Ten-Year Summary of Bar Passage Rates, Overall and First-Time, 2012–2021

Jurisdiction:

Bar Passage Type:

ID	Jurisdiction	Bar Passage Type	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
1	Alabama	Overall	64%	64%	62%	54%	53%	52%	46%	52%	46%	48%
2	Alabama	First-Time	76%	78%	79%	71%	70%	70%	70%	77%	69%	68%
3	Alaska	Overall	67%	66%	66%	62%	61%	53%	59%	49%	64%	62%
4	Alaska	First-Time	78%	80%	78%	76%	71%	62%	70%	62%	76%	74%
5	Arizona	Overall	75%	73%	67%	57%	51%	50%	53%	58%	62%	62%
6	Arizona	First-Time	80%	78%	73%	66%	63%	64%	69%	74%	76%	77%
7	Arkansas	Overall	68%	65%	63%	65%	57%	63%	53%	57%	70%	67%
8	Arkansas	First-Time	76%	76%	76%	77%	69%	77%	70%	73%	84%	76%
9	California	Overall	51%	51%	47%	44%	40%	44%	36%	43%	50%	48%
10	California	First-Time	65%	65%	60%	57%	54%	58%	52%	59%	67%	67%
11	Colorado	Overall	77%	76%	74%	69%	69%	69%	64%	69%	71%	67%
12	Colorado	First-Time	84%	82%	78%	76%	76%	75%	73%	77%	79%	76%
13	Connecticut	Overall	73%	73%	75%	72%	67%	64%	49%	53%	59%	55%
14	Connecticut	First-Time	82%	81%	86%	82%	77%	76%	63%	69%	72%	70%
15	Delaware **	Overall	63%	72%	63%	66%	66%	69%	60%	52%	—	67%
16	Delaware **	First-Time	69%	78%	69%	73%	69%	76%	68%	61%	—	71%
17	District of Columbia	Overall	51%	47%	40%	42%	57%	64%	62%	63%	64%	67%
18	District of Columbia	First-Time	68%	61%	57%	55%	68%	70%	67%	73%	73%	81%
19	Florida	Overall	71%	70%	65%	59%	54%	55%	51%	56%	53%	56%
20	Florida	First-Time	79%	78%	72%	68%	66%	68%	65%	70%	69%	70%
21	Georgia	Overall	75%	76%	71%	64%	62%	58%	53%	56%	59%	58%
22	Georgia	First-Time	84%	85%	80%	76%	71%	72%	70%	77%	75%	78%
23	Hawaii	Overall	68%	73%	67%	66%	71%	68%	68%	63%	68%	71%
24	Hawaii	First-Time	75%	81%	74%	76%	79%	76%	80%	73%	80%	74%
25	Idaho	Overall	80%	79%	68%	69%	72%	74%	67%	64%	63%	64%
26	Idaho	First-Time	86%	83%	73%	72%	79%	79%	75%	73%	77%	73%
27	llinois	Overall	81%	82%	79%	74%	69%	69%	66%	66%	66%	61%
28	llinois	First-Time	87%	88%	85%	80%	77%	79%	76%	79%	80%	76%
29	Indiana	Overall	72%	74%	69%	71%	61%	61%	60%	60%	68%	64%
30	Indiana	First-Time	79%	83%	79%	79%	70%	73%	73%	74%	80%	76%
31	Iowa	Overall	88%	88%	83%	82%	68%	78%	74%	73%	73%	68%
32	Iowa	First-Time	92%	93%	84%	89%	74%	86%	84%	82%	82%	74%
33	Kansas	Overall	84%	85%	82%	78%	72%	75%	66%	84%	83%	73%
34	Kansas	First-Time	89%	89%	86%	82%	77%	82%	75%	87%	89%	78%
35	Kentucky	Overall	76%	75%	76%	71%	70%	61%	63%	64%	68%	68%
36	Kentucky	First-Time	82%	81%	81%	76%	74%	69%	74%	75%	81%	77%
37	Louisiana	Overall	59%	50%	62%	63%	65%	68%	66%	65%	55%	64%
38	Louisiana	First-Time	63%	58%	69%	68%	72%	77%	75%	74%	60%	74%
39	Maine	Overall	68%	76%	71%	61%	68%	63%	55%	46%	75%	59%
40	Maine	First-Time	73%	81%	76%	69%	76%	74%	66%	55%	84%	64%
41	Maryland	Overall	71%	73%	69%	58%	60%	55%	51%	61%	62%	60%
42	Maryland	First-Time	78%	80%	76%	65%	70%	66%	65%	77%	76%	74%
43	Massachusetts	Overall	77%	78%	73%	68%	65%	64%	62%	65%	67%	67%
44	Massachusetts	First-Time	83%	85%	81%	77%	76%	77%	76%	80%	82%	81%
45	Michigan	Overall	58%	62%	64%	61%	65%	64%	63%	60%	67%	59%
46	Michigan	First-Time	64%	69%	72%	72%	75%	75%	74%	70%	78%	72%
47	Minnesota	Overall	85%	85%	79%	73%	71%	68%	69%	70%	74%	69%
48	Minnesota	First-Time	91%	90%	84%	81%	79%	80%	78%	81%	84%	79%
49	Mississippi	Overall	73%	77%	79%	75%	69%	52%	48%	65%	71%	67%
50	Mississippi	First-Time	81%	85%	87%	84%	75%	64%	62%	79%	79%	74%
51	Missouri	Overall	89%	87%	84%	83%	78%	79%	72%	73%	75%	72%
52	Missouri	First-Time	92%	90%	87%	87%	83%	86%	82%	82%	85%	82%
53	Montana	Overall	91%	85%	65%	66%	74%	77%	74%	80%	76%	71%
54	Montana	First-Time	93%	89%	70%	70%	80%	83%	72%	85%	82%	76%
55	Nebraska	Overall	73%	74%	70%	76%	77%	74%	70%	72%	75%	69%
56	Nebraska	First-Time	83%	77%	77%	82%	83%	82%	78%	82%	85%	73%
57	Nevada	Overall	64%	61%	57%	60%	52%	59%	54%	60%	59%	61%
58	Nevada	First-Time	73%	73%	68%	71%	60%	71%	68%	70%	71%	66%
59	New Hampshire	Overall	82%	71%	81%	67%	68%	68%	46%	56%	68%	62%
60	New Hampshire	First-Time	84%	75%	86%	70%	72%	75%	56%	67%	76%	69%
61	New Jersey	Overall	71%	75%	71%	65%	58%	58%	54%	59%	61%	53%
62	New Jersey	First-Time	78%	79%	76%	71%	67%	70%	70%	76%	71%	69%
63	New Mexico	Overall	84%	83%	83%	75%	66%	77%	68%	68%	83%	71%
64	New Mexico	First-Time	89%	91%	88%	82%	73%	86%	73%	75%	86%	77%
65	New York	Overall	61%	64%	60%	56%	57%	61%	56%	59%	66%	60%
66	New York	First-Time	74%	76%	73%	68%	71%	76%	71%	74%	80%	76%
67	North Carolina	Overall	65%	59%	60%	53%	52%	52%	47%	69%	71%	70%
68	North Carolina	First-Time	75%	69%	69%	65%	62%	65%	65%	80%	84%	80%
69	North Dakota	Overall	78%	72%	63%	64%	58%	54%	58%	66%	73%	63%
70	North Dakota	First-Time	81%	80%	65%	80%	73%	71%	75%	79%	78%	74%
71	Ohio	Overall	76%	79%	73%	71%	67%	65%	65%	67%	71%	68%
72	Ohio	First-Time	84%	86%	81%	78%	75%	75%	77%	79%	84%	79%
73	Oklahoma	Overall	80%	81%	76%	68%	68%	81%	72%	76%	77%	74%
74	Oklahoma	First-Time	84%	86%	84%	75%	77%	87%	80%	84%	87%	78%
75	Oregon	Overall	72%	73%	65%	61%	58%	75%	70%	69%	76%	75%
76	Oregon	First-Time	81%	80%	73%	68%	64%	82%	76%	81%	82%	81%
77	Pennsylvania	Overall	73%	73%	71%	66%	66%	68%	66%	69%	69%	64%
78	Pennsylvania	First-Time	82%	81%	81%	77%	75%	80%	77%	80%	80%	75%
79	Rhode Island	Overall	78%	71%	73%	63%	58%	58%	54%	56%	56%	71%
80	Rhode Island	First-Time	83%	76%	77%	69%	65%	65%	63%	62%	60%	74%
81	South Carolina	Overall	67%	75%	68%	69%	63%	65%	60%	67%	66%	64%
82	South Carolina	First-Time	73%	79%	73%	73%	71%	72%	72%	75%	73%	74%
83	South Dakota	Overall	83%	87%	72%	56%	50%	58%	56%	75%	61%	71%
84	South Dakota	First-Time	86%	91%	75%	70%	55%	68%	78%	82%	70%	70%
85	Tennessee	Overall	68%	73%	66%	61%	59%	60%	56%	64%	66%	57%
86	Tennessee	First-Time	73%	82%	72%	72%	72%	74%	74%	78%	79%	69%
87	Texas	Overall	75%	80%	70%	65%	66%	65%	59%	64%	61%	64%
88	Texas	First-Time	82%	85%	77%	71%	75%	75%	71%	75%	74%	76%
89	Utah	Overall	77%	82%	80%	76%	71%	76%	74%	78%	65%	82%
90	Utah	First-Time	82%	87%	87%	79%	78%	83%	84%	86%	78%	90%
91	Vermont	Overall	65%	76%	67%	50%	65%	59%	68%	60%	69%	55%
92	Vermont	First-Time	69%	83%	75%	57%	68%	69%	77%	62%	75%	62%
93	Virginia	Overall	69%	71%	66%	68%	68%	66%	66%	71%	77%	71%
94	Virginia	First-Time	77%	77%	72%	74%	75%	76%	76%	78%	84%	78%
95	Washington	Overall	64%	76%	76%	73%	67%	68%	63%	63%	53%	71%
96	Washington	First-Time	66%	82%	80%	79%	74%	74%	73%	73%	64%	80%
97	West Virginia	Overall	72%	68%	73%	68%	63%	65%	60%	61%	67%	54%
98	West Virginia	First-Time	82%	76%	82%	78%	73%	75%	69%	69%	81%	60%
99	Wisconsin	Overall	83%	83%	74%	68%	61%	69%	63%	58%	60%	60%
100	Wisconsin	First-Time	86%	88%	81%	77%	70%	77%	71%	71%	75%	74%
101	Wyoming	Overall	53%	81%	72%	74%	70%	63%	69%	66%	71%	75%
102	Wyoming	First-Time	60%	84%	78%	77%	72%	73%	75%	72%	74%	75%
103	Guam	Overall	57%	63%	68%	50%	58%	72%	50%	50%	50%	50%
104	Guam	First-Time	60%	64%	77%	56%	83%	85%	50%	50%	80%	67%
105	Northern Mariana Islands	Overall	100%	92%	88%	100%	100%	67%	83%	67%	83%	100%
106	Northern Mariana Islands	First-Time	100%	92%	88%	100%	100%	67%	80%	67%	100%	100%
107	Palau **	Overall	30%	63%	18%	8%	0%	10%	44%	14%	—	67%
108	Palau **	First-Time	38%	67%	15%	20%	0%	25%	40%	25%	—	100%
109	Puerto Rico	Overall	36%	40%	39%	34%	36%	35%	36%	34%	33%	33%
110	Puerto Rico	First-Time	45%	45%	45%	38%	39%	40%	38%	34%	35%	34%
111	Virgin Islands	Overall	64%	61%	73%	74%	58%	50%	68%	44%	47%	64%
112	Virgin Islands	First-Time	70%	70%	77%	76%	57%	52%	77%	46%	47%	100%
113	Averages for All Jurisdictions	Overall	67%	68%	64%	59%	58%	59%	54%	58%	61%	60%
114	Averages for All Jurisdictions	First-Time	77%	78%	74%	70%	69%	72%	69%	73%	76%	74%