Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division, and state, 2007-08 annual averages
Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division,
and state, 2007-08 annual averages
(Percent)
Employment-population
ratio (1) Over-the- Error range of
Region, division, and state year employment-population ratio,
change 2008 (2)
2007 2008
United States............. 63.0 62.2 -0.8 62.0 - 62.4
Northeast...................... 62.2 61.8 -.4 61.3 - 62.2
New England................. 64.8 64.1 -.7 63.4 - 64.8
Connecticut.............. 65.1 64.9 -.2 63.7 - 66.0
Maine.................... 63.4 63.0 -.4 61.8 - 64.2
Massachusetts............ 63.8 63.0 -.8 61.9 - 64.1
New Hampshire............ 68.6 68.0 -.6 67.0 - 69.0
Rhode Island............. 65.0 62.8 -2.2 61.6 - 63.9
Vermont.................. 67.8 67.2 -.6 66.0 - 68.4
Middle Atlantic............. 61.2 61.0 -.2 60.4 - 61.5
New Jersey............... 63.6 62.9 -.7 62.0 - 63.9
New York................. 59.9 59.6 -.3 59.0 - 60.3
Pennsylvania............. 61.7 61.7 .0 60.9 - 62.5
Midwest........................ 64.9 63.8 -1.1 63.4 - 64.2
East North Central.......... 63.6 62.4 -1.2 61.8 - 62.9
Illinois................. 64.7 63.4 -1.3 62.4 - 64.3
Indiana.................. 63.6 62.4 -1.2 61.0 - 63.8
Michigan................. 59.9 58.1 -1.8 57.1 - 59.0
Ohio..................... 63.6 62.7 -.9 61.9 - 63.5
Wisconsin................ 67.7 66.9 -.8 65.6 - 68.3
West North Central.......... 67.8 67.1 -.7 66.5 - 67.7
Iowa..................... 69.4 69.1 -.3 68.0 - 70.2
Kansas................... 67.9 67.6 -.3 66.5 - 68.7
Minnesota................ 69.3 68.6 -.7 67.4 - 69.8
Missouri................. 63.6 62.2 -1.4 60.9 - 63.6
Nebraska................. 71.1 71.0 -.1 69.9 - 72.1
North Dakota............. 71.6 71.8 .2 70.2 - 73.5
South Dakota............. 71.1 70.6 -.5 69.4 - 71.8
South.......................... 62.0 61.1 -.9 60.8 - 61.4
South Atlantic.............. 62.9 61.8 -1.1 61.3 - 62.2
Delaware................. 63.9 62.4 -1.5 61.3 - 63.5
District of Columbia..... 64.7 64.2 -.5 63.0 - 65.4
Florida.................. 60.9 59.9 -1.0 59.0 - 60.8
Georgia.................. 64.7 63.1 -1.6 62.1 - 64.1
Maryland................. 66.6 65.8 -.8 64.9 - 66.7
North Carolina........... 62.4 60.7 -1.7 59.7 - 61.7
South Carolina........... 59.6 58.4 -1.2 57.4 - 59.4
Virginia................. 67.3 66.8 -.5 65.9 - 67.7
West Virginia............ 53.8 53.2 -.6 51.6 - 54.9
East South Central.......... 59.0 57.8 -1.2 57.0 - 58.7
Alabama.................. 59.0 57.2 -1.8 55.5 - 58.9
Kentucky................. 58.9 57.9 -1.0 56.6 - 59.2
Mississippi.............. 56.3 55.9 -.4 54.3 - 57.4
Tennessee................ 60.4 59.2 -1.2 58.0 - 60.4
West South Central.......... 62.0 61.7 -.3 61.1 - 62.3
Arkansas................. 59.8 59.7 -.1 58.4 - 60.9
Louisiana................ 59.2 59.4 .2 57.8 - 61.0
Oklahoma................. 61.3 61.2 -.1 59.9 - 62.5
Texas.................... 62.9 62.5 -.4 61.7 - 63.2
West........................... 63.4 62.6 -.8 62.3 - 63.0
Mountain.................... 65.4 64.6 -.8 64.0 - 65.2
Arizona.................. 61.3 60.7 -.6 59.3 - 62.1
Colorado................. 69.8 68.7 -1.1 67.2 - 70.2
Idaho.................... 65.5 63.5 -2.0 62.1 - 64.9
Montana.................. 64.8 63.8 -1.0 62.4 - 65.1
Nevada................... 65.2 65.0 -.2 63.9 - 66.2
New Mexico............... 61.3 61.0 -.3 60.0 - 62.0
Utah..................... 69.6 68.7 -.9 67.2 - 70.2
Wyoming.................. 69.5 69.2 -.3 67.8 - 70.5
Pacific..................... 62.6 61.8 -.8 61.4 - 62.2
Alaska................... 66.4 66.5 .1 64.7 - 68.2
California............... 62.1 61.1 -1.0 60.7 - 61.6
Hawaii................... 64.1 63.4 -.7 62.2 - 64.7
Oregon................... 62.3 61.5 -.8 60.5 - 62.5
Washington............... 64.7 64.7 .0 63.7 - 65.7
Puerto Rico.................... 41.1 39.6 -1.5 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.
Last Modified Date: February 27, 2009
