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D14. Number of Candidates Taking NCLEX-PN® Examination and% Passing for First-Time Candidates Educated in Member Board Jurisdictions: 1997-2000

	1997	1997	1997	1998	1998	1998	1999	1999	1999	2000	2000	2000
Jurisdiction	No. of Candidates	No. Passing	percent Passing	No. of Candidates	No. Passing	percent Passing	No. of Candidates	No. Passing	percent Passing	No. of Candidates	No. Passing	percent Passing
AL	1,277	1,053	82.5%	1,113	899	80.8%	839	688	82.0%	883	695	78.7%
AK	0	0	0.0%	2	2	100.0%	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%
AS	4	2	50.0%	2	0	0.0%	8	0	0.0%	4	3	75.0%
AZ	566	527	93.1%	458	433	94.5%	530	494	93.2%	513	463	90.3%
AR	816	705	86.4%	708	611	86.3%	645	571	88.5%	708	618	87.3%
CA	3,349	2,657	79.3%	3,176	2,429	76.5%	2,898	2,098	72.4%	3,267	2,343	71.7%
CO	577	524	90.8%	554	507	91.5%	489	457	93.5%	555	513	92.4%
CT	319	310	97.2%	348	323	92.8%	357	334	93.6%	100	76	76.0%
DE	164	143	87.2%	154	134	87.0%	140	117	83.6%	105	86	81.9%
DC	165	101	61.2%	161	105	65.2%	260	164	63.1%	334	159	47.6%
FL	2,266	2,032	89.7%	2,299	2,022	88.0%	2,211	1,888	85.4%	2,046	1,731	84.6%
GA	1,120	980	87.5%	992	872	87.9%	957	825	86.2%	901	750	83.2%
GU	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	1	100.0%	7	3	42.9%
HI	227	200	88.1%	190	162	85.3%	182	157	86.3%	160	144	90.0%
ID	125	123	98.4%	156	147	94.2%	160	151	94.4%	108	101	93.5%
IL	1,335	1,154	86.4%	1,215	1,043	85.8%	1,121	939	83.8%	1,042	876	84.1%
IN	1,112	1,030	92.6%	1,119	1,029	92.0%	990	894	90.3%	977	882	90.3%
IA	842	775	92.0%	737	657	89.1%	762	690	90.6%	681	622	91.3%
KS	605	573	94.7%	575	520	90.4%	557	500	89.8%	577	511	88.6%
KY	691	633	91.6%	668	583	87.3%	690	598	86.7%	623	552	88.6%
LA	1,064	1,002	94.2%	1,090	1,017	93.3%	1,080	968	89.6%	866	759	87.6%
ME	23	22	95.7%	9	6	66.7%	13	13	100.0%	17	16	94.1%
MD	229	213	93.0%	181	163	90.1%	182	166	91.2%	171	148	86.5%
MA	708	645	91.1%	720	650	90.3%	649	567	87.4%	645	555	86.0%
MI	1,006	962	95.6%	982	931	94.8%	918	873	95.1%	878	822	93.6%
MN	1,084	996	91.9%	1,171	1,035	88.4%	930	814	87.5%	918	802	87.4%
MS	747	611	81.8%	658	525	79.8%	620	482	77.7%	561	448	79.9%
MO	1,235	1,064	86.2%	1,086	926	85.3%	1,075	907	84.4%	971	844	86.9%
MP	0	0	0.0%	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%
MT	129	118	91.5%	146	133	91.1%	99	94	94.9%	102	95	93.1%
NE	246	232	94.3%	239	227	95.0%	218	209	95.9%	245	237	96.7%
NV	59	57	96.6%	18	18	100.0%	15	15	100.0%	19	18	94.7%
NH	152	140	92.1%	149	136	91.3%	128	120	93.8%	95	82	86.3%
NJ	878	743	84.6%	782	639	81.7%	645	523	81.1%	525	411	78.3%
NM	179	169	94.4%	184	170	92.4%	138	126	91.3%	178	159	89.3%
NY	4,444	3,754	84.5%	3,874	3,192	82.4%	3,206	2,593	80.9%	2,574	2,063	80.1%
NC	874	831	95.1%	861	802	93.1%	858	814	94.9%	860	793	92.2%
ND	134	124	92.5%	173	162	93.6%	117	109	93.2%	178	166	93.3%
OH	1,688	1,568	92.9%	1,608	1,519	94.5%	1,535	1,405	91.5%	1,645	1,505	91.5%
OK	1,289	1,163	90.3%	1,292	1,144	88.5%	1,219	1,065	87.4%	1,140	993	87.1%
OR	225	219	97.3%	221	218	98.6%	236	233	98.7%	219	215	98.2%
PA	1,756	1,525	86.8%	1,446	1,201	83.1%	1,320	1,112	84.2%	1,022	888	86.9%
PR	38	10	26.3%	38	6	15.8%	28	3	10.7%	27	2	7.4%
RI	20	19	95.0%	26	22	84.6%	28	24	85.7%	23	19	82.6%
SC	462	437	94.6%	427	405	94.8%	450	409	90.9%	418	396	94.7%
SD	59	52	88.1%	57	55	96.5%	58	57	98.3%	56	50	89.3%
TN	939	874	93.1%	855	794	92.9%	956	871	91.1%	932	834	89.5%
TX	4,511	4,052	89.8%	3,867	3,464	89.6%	3,747	3,318	88.6%	3,684	3,140	85.2%
UT	573	548	95.7%	586	564	96.2%	609	583	95.7%	577	550	95.3%
VT	82	82	100.0%	84	80	95.2%	55	52	94.5%	79	76	96.2%
VI	12	4	33.3%	8	4	50.0%	8	5	62.5%	27	10	37.0%
VA	1,086	952	87.7%	1,144	964	84.3%	992	840	84.7%	1,000	834	83.4%
WA	736	710	96.4%	738	697	94.4%	687	642	93.4%	648	594	91.7%
WV	435	401	92.2%	411	370	90.0%	455	396	87.0%	353	315	89.2%
WI	257	237	92.2%	277	238	85.9%	243	229	94.2%	268	242	90.3%
WY	76	75	98.7%	41	38	92.7%	57	56	98.2%	59	58	98.3%
Invalid program codes	356	295	82.9%
Total	43,351	38,426	88.6%	40,077	34,994	87.3%	37,372	32,260	86.3%	35,571	30,267	85.1%

From: 1997 Licensure and Examination Statistics