The ABA this year overhauled the way it reports schools' bar pass rates in a bid to get that information out to the public faster, and to make it easier to compare data across schools.

We're taking a deeper dive into the numbers this week. Today, we're focusing on the the first-time bar pass rates of individual states, which vary widely. In our first report on Tuesday, we looked at the first-time bar pass rates of each law school in 2017, and how they performed in comparison to state averages.

In 2017—the most recent year available—the average first-time bar pass rate across all states, (technically, jurisdictions) was 74.99 percent. Oklahoma's pass rate was the highest, at 86.90 percent, while Mississippi brought up the rear with a pass rate of 63.95 percent. (Puerto Rico had the lowest rate at 40.25 percent, but Mississippi was the lowest stateside.)

The average first-time pass rate across jurisdictions in 2016 was 72.56 percent. This time, Missouri nabbed the top spot with a pass rate of 83.48 percent, while South Dakota lagged at just 54.88 percent of first-time bar takers passing.

Closely watched California landed near the bottom both years. The Golden State had the sixth-lowest pass rate in 2017 and the fourth-lowest in 2016. Check out our charts to see how your jurisdiction fared.