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. |
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