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Ages 3–4 enrolled: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Ages 3–4 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: 48.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 84 %
RI 49.5 %
DE 47.1 %
CT 58.3 %
NJ 67.5 %
MD 52 %
MA 57.5 %
VT 61.6 %
NH 54 %

Lowest: 28.2 to 39.5 %
Group 2: 39.5 to 44.6 %
Group 3: 44.6 to 47.2 %
Group 4: 47.2 to 52.3 %
Highest: 52.3 to 84 %

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	84
2	New Jersey	67.5
3	New York	61.9
4	Vermont	61.6
5	Connecticut	58.3
6	Massachusetts	57.5
7	Louisiana	56.6
8	Illinois	56.4
9	New Hampshire	54
10	Hawaii	53.3
11	Mississippi	52.3
12	Maryland	52
13	Florida	51.2
14	Georgia	49.7
15	Maine	49.6
16	Rhode Island	49.5
17	California	49.1
18	Kansas	48.9
18	New Mexico	48.9
20	South Carolina	47.6
21	Virginia	47.2
22	Delaware	47.1
23	Pennsylvania	47
24	Washington	46.7
25	Wyoming	46.5
26	Colorado	46.4
27	Alabama	46.1
28	Texas	46
29	Oregon	45.8
30	North Carolina	44.7
31	Arkansas	44.6
32	Michigan	44.4
33	Iowa	43.5
34	Missouri	42.9
34	Ohio	42.9
36	Indiana	41.7
37	Utah	41.1
38	Arizona	40.3
39	Minnesota	39.9
40	Tennessee	39.5
40	Wisconsin	39.5
42	Nevada	39.2
43	Alaska	38.7
44	North Dakota	38.5
45	Kentucky	37.1
46	Idaho	36.9
47	Nebraska	36.2
48	West Virginia	35.3
49	Oklahoma	34.5
50	Montana	33.9
51	South Dakota	28.2

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 3–4 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-3-to-4-enrolled/

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