State

07 Recruitment Rate

08 Recruitment Rate

Difference 07-08

US

1.54

1.74

0.20

Northeast

1.04

1.17

0.13

Connecticut

0.85

0.69

-0.16

Maine

3.25

2.68

-0.57

Massachusetts

0.78

0.95

0.17

New Hampshire

1.79

2.91

1.12

New Jersey

1.01

1.25

0.24

New York

1.12

1.26

0.14

Pennsylvania

1.01

1.04

0.03

Rhode Island

0.78

1.08

0.30

Vermont

2.04

1.86

-0.18

Midwest

1.19

1.13

-0.07

Illinois

1.24

1.17

-0.08

Indiana

1.08

1.01

-0.07

Iowa

1.19

1.06

-0.13

Kansas

2.51

2.16

-0.35

Michigan

1.02

0.93

-0.09

Minnesota

0.73

0.98

0.25

Missouri

1.52

1.30

-0.22

Nebraska

1.35

1.41

0.06

North Dakota

2.08

0.00

-2.08

Ohio

1.02

1.08

0.06

South Dakota

1.47

0.63

-0.84

Wisconsin

1.40

1.23

-0.17

South

1.84

2.15

0.31

Alabama

2.02

2.30

0.28

Arkansas

1.61

1.34

-0.27

Delaware

0.87

1.43

0.55

District of Columbia

0.57

0.65

0.08

Florida

1.68

1.99

0.31

Georgia

2.19

2.76

0.57

Kentucky

1.51

1.63

0.12

Louisiana

1.30

1.31

0.01

Maryland

1.01

1.31

0.30

Mississippi

1.07

1.25

0.18

North Carolina

2.50

2.87

0.37

Oklahoma

2.45

2.49

0.04

South Carolina

2.51

2.83

0.33

Tennessee

1.02

1.37

0.35

Texas

2.13

2.56

0.43

Virginia

2.29

2.56

0.28

West Virginia

2.29

2.04

-0.25

West

1.37

1.56

0.19

Alaska

2.96

2.76

-0.20

Arizona

2.61

2.56

-0.05

California

1.11

1.29

0.17

Colorado

2.23

1.73

-0.50

Hawaii

2.74

3.49

0.75

Idaho

2.49

2.56

0.07

Montana

0.00

5.50

5.50

Nevada

1.39

1.85

0.46

New Mexico

1.35

2.12

0.76

Oregon

1.06

1.90

0.84

Utah

1.17

2.56

1.39

Washington

1.74

1.96

0.23

Wyoming

1.86

1.57

-0.30