Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division, and state, 2011-12 annual averages
Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division,
and state, 2011-12 annual averages
(Percent)
Employment-population
ratio (1) Over-the- Error range of
Region, division, and state year ratio,
change 2012 (2)
2011 2012
United States............. 58.4 58.6 0.2 58.4 - 58.8
Northeast...................... 58.7 58.7 .0 58.3 - 59.2
New England................. 61.5 61.3 -.2 60.6 - 62.0
Connecticut.............. 61.3 60.6 -.7 59.5 - 61.8
Maine.................... 60.2 60.5 .3 59.2 - 61.7
Massachusetts............ 60.8 60.8 .0 59.7 - 61.9
New Hampshire............ 65.8 65.7 -.1 64.7 - 66.7
Rhode Island............. 59.3 59.4 .1 58.3 - 60.6
Vermont.................. 66.3 66.2 -.1 65.0 - 67.3
Middle Atlantic............. 57.7 57.8 .1 57.3 - 58.4
New Jersey............... 59.5 59.7 .2 58.7 - 60.6
New York................. 56.5 56.4 -.1 55.7 - 57.0
Pennsylvania............. 58.2 58.8 .6 58.0 - 59.6
Midwest........................ 60.3 60.5 .2 60.1 - 60.9
East North Central.......... 58.5 58.7 .2 58.2 - 59.2
Illinois................. 59.8 60.2 .4 59.2 - 61.1
Indiana.................. 57.5 57.4 -.1 56.0 - 58.8
Michigan................. 54.1 54.4 .3 53.4 - 55.3
Ohio..................... 59.0 59.1 .1 58.3 - 60.0
Wisconsin................ 63.5 63.3 -.2 62.0 - 64.6
West North Central.......... 64.5 64.5 .0 63.9 - 65.1
Iowa..................... 65.7 65.0 -.7 63.9 - 66.1
Kansas................... 64.8 64.5 -.3 63.3 - 65.6
Minnesota................ 66.9 66.9 .0 65.8 - 68.1
Missouri................. 59.5 59.7 .2 58.3 - 61.0
Nebraska................. 68.6 69.4 .8 68.3 - 70.5
North Dakota............. 69.1 69.7 .6 68.3 - 71.1
South Dakota............. 67.7 67.3 -.4 66.1 - 68.5
South.......................... 57.6 57.9 .3 57.6 - 58.2
South Atlantic.............. 57.3 57.7 .4 57.2 - 58.1
Delaware................. 57.3 57.3 .0 56.2 - 58.4
District of Columbia..... 60.8 62.9 2.1 61.7 - 64.0
Florida.................. 54.6 55.4 .8 54.5 - 56.3
Georgia.................. 58.2 58.4 .2 57.4 - 59.5
Maryland................. 63.0 63.2 .2 62.4 - 64.1
North Carolina........... 56.5 57.1 .6 56.1 - 58.1
South Carolina........... 53.7 53.9 .2 52.6 - 55.1
Virginia................. 62.9 62.7 -.2 61.5 - 63.9
West Virginia............ 49.8 50.2 .4 48.5 - 51.8
East South Central.......... 55.2 55.4 .2 54.6 - 56.2
Alabama.................. 53.4 53.3 -.1 51.6 - 55.0
Kentucky................. 55.7 56.3 .6 55.0 - 57.6
Mississippi.............. 53.4 53.7 .3 52.2 - 55.2
Tennessee................ 56.9 57.0 .1 55.8 - 58.3
West South Central.......... 59.3 59.6 .3 59.0 - 60.2
Arkansas................. 55.6 55.5 -.1 54.3 - 56.7
Louisiana................ 55.2 55.7 .5 54.1 - 57.3
Oklahoma................. 58.6 59.1 .5 57.8 - 60.4
Texas.................... 60.6 60.8 .2 60.1 - 61.5
West........................... 57.6 57.7 .1 57.4 - 58.1
Mountain.................... 59.3 59.2 -.1 58.6 - 59.8
Arizona.................. 56.1 55.6 -.5 54.0 - 57.2
Colorado................. 63.5 63.2 -.3 61.8 - 64.7
Idaho.................... 59.5 60.2 .7 58.8 - 61.6
Montana.................. 59.3 60.2 .9 58.6 - 61.7
Nevada................... 57.6 57.6 .0 56.4 - 58.7
New Mexico............... 54.5 54.8 .3 53.7 - 55.9
Utah..................... 62.9 62.9 .0 61.4 - 64.5
Wyoming.................. 65.1 65.1 .0 63.8 - 66.4
Pacific..................... 56.8 57.1 .3 56.7 - 57.5
Alaska................... 63.8 63.5 -.3 61.8 - 65.2
California............... 56.0 56.4 .4 56.0 - 56.9
Hawaii................... 58.3 57.6 -.7 56.3 - 58.8
Oregon................... 58.3 57.8 -.5 56.8 - 58.9
Washington............... 59.5 59.4 -.1 58.4 - 60.4
Puerto Rico.................... 35.4 35.6 .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.
Last Modified Date: April 03, 2013
