Jurisdiction | Bar Passage Type | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Alabama | Overall | 65% | 64% | 67% | 65% | 67% | 65% | 64% | 64% | 62% | 54% |
Alabama | First-Time | 80% | 78% | 79% | 77% | 78% | 77% | 76% | 78% | 79% | 71% |
Alaska | Overall | 62% | 60% | 70% | 58% | 71% | 59% | 67% | 66% | 66% | 62% |
Alaska | First-Time | 75% | 82% | 80% | 72% | 81% | 71% | 78% | 80% | 78% | 76% |
Arizona | Overall | 68% | 70% | 76% | 73% | 73% | 70% | 75% | 73% | 67% | 57% |
Arizona | First-Time | 75% | 78% | 84% | 80% | 81% | 76% | 80% | 78% | 73% | 66% |
Arkansas | Overall | 69% | 70% | 72% | 67% | 65% | 71% | 68% | 65% | 63% | 65% |
Arkansas | First-Time | 80% | 80% | 83% | 74% | 72% | 84% | 76% | 76% | 76% | 77% |
California | Overall | 47% | 49% | 54% | 49% | 49% | 51% | 51% | 51% | 47% | 44% |
California | First-Time | 65% | 66% | 71% | 66% | 65% | 67% | 65% | 65% | 60% | 57% |
Colorado | Overall | 68% | 69% | 73% | 74% | 74% | 79% | 77% | 76% | 74% | 69% |
Colorado | First-Time | 76% | 78% | 83% | 85% | 83% | 86% | 84% | 82% | 78% | 76% |
Connecticut | Overall | 75% | 77% | 78% | 75% | 71% | 71% | 73% | 73% | 75% | 72% |
Connecticut | First-Time | 83% | 86% | 87% | 83% | 81% | 82% | 82% | 81% | 86% | 82% |
Delaware | Overall | 59% | 62% | 73% | 63% | 66% | 67% | 63% | 72% | 63% | 66% |
Delaware | First-Time | 67% | 71% | 80% | 71% | 72% | 73% | 69% | 78% | 69% | 73% |
District of Columbia | Overall | 51% | 54% | 56% | 49% | 41% | 48% | 51% | 47% | 40% | 42% |
District of Columbia | First-Time | 72% | 76% | 70% | 65% | 60% | 69% | 68% | 61% | 57% | 55% |
Florida | Overall | 64% | 66% | 71% | 68% | 69% | 72% | 71% | 70% | 65% | 59% |
Florida | First-Time | 75% | 78% | 81% | 78% | 78% | 80% | 79% | 78% | 72% | 68% |
Georgia | Overall | 76% | 75% | 79% | 76% | 75% | 76% | 75% | 76% | 71% | 64% |
Georgia | First-Time | 86% | 85% | 89% | 86% | 84% | 85% | 84% | 85% | 80% | 76% |
Hawaii | Overall | 71% | 70% | 76% | 76% | 68% | 75% | 68% | 73% | 67% | 66% |
Hawaii | First-Time | 77% | 82% | 88% | 86% | 77% | 83% | 75% | 81% | 74% | 76% |
Idaho | Overall | 79% | 76% | 72% | 81% | 78% | 79% | 80% | 79% | 68% | 69% |
Idaho | First-Time | 85% | 81% | 80% | 86% | 83% | 85% | 86% | 83% | 73% | 72% |
Illinois | Overall | 79% | 82% | 85% | 84% | 84% | 83% | 81% | 82% | 79% | 74% |
Illinois | First-Time | 87% | 89% | 91% | 91% | 89% | 89% | 87% | 88% | 85% | 80% |
Indiana | Overall | 76% | 76% | 78% | 75% | 75% | 74% | 72% | 74% | 69% | 71% |
Indiana | First-Time | 84% | 84% | 84% | 83% | 81% | 83% | 79% | 83% | 79% | 79% |
Iowa | Overall | 81% | 83% | 85% | 88% | 87% | 84% | 88% | 88% | 83% | 82% |
Iowa | First-Time | 88% | 89% | 90% | 93% | 91% | 90% | 92% | 93% | 84% | 89% |
Kansas | Overall | 82% | 87% | 86% | 82% | 84% | 86% | 84% | 85% | 82% | 78% |
Kansas | First-Time | 90% | 91% | 89% | 86% | 90% | 89% | 89% | 89% | 86% | 82% |
Kentucky | Overall | 73% | 77% | 77% | 77% | 77% | 80% | 76% | 75% | 76% | 71% |
Kentucky | First-Time | 82% | 87% | 83% | 86% | 82% | 86% | 82% | 81% | 81% | 76% |
Louisiana | Overall | 70% | 61% | 62% | 69% | 61% | 66% | 59% | 50% | 62% | 63% |
Louisiana | First-Time | 76% | 63% | 66% | 72% | 65% | 70% | 63% | 58% | 69% | 68% |
Maine | Overall | 73% | 80% | 86% | 77% | 88% | 68% | 68% | 76% | 71% | 61% |
Maine | First-Time | 81% | 84% | 91% | 82% | 89% | 73% | 73% | 81% | 76% | 69% |
Maryland | Overall | 66% | 67% | 75% | 69% | 71% | 74% | 71% | 73% | 69% | 58% |
Maryland | First-Time | 78% | 76% | 85% | 78% | 80% | 81% | 78% | 80% | 76% | 65% |
Massachusetts | Overall | 77% | 77% | 80% | 79% | 81% | 80% | 77% | 78% | 73% | 68% |
Massachusetts | First-Time | 87% | 86% | 89% | 87% | 88% | 87% | 83% | 85% | 81% | 77% |
Michigan | Overall | 78% | 76% | 72% | 81% | 80% | 76% | 58% | 62% | 64% | 61% |
Michigan | First-Time | 87% | 86% | 82% | 89% | 85% | 82% | 64% | 69% | 72% | 72% |
Minnesota | Overall | 86% | 88% | 87% | 85% | 86% | 88% | 85% | 85% | 79% | 73% |
Minnesota | First-Time | 91% | 93% | 91% | 90% | 92% | 93% | 91% | 90% | 84% | 81% |
Mississippi | Overall | 80% | 81% | 82% | 78% | 76% | 73% | 73% | 77% | 79% | 75% |
Mississippi | First-Time | 86% | 88% | 88% | 85% | 80% | 81% | 81% | 85% | 87% | 84% |
Missouri | Overall | 82% | 84% | 87% | 87% | 86% | 89% | 89% | 87% | 84% | 83% |
Missouri | First-Time | 88% | 90% | 91% | 91% | 90% | 93% | 92% | 90% | 87% | 87% |
Montana | Overall | 91% | 89% | 91% | 87% | 89% | 90% | 91% | 85% | 65% | 66% |
Montana | First-Time | 92% | 88% | 92% | 89% | 93% | 91% | 93% | 89% | 70% | 70% |
Nebraska | Overall | 80% | 83% | 84% | 78% | 81% | 78% | 73% | 74% | 70% | 76% |
Nebraska | First-Time | 83% | 89% | 89% | 88% | 90% | 83% | 83% | 77% | 77% | 82% |
Nevada | Overall | 61% | 60% | 64% | 60% | 59% | 65% | 64% | 61% | 57% | 60% |
Nevada | First-Time | 72% | 74% | 77% | 73% | 73% | 76% | 73% | 73% | 68% | 71% |
New Hampshire | Overall | 77% | 77% | 88% | 84% | 80% | 78% | 82% | 71% | 81% | 67% |
New Hampshire | First-Time | 82% | 84% | 88% | 85% | 82% | 81% | 84% | 75% | 86% | 70% |
New Jersey | Overall | 73% | 73% | 77% | 77% | 76% | 77% | 71% | 75% | 71% | 65% |
New Jersey | First-Time | 81% | 82% | 85% | 84% | 82% | 84% | 78% | 79% | 76% | 71% |
New Mexico | Overall | 86% | 78% | 85% | 84% | 81% | 82% | 84% | 83% | 83% | 75% |
New Mexico | First-Time | 91% | 83% | 92% | 91% | 88% | 88% | 89% | 91% | 88% | 82% |
New York | Overall | 63% | 64% | 69% | 65% | 65% | 64% | 61% | 64% | 60% | 56% |
New York | First-Time | 77% | 77% | 81% | 77% | 76% | 76% | 74% | 76% | 73% | 68% |
North Carolina | Overall | 64% | 65% | 71% | 67% | 68% | 70% | 65% | 59% | 60% | 53% |
North Carolina | First-Time | 75% | 76% | 83% | 77% | 78% | 80% | 75% | 69% | 69% | 65% |
North Dakota | Overall | 72% | 69% | 77% | 80% | 78% | 83% | 78% | 72% | 63% | 64% |
North Dakota | First-Time | 83% | 79% | 85% | 87% | 84% | 85% | 81% | 80% | 65% | 80% |
Ohio | Overall | 74% | 76% | 79% | 76% | 78% | 79% | 76% | 79% | 73% | 71% |
Ohio | First-Time | 83% | 86% | 88% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 84% | 86% | 81% | 78% |
Oklahoma | Overall | 83% | 85% | 89% | 80% | 82% | 83% | 80% | 81% | 76% | 68% |
Oklahoma | First-Time | 91% | 91% | 93% | 87% | 89% | 88% | 84% | 86% | 84% | 75% |
Oregon | Overall | 72% | 74% | 71% | 69% | 68% | 68% | 72% | 73% | 65% | 61% |
Oregon | First-Time | 80% | 81% | 78% | 77% | 75% | 78% | 81% | 80% | 73% | 68% |
Pennsylvania | Overall | 71% | 72% | 77% | 76% | 74% | 77% | 73% | 73% | 71% | 66% |
Pennsylvania | First-Time | 83% | 83% | 87% | 86% | 83% | 85% | 82% | 81% | 81% | 77% |
Rhode Island | Overall | 71% | 75% | 75% | 74% | 74% | 69% | 78% | 71% | 73% | 63% |
Rhode Island | First-Time | 77% | 79% | 79% | 78% | 79% | 74% | 83% | 76% | 77% | 69% |
South Carolina | Overall | 77% | 79% | 75% | 72% | 73% | 73% | 67% | 75% | 68% | 69% |
South Carolina | First-Time | 78% | 82% | 82% | 78% | 80% | 77% | 73% | 79% | 73% | 73% |
South Dakota | Overall | 77% | 85% | 88% | 83% | 94% | 94% | 83% | 87% | 72% | 56% |
South Dakota | First-Time | 85% | 89% | 95% | 90% | 99% | 94% | 86% | 91% | 75% | 70% |
Tennessee | Overall | 75% | 71% | 76% | 68% | 70% | 69% | 68% | 73% | 66% | 61% |
Tennessee | First-Time | 79% | 80% | 83% | 77% | 79% | 77% | 73% | 82% | 72% | 72% |
Texas | Overall | 74% | 76% | 78% | 78% | 76% | 80% | 75% | 80% | 70% | 65% |
Texas | First-Time | 82% | 84% | 84% | 85% | 83% | 86% | 82% | 85% | 77% | 71% |
Utah | Overall | 83% | 81% | 83% | 83% | 82% | 84% | 77% | 82% | 80% | 76% |
Utah | First-Time | 89% | 85% | 87% | 89% | 89% | 88% | 82% | 87% | 87% | 79% |
Vermont | Overall | 68% | 66% | 65% | 61% | 76% | 68% | 65% | 76% | 67% | 50% |
Vermont | First-Time | 78% | 70% | 79% | 68% | 87% | 71% | 69% | 83% | 75% | 57% |
Virginia | Overall | 68% | 67% | 73% | 69% | 70% | 72% | 69% | 71% | 66% | 68% |
Virginia | First-Time | 74% | 76% | 82% | 76% | 77% | 79% | 77% | 77% | 72% | 74% |
Washington | Overall | 78% | 77% | 73% | 67% | 71% | 66% | 64% | 76% | 76% | 73% |
Washington | First-Time | 80% | 78% | 74% | 69% | 70% | 67% | 66% | 82% | 80% | 79% |
West Virginia | Overall | 60% | 63% | 67% | 73% | 65% | 74% | 72% | 68% | 73% | 68% |
West Virginia | First-Time | 64% | 74% | 79% | 81% | 75% | 83% | 82% | 76% | 82% | 78% |
Wisconsin | Overall | 78% | 89% | 89% | 89% | 90% | 84% | 83% | 83% | 74% | 68% |
Wisconsin | First-Time | 82% | 92% | 92% | 93% | 92% | 88% | 86% | 88% | 81% | 77% |
Wyoming | Overall | 72% | 62% | 64% | 75% | 71% | 62% | 53% | 81% | 72% | 74% |
Wyoming | First-Time | 74% | 70% | 67% | 79% | 75% | 62% | 60% | 84% | 78% | 77% |
Guam | Overall | 75% | 76% | 75% | 52% | 80% | 67% | 57% | 63% | 68% | 50% |
Guam | First-Time | 70% | 79% | 73% | 60% | 90% | 81% | 60% | 64% | 77% | 56% |
Northern Mariana Islands | Overall | 88% | 88% | 83% | 100% | 63% | 83% | 100% | 92% | 88% | 100% |
Northern Mariana Islands | First-Time | 88% | 86% | 83% | 100% | 57% | 100% | 100% | 92% | 88% | 100% |
Palau | Overall | 27% | — | 67% | 17% | 57% | 25% | 30% | 63% | 18% | 8% |
Palau | First-Time | 27% | — | 50% | 17% | 67% | 0% | 38% | 67% | 15% | 20% |
Puerto Rico | Overall | 46% | 42% | 44% | 41% | 42% | 44% | 36% | 40% | 39% | 34% |
Puerto Rico | First-Time | 57% | 52% | 52% | 48% | 50% | 50% | 45% | 45% | 45% | 38% |
Virgin Islands | Overall | 73% | 56% | 76% | 65% | 71% | 49% | 64% | 61% | 73% | 74% |
Virgin Islands | First-Time | 70% | 65% | 84% | 70% | 77% | 52% | 70% | 70% | 77% | 76% |
Averages for All Jurisdictions | Overall | 67% | 67% | 71% | 68% | 68% | 69% | 67% | 68% | 64% | 59% |
Averages for All Jurisdictions | First-Time | 78% | 79% | 82% | 79% | 79% | 79% | 77% | 78% | 74% | 70% |
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