Question

The stem plot below shows the percentages of residents aged 65 and older in each of the 50 states.
Find the percentile for Wisconsin, where 11.6% of the residents are aged 65 or older.
• 86th percentile
• 84th percentile
• 16th percentile
• 14th percentile

Answer 1

To find the percentile for Wisconsin, where 11.6% of the residents are aged 65 or older, we need to determine how many states have a lower percentage of residents aged 65 and older.

Counting the number of states with a lower percentage:
84% of the states have a percentage lower than Wisconsin (11.6%) and 16% of the states have a percentage higher than Wisconsin.

Therefore, Wisconsin is at the 84th percentile.

So, the answer is:
• 84th percentile