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High Performance Bonus Awards Year 2004

 

Table 7

High Performance Bonus Awards for Performance Year 2004
Family Formation and Stability Measure*
Rates and Ranks of CY 2004 and CY 2003 Performance Rates and
Percentage Point Changes of CY 2004 Performance over 2003 (in percent)
State Performance Percentage Point Change
CY 2004 over CY 2003
CY 2004 CY 2003
Rate Rank Rate Rank Change Rank
U.S. Average** 69.17   69.29   (0.12)  
Alabama 64.40 43 64.18 43 0.22 18
Alaska 69.04 32 *** *** *** ***
Arizona 69.98 27 64.90 42 5.08 1
Arkansas 63.16 45 67.17 38 (4.01) 45
California 71.42 21 70.51 27 0.91 9
Colorado 72.72 16 73.08 11 (0.36) 23
Connecticut 71.90 19 71.72 19 0.18 19
Delaware 65.40 42 67.47 35 (2.07) 41
Dist. of Col. 32.43 51 38.01 49 (5.58) 48
Florida 63.60 44 63.85 44 (0.25) 21
Georgia 65.82 40 66.90 40 (1.08) 36
Guam *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hawaii 76.01 5 71.78 18 4.23 2
Idaho 76.11 4 79.29 3 (3.18) 43
Illinois 71.81 20 70.55 26 1.26 6
Indiana 72.07 18 71.80 17 0.27 17
Iowa 75.20 8 76.09 7 (0.89) 32
Kansas 75.59 7 73.89 10 1.70 5
Kentucky 69.80 28 70.36 29 (0.56) 28
Louisiana 56.34 50 57.63 48 (1.29) 38
Maine 66.54 38 71.37 22 (4.83) 47
Maryland 66.71 37 67.31 37 (0.60) 29
Massachusetts 72.47 17 71.57 20 0.90 10
Michigan 68.76 33 69.32 31 (0.56) 27
Minnesota 76.70 3 77.11 5 (0.41) 25
Mississippi 57.36 49 57.75 47 (0.39) 24
Missouri 69.18 30 70.44 28 (1.26) 37
Montana 72.96 13 72.15 14 0.81 12
Nebraska 76.86 2 79.40 2 (2.54) 42
Nevada 69.08 31 68.77 33 0.31 15
New Hampshire 74.59 9 73.90 9 0.69 13
New Jersey 74.14 10 73.03 12 1.11 8
New Mexico 62.66 46 62.69 45 (0.03) 20
New York 66.21 39 65.08 41 1.13 7
North Carolina 65.55 41 *** *** *** ***
North Dakota 75.83 6 76.63 6 (0.80) 31
Ohio 67.41 35 68.37 34 (0.96) 34
Oklahoma 67.64 34 71.29 23 (3.65) 44
Oregon 70.82 24 71.87 16 (1.05) 35
Pennsylvania 70.06 26 69.18 32 0.88 11
Puerto Rico *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rhode Island 60.90 48 67.47 35 (6.57) 49
South Carolina 61.95 47 62.64 46 (0.69) 30
South Dakota 72.95 14 77.22 4 (4.27) 46
Tennessee 66.86 36 67.17 38 (0.31) 22
Texas 69.54 29 71.51 21 (1.97) 40
Utah 83.69 1 83.39 1 0.30 16
Vermont 73.13 12 71.05 24 2.08 4
Virgin Islands *** *** *** *** *** ***
Virginia 71.00 23 71.90 15 (0.90) 33
Washington 70.58 25 70.21 30 0.37 14
West Virginia 72.81 15 70.64 25 2.17 3
Wisconsin 71.02 22 72.59 13 (1.57) 39
Wyoming 73.98 11 74.51 8 (0.53) 26
* 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.
*** State not participating.