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Table 7 |
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Family
Formation and Stability Measure* |
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Rates and Ranks of CY 2006 and CY 2005 Performance Rates and |
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Percentage Point Changes of CY 2006 Performance over 2005 (in
percent) |
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| State | Performance | Percentage Point Change CY 2006 over CY 2005 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CY 2006 | CY 2005 | |||||
| Rate | Rank | Rate | Rank | Change | Rank | |
| U.S. Average** | 68.37 | 68.67 | (0.30) | |||
| Alabama | 63.91 | 46 | 63.86 | 43 | 0.05 | 18 |
| Alaska | 70.41 | 25 | 69.45 | 32 | 0.96 | 10 |
| Arizona | 67.88 | 36 | 67.60 | 27 | 0.28 | 15 |
| Arkansas | 65.70 | 39 | 66.17 | 45 | (0.47) | 30 |
| California | 70.22 | 19 | 70.75 | 21 | (0.53) | 32 |
| Colorado | 72.42 | 10 | 72.89 | 16 | (0.47) | 30 |
| Connecticut | 71.92 | 17 | 70.90 | 19 | 1.02 | 9 |
| Delaware | 65.01 | 40 | 66.07 | 42 | (1.06) | 40 |
| Dist. of Col. | 37.32 | 52 | 35.71 | 51 | 1.61 | 5 |
| Florida | 65.27 | 45 | 64.40 | 44 | 0.87 | 11 |
| Georgia | 63.75 | 44 | 65.26 | 40 | (1.51) | 45 |
| Guam | ||||||
| Hawaii | 73.40 | 4 | 75.63 | 5 | (2.23) | 50 |
| Idaho | 78.23 | 3 | 76.42 | 4 | 1.81 | 4 |
| Illinois | 69.38 | 23 | 69.92 | 20 | (0.54) | 34 |
| Indiana | 68.02 | 24 | 69.69 | 18 | (1.67) | 48 |
| Iowa | 73.49 | 9 | 73.68 | 8 | (0.19) | 23 |
| Kansas | 72.31 | 11 | 72.85 | 7 | (0.54) | 33 |
| Kentucky | 68.21 | 26 | 69.37 | 28 | (1.16) | 42 |
| Louisiana | 59.98 | 49 | 58.90 | 50 | 1.08 | 8 |
| Maine | 67.95 | 32 | 68.23 | 38 | (0.28) | 27 |
| Maryland | 67.31 | 33 | 68.19 | 37 | (0.88) | 36 |
| Massachusetts | 72.24 | 18 | 70.88 | 17 | 1.36 | 6 |
| Michigan | 68.19 | 28 | 68.77 | 33 | (0.58) | 35 |
| Minnesota | 74.12 | 8 | 74.37 | 3 | (0.25) | 25 |
| Mississippi | 56.52 | 51 | 54.53 | 49 | 1.99 | 3 |
| Missouri | 68.35 | 37 | 67.53 | 30 | 0.82 | 12 |
| Montana | 75.46 | 13 | 71.76 | 13 | 3.70 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 75.03 | 6 | 75.12 | 2 | (0.09) | 20 |
| Nevada | 66.75 | 30 | 68.72 | 31 | (1.97) | 49 |
| New Hampshire | 75.15 | 5 | 75.56 | 9 | (0.41) | 29 |
| New Jersey | 72.44 | 12 | 72.14 | 10 | 0.30 | 14 |
| New Mexico | 64.47 | 47 | 63.21 | 46 | 1.26 | 7 |
| New York | 65.93 | 42 | 65.71 | 39 | 0.22 | 16 |
| North Carolina | 65.45 | 43 | 65.70 | 41 | (0.25) | 25 |
| North Dakota | 75.58 | 2 | 76.61 | 6 | (1.03) | 38 |
| Ohio | 66.58 | 35 | 67.78 | 35 | (1.20) | 43 |
| Oklahoma | 66.54 | 34 | 68.11 | 34 | (1.57) | 47 |
| Oregon | 70.63 | 21 | 70.65 | 24 | (0.02) | 19 |
| Pennsylvania | 68.46 | 31 | 68.65 | 26 | (0.19) | 23 |
| Puerto Rico | 56.20 | 50 | 57.60 | (1.40) | 44 | |
| Rhode Island | 64.86 | 37 | 67.53 | 48 | (2.67) | 52 |
| South Carolina | 61.11 | 48 | 62.67 | 47 | (1.56) | 46 |
| South Dakota | 71.15 | 16 | 71.03 | 14 | 0.12 | 17 |
| Tennessee | 64.89 | 41 | 65.94 | 36 | (1.05) | 39 |
| Texas | 68.38 | 27 | 69.27 | 29 | (0.89) | 37 |
| Utah | 82.09 | 1 | 83.17 | 1 | (1.08) | 41 |
| Vermont | 71.19 | 29 | 68.73 | 12 | 2.46 | 2 |
| Virgin Islands | ||||||
| Virginia | 70.40 | 20 | 70.72 | 23 | (0.32) | 28 |
| Washington | 71.15 | 14 | 71.32 | 25 | (0.17) | 21 |
| West Virginia | 70.30 | 22 | 70.48 | 15 | (0.18) | 22 |
| Wisconsin | 71.53 | 15 | 71.19 | 22 | 0.34 | 13 |
| Wyoming | 72.10 | 7 | 74.40 | 11 | (2.30) | 51 |
| * Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Only calendar year data are available. Rate is the number of children under 18 residing in married family couple groups as a percent of all children under 18 years in households. | ||||||
| ** U.S. Average excludes Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. | ||||||
