2016 Citizen-Readiness Index Infographic
More than three-quarters of states earn a grade of "C" or worse on citizen-readiness
Citizen-Readiness Index
Created as part of the 2016 Citizen Readiness Index report, this infographic features 50-state data on how many young Americans are not citizen ready.
The index measures citizen-readiness along three indicators needed to demonstrate whether today’s young adults are contributing to a strong citizenry:
Unprepared for the workforce (percentage of young adults who aren’t employed or in school)
Involved in crime (number of arrests by young adults)
Unqualified for the military (percentage of young adults ineligible for military service)
As demonstrated in the infographic below, states were given both an overall citizen-readiness grade and indicator-specific grades. Washington, D.C. was excluded from this analysis. More than three-quarters of the states earned a grade of C or worse.
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States
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado*
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois*
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine*
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi*
- Missouri
- Montana
- National
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio*
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania*
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas*
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington*
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming