Figure 5.14 is a U.S. map showing percentages reporting past year any illicit drug dependence among youths aged 12 to 17, by State, for 2000 and 2001. States listed here in alphabetical order within each group were divided into five groups based on the magnitude of their percentages. States in the highest group (2.85 to 3.91 percent) were California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Washington. States in the next highest group (2.53 to 2.84 percent) were Alaska, Arizona, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont, and West Virginia. States in the mid group (2.24 to 2.52 percent) were Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Texas. States in the next lowest group (2.04 to 2.23 percent) were Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. States in the lowest group (1.67 to 2.03 percent) were Alabama, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, and Virginia.