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Ages 20–24 enrolled: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Ages 20–24 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: 39.5 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 51.2 %
RI 45.8 %
DE 41.8 %
CT 49.2 %
NJ 45.5 %
MD 42.5 %
MA 50.5 %
VT 42 %
NH 37.3 %

Lowest: 22.4 to 33.1 %
Group 2: 33.1 to 36.5 %
Group 3: 36.5 to 38 %
Group 4: 38 to 41.9 %
Highest: 41.9 to 51.2 %

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	51.2
2	Massachusetts	50.5
3	Connecticut	49.2
4	California	46.3
5	Rhode Island	45.8
6	New Jersey	45.5
7	New York	44.4
8	Maryland	42.5
9	Illinois	42
9	Vermont	42
11	Pennsylvania	41.9
12	Delaware	41.8
13	Virginia	41.7
14	Maine	41.5
14	Utah	41.5
16	Florida	41.4
17	Georgia	39.9
18	North Dakota	38.7
19	North Carolina	38.6
20	Iowa	38.2
21	Alabama	38
22	Mississippi	37.7
23	Hawaii	37.4
24	Michigan	37.3
24	New Hampshire	37.3
26	Kansas	37.1
26	Minnesota	37.1
28	Colorado	37
28	Wisconsin	37
30	Oregon	36.7
31	Louisiana	36.5
31	Nebraska	36.5
33	Indiana	36.4
34	Ohio	36.3
35	Texas	36
36	South Carolina	35.8
37	Arizona	35.4
38	West Virginia	34.7
39	Missouri	33.5
40	Idaho	33.3
41	Oklahoma	33.1
42	Wyoming	32.9
43	Washington	32.8
44	Kentucky	32.4
44	New Mexico	32.4
46	South Dakota	32
47	Tennessee	31.5
48	Arkansas	31.2
49	Montana	29.8
50	Nevada	29.2
51	Alaska	22.4

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 20–24 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-20-to-24-enrolled/

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