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Ages 18–19 enrolled: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Ages 18–19 enrolled. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in School enrollment by age and state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 74 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 97.6 %
RI 88.9 %
DE 75 %
CT 76.5 %
NJ 81.4 %
MD 75.9 %
MA 83.8 %
VT 83 %
NH 72.9 %

Lowest: 38.8 to 68.8 %
Group 2: 68.8 to 71.8 %
Group 3: 71.8 to 74.5 %
Group 4: 74.5 to 77.4 %
Highest: 77.4 to 97.6 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	District of Columbia	97.6
2	Rhode Island	88.9
3	Massachusetts	83.8
4	Vermont	83
5	New Jersey	81.4
6	Pennsylvania	80.7
7	New York	79.5
8	Maine	79
9	California	78.5
10	North Dakota	77.8
11	Iowa	77.4
12	Minnesota	77.1
13	Connecticut	76.5
14	Nebraska	76
15	Maryland	75.9
16	Florida	75.4
16	South Dakota	75.4
18	Illinois	75.2
19	Delaware	75
20	Mississippi	74.9
21	Wisconsin	74.5
22	Alabama	73.6
22	Michigan	73.6
24	Virginia	73.4
25	New Hampshire	72.9
26	Arizona	72.8
27	Kansas	72.5
28	Ohio	72.4
29	Indiana	72
30	Washington	71.9
31	West Virginia	71.8
32	Missouri	71.7
32	Oklahoma	71.7
34	North Carolina	71.5
35	Kentucky	70.9
36	Tennessee	70.4
37	Colorado	70.3
38	New Mexico	70.2
39	Texas	70.1
40	Georgia	69.6
41	Oregon	68.8
42	Hawaii	68.5
43	South Carolina	67.2
44	Louisiana	66.6
45	Wyoming	65.6
46	Utah	64.9
47	Arkansas	64.2
48	Montana	64.1
49	Idaho	61.3
50	Nevada	58.7
51	Alaska	38.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1401: School Enrollment. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by ages 18–19 enrolled (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1401; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-ages-18-to-19-enrolled/

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