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High Performance Measures Performance Year 2005

Table 3

Family Formation and Stability Performance Measure for Performance Year 2005*
Rates and Ranks of CY 2005 and CY 2004 Performance Rates and
Percentage Point Changes of CY 2005 Performance over 2004 (in percent)

State Performance Percentage Point
Change CY 2005
over CY 2004
CY 2005 CY 2004
Rate Rank Rate Rank Change Rank
U.S. Average** 68.67 . 69.17 . (0.50) .
Alabama 63.86 46 64.40 43 (0.54) 31
Alaska 69.45 25 69.04 32 0.41 16
Arizona 67.60 36 69.98 27 (2.38) 48
Arkansas 66.17 39 63.16 45 3.01 3
California 70.75 19 71.42 21 (0.67) 33
Colorado 72.89 10 72.72 16 0.17 19
Connecticut 70.90 17 71.90 19 (1.00) 35
Delaware 66.07 40 65.40 42 0.67 12
Dist. of Col. 35.71 52 32.43 51 3.28 2
Florida 64.40 45 63.60 44 0.80 8
Georgia 65.26 44 65.82 40 (0.56) 32
Guam . . . . . .
Hawaii 75.63 4 76.01 5 (0.38) 27
Idaho 76.42 3 76.11 4 0.31 18
Illinois 69.92 23 71.81 20 (1.89) 42
Indiana 69.69 24 72.07 18 (2.38) 47
Iowa 73.68 9 75.20 8 (1.52) 38
Kansas 72.85 11 75.59 7 (2.74) 49
Kentucky 69.37 26 69.80 28 (0.43) 28
Louisiana 58.90 49 56.34 50 2.56 4
Maine 68.23 32 66.54 38 1.69 5
Maryland 68.19 33 66.71 37 1.48 6
Massachusetts 70.88 18 72.47 17 (1.59) 39
Michigan 68.77 28 68.76 33 0.01 22
Minnesota 74.37 8 76.70 3 (2.33) 45
Mississippi 54.53 51 57.36 49 (2.83) 50
Missouri 67.53 37 69.18 30 (1.65) 40
Montana 71.76 13 72.96 13 (1.20) 36
Nebraska 75.12 6 76.86 2 (1.74) 41
Nevada 68.72 30 69.08 31 (0.36) 26
New Hampshire 75.56 5 74.59 9 0.97 7
New Jersey 72.14 12 74.14 10 (2.00) 44
New Mexico 63.21 47 62.66 46 0.55 13
New York 65.71 42 66.21 39 (0.50) 29
North Carolina 65.70 43 65.55 41 0.15 21
North Dakota 76.61 2 75.83 6 0.78 9
Ohio 67.78 35 67.41 35 0.37 17
Oklahoma 68.11 34 67.64 34 0.47 14
Oregon 70.65 21 70.82 24 (0.17) 23
Pennsylvania 68.65 31 70.06 26 (1.41) 37
Puerto Rico 57.60 50 . . . ,
Rhode Island 67.53 37 60.90 48 6.63 1
South Carolina 62.67 48 61.95 47 0.72 11
South Dakota 71.03 16 72.95 14 (1.92) 43
Tennessee 65.94 41 66.86 36 (0.92) 34
Texas 69.27 27 69.54 29 (0.27) 24
Utah 83.17 1 83.69 1 (0.52) 30
Vermont 68.73 29 73.13 12 (4.40) 51
Virgin Islands . . . . . .
Virginia 70.72 20 71.00 23 (0.28) 25
Washington 71.32 14 70.58 25 0.74 10
West Virginia 70.48 22 72.81 15 (2.33) 45
Wisconsin 71.19 15 71.02 22 0.17 19
Wyoming 74.40 7 73.98 11 0.42 15
* 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.