Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division,
and state, 2006-07 annual averages
(Percent)
Employment-population
ratio (1) Over-the- Error range of
Region, division, and state year employment-population ratio,
change 2007 (2)
2006 2007
United States............. 63.1 63.0 -0.1 62.8 - 63.2
Northeast...................... 62.3 62.1 -.2 61.7 - 62.6
New England................. 64.8 64.9 .1 64.1 - 65.6
Connecticut.............. 64.8 65.4 .6 64.2 - 66.5
Maine.................... 63.8 63.4 -.4 62.2 - 64.7
Massachusetts............ 63.8 63.8 .0 62.7 - 64.9
New Hampshire............ 68.5 68.4 -.1 67.4 - 69.4
Rhode Island............. 65.1 65.4 .3 64.3 - 66.6
Vermont.................. 68.6 67.8 -.8 66.6 - 68.9
Middle Atlantic............. 61.3 61.1 -.2 60.6 - 61.7
New Jersey............... 63.8 63.4 -.4 62.4 - 64.3
New York................. 60.0 59.9 -.1 59.3 - 60.6
Pennsylvania............. 61.7 61.5 -.2 60.7 - 62.4
Midwest........................ 65.0 64.8 -.2 64.4 - 65.2
East North Central.......... 63.7 63.5 -.2 63.0 - 64.0
Illinois................. 64.4 64.8 .4 63.8 - 65.7
Indiana.................. 64.0 63.3 -.7 61.9 - 64.7
Michigan................. 60.6 59.7 -.9 58.7 - 60.7
Ohio..................... 63.6 63.6 .0 62.7 - 64.4
Wisconsin................ 67.6 67.4 -.2 66.1 - 68.7
West North Central.......... 68.0 67.7 -.3 67.1 - 68.3
Iowa..................... 69.4 69.1 -.3 68.0 - 70.2
Kansas................... 67.5 67.5 .0 66.4 - 68.6
Minnesota................ 70.2 69.6 -.6 68.4 - 70.7
Missouri................. 64.2 63.8 -.4 62.4 - 65.1
Nebraska................. 70.6 70.7 .1 69.6 - 71.9
North Dakota............. 70.7 71.2 .5 69.5 - 72.8
South Dakota............. 70.8 71.0 .2 69.8 - 72.2
South.......................... 62.2 62.0 -.2 61.7 - 62.4
South Atlantic.............. 63.0 62.9 -.1 62.5 - 63.4
Delaware................. 64.4 64.0 -.4 62.9 - 65.1
District of Columbia..... 63.6 64.3 .7 63.1 - 65.6
Florida.................. 61.0 61.2 .2 60.3 - 62.0
Georgia.................. 65.2 64.9 -.3 64.0 - 65.9
Maryland................. 66.6 66.4 -.2 65.5 - 67.3
North Carolina........... 63.1 62.5 -.6 61.5 - 63.5
South Carolina........... 60.0 59.7 -.3 58.7 - 60.7
Virginia................. 66.8 66.9 .1 66.0 - 67.8
West Virginia............ 53.2 53.4 .2 51.7 - 55.0
East South Central.......... 59.3 59.4 .1 58.5 - 60.2
Alabama.................. 59.1 59.2 .1 57.5 - 60.9
Kentucky................. 59.0 59.1 .1 57.7 - 60.4
Mississippi.............. 56.4 56.7 .3 55.1 - 58.3
Tennessee................ 61.0 60.9 -.1 59.7 - 62.1
West South Central.......... 62.2 61.9 -.3 61.3 - 62.5
Arkansas................. 60.2 59.8 -.4 58.6 - 61.0
Louisiana................ 59.1 59.3 .2 57.6 - 60.9
Oklahoma................. 61.0 60.7 -.3 59.4 - 62.0
Texas.................... 63.3 62.9 -.4 62.1 - 63.6
West........................... 63.5 63.5 .0 63.1 - 63.8
Mountain.................... 65.5 65.5 .0 64.9 - 66.1
Arizona.................. 61.6 61.2 -.4 59.8 - 62.6
Colorado................. 69.7 70.0 .3 68.5 - 71.5
Idaho.................... 66.2 66.0 -.2 64.6 - 67.4
Montana.................. 64.8 64.8 .0 63.4 - 66.1
Nevada................... 65.2 65.4 .2 64.3 - 66.6
New Mexico............... 61.0 60.9 -.1 59.9 - 61.9
Utah..................... 69.7 70.3 .6 68.9 - 71.8
Wyoming.................. 69.2 69.2 .0 67.9 - 70.5
Pacific..................... 62.6 62.6 .0 62.2 - 63.0
Alaska................... 66.6 66.2 -.4 64.5 - 67.9
California............... 62.2 62.1 -.1 61.7 - 62.6
Hawaii................... 64.5 63.9 -.6 62.7 - 65.2
Oregon................... 62.2 62.1 -.1 61.1 - 63.1
Washington............... 64.3 64.8 .5 63.8 - 65.8
Puerto Rico.................... 42.3 41.1 -1.2 NA
1 Employment as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age
and over.
2 Error ranges are shown at the 90-percent confidence level and are based on unrounded
data.
NA = Data not available.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Employment-population ratios are based on
unrounded levels. Data for subnational areas reflect revised population controls and model
reestimation. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to
the Current Population Survey.
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