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Table 6: Number and Percentage of Low-Income Occupations Licensed by State

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Table 6: Number and Percentage of Low-Income Occupations Licensed by State

State	Number of Low-Income Occupations Licensed	Percentage of 102 Low-Income Occupations Licensed
Arizona	64	63%
Connecticut	54	53%
Colorado	28	27%
Delaware	49	48%
Georgia	33	32%
Hawaii	43	42%
Iowa	54	53%
Idaho	47	46%
Kansas	34	33%
Louisiana	71	70%
Massachusetts	37	36%
Maine	39	38%
Michigan	42	41%
Missouri	31	30%
North Carolina	48	47%
Nebraska	45	44%
New Hampshire	34	33%
New Jersey	48	47%
New York	33	32%
Ohio	31	30%
Oklahoma	29	28%
Pennsylvania	44	43%
Rhode Island	49	48%
Tennessee	53	52%
Vermont	27	26%
West Virginia	49	48%
Florida	45	44%
Illinois	40	39%
Kentucky	27	26%
Texas	34	33%
Virginia	46	45%
Washington	54	53%
Alabama	47	46%
Arkansas	52	51%
California	62	61%
Maryland	42	41%
Minnesota	36	35%
Montana	44	43%
New Mexico	52	51%
Nevada	55	54%
Oregon	59	58%
Washington, D.C.	41	40%
Indiana	28	27%
Mississippi	55	54%
North Dakota	40	39%
South Carolina	51	50%
South Dakota	28	27%
Utah	46	45%
Wisconsin	47	46%
Wyoming	24	24%
Alaska	44	43%

(Last updated April 24, 2012)