah	6.6		(0.58)	5.3		(0.60)	‡		(†)	13.0		(2.04)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	21.4		(5.13)	2.8	!	(1.38)
Vermont	2.7	!	(0.88)	2.5	!	(0.90)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Virginia	4.2		(0.35)	2.3		(0.27)	6.5		(0.87)	9.4		(1.55)	3.1		(0.92)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	4.8		(1.42)
Washington	7.1		(0.43)	4.8		(0.42)	9.6		(2.56)	15.8		(1.75)	2.7	!	(0.86)	14.7	!	(5.04)	13.2		(2.93)	7.3		(1.54)
West Virginia	6.7		(0.69)	6.9		(0.74)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Wisconsin	4.7		(0.39)	3.4		(0.31)	10.0		(1.79)	9.4		(2.35)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	5.7	!	(2.11)
Wyoming	4.3		(1.02)	2.6		(0.73)	‡		(†)	10.1	!	(4.82)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	24.6	!	(10.27)	‡		(†)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

NOTE: "Status" dropouts are 16- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and who have not completed a high school program, regardless of when they left school. People who have received GED credentials are counted as high school completers. Data are based on a sample survey of the noninstitutionalized and institutionalized populations. The noninstitutionalized population includes persons living in households as well as persons living in college and university housing, military quarters, facilities for workers and religious groups, and temporary shelters for the homeless. The institutionalized population includes persons living in adult and juvenile correctional facilities, nursing facilities, and other health care facilities. Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 1-year sample, 2014. (This table was prepared July 2016.)