State Rankings

112th
112th
Congress
1996-2012
Congress
rank
State grade level Percentile grade level Percentile
1 ME
12.29
0.980
12.76
1.000
2 RI
12.51
1.000
12.64
0.980
3 AZ
10.94
0.224
12.46
0.959
4 HI
12.12
0.918
12.17
0.939
5 MS
11.86
0.857
11.92
0.918
6 CA
11.92
0.898
11.91
0.898
7 IN
11.82
0.816
11.85
0.878
8 NV
11.48
0.531
11.82
0.857
9 NJ
12.17
0.939
11.8
0.837
10 CT
12.2
0.959
11.79
0.816
11 PA
11.75
0.755
11.7
0.796
12 NY
11.69
0.714
11.57
0.776
13 SD
11.74
0.735
11.49
0.755
14 CO
11.57
0.633
11.46
0.714
15 MI
11.48
0.531
11.46
0.714
16 VA
11.83
0.837
11.43
0.694
17 NC
11.32
0.449
11.35
0.653
18 IL
11.27
0.408
11.35
0.653
19 MA
11.78
0.776
11.31
0.633
20 FL
11.47
0.510
11.3
0.612
21 OH
11.2
0.367
11.29
0.592
22 NH
11.89
0.878
11.28
0.551
23 IA
11.14
0.327
11.28
0.551
24 TX
11.59
0.653
11.26
0.531
25 KS
11.22
0.388
11.23
0.510
26 NE
11.52
0.592
11.2
0.490
27 WV
11.65
0.694
11.18
0.469
28 NM
11.81
0.796
11.14
0.429
29 VT
11.46
0.490
11.14
0.429
30 ID
11.48
0.531
11.08
0.408
31 WI
11.44
0.469
11.06
0.388
32 AL
11.59
0.653
10.75
0.367
33 DE
11.1
0.286
10.74
0.327
34 WA
10.96
0.245
10.74
0.327
35 SC
10.7
0.143
10.65
0.306
36 MD
11.14
0.327
10.63
0.224
37 KY
11.13
0.306
10.63
0.224
38 OK
10.81
0.184
10.63
0.224
39 TN
10.63
0.102
10.63
0.224
40 UT
11.05
0.265
10.57
0.184
41 GA
10.42
0.041
10.57
0.184
42 OR
11.27
0.408
10.56
0.163
43 AR
10.5
0.082
10.5
0.143
44 MO
10.87
0.204
10.42
0.122
45 LA
10.71
0.163
10.29
0.102
46 MN
10.65
0.122
10.27
0.082
47 WY
10.42
0.041
10.19
0.061
48 AK
11.55
0.612
10.06
0.041
49 ND
9.89
0.000
9.91
0.020
50 MT
10.23
0.020
9.5
0.000

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