Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division, and state, 2009-10 annual averages
Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division,
and state, 2009-10 annual averages
(Percent)
Employment-population
ratio (1) Over-the- Error range of
Region, division, and state year ratio,
change 2010 (2)
2009 2010
United States............. 59.3 58.5 -0.8 58.3 - 58.7
Northeast...................... 59.6 58.9 -.7 58.5 - 59.4
New England................. 62.0 61.7 -.3 60.9 - 62.4
Connecticut.............. 63.0 62.3 -.7 61.2 - 63.5
Maine.................... 60.2 60.2 .0 59.0 - 61.4
Massachusetts............ 60.9 60.5 -.4 59.4 - 61.6
New Hampshire............ 66.0 65.8 -.2 64.8 - 66.8
Rhode Island............. 60.0 60.2 .2 59.1 - 61.4
Vermont.................. 66.1 66.3 .2 65.2 - 67.5
Middle Atlantic............. 58.8 57.9 -.9 57.4 - 58.5
New Jersey............... 60.8 59.8 -1.0 58.9 - 60.8
New York................. 57.7 57.1 -.6 56.4 - 57.7
Pennsylvania............. 59.1 58.0 -1.1 57.2 - 58.8
Midwest........................ 60.7 60.3 -.4 59.9 - 60.7
East North Central.......... 58.9 58.5 -.4 58.0 - 59.0
Illinois................. 60.0 60.0 .0 59.1 - 61.0
Indiana.................. 58.1 57.2 -.9 55.7 - 58.6
Michigan................. 54.2 53.9 -.3 52.9 - 54.9
Ohio..................... 59.6 59.1 -.5 58.2 - 59.9
Wisconsin................ 64.1 63.2 -.9 61.9 - 64.6
West North Central.......... 65.0 64.4 -.6 63.8 - 65.0
Iowa..................... 67.4 66.8 -.6 65.7 - 67.9
Kansas................... 65.8 65.1 -.7 63.9 - 66.2
Minnesota................ 66.4 66.8 .4 65.6 - 67.9
Missouri................. 60.0 58.7 -1.3 57.4 - 60.1
Nebraska................. 68.5 67.7 -.8 66.6 - 68.8
North Dakota............. 70.1 69.8 -.3 68.1 - 71.4
South Dakota............. 68.3 67.6 -.7 66.4 - 68.8
South.......................... 58.3 57.5 -.8 57.2 - 57.9
South Atlantic.............. 58.5 57.3 -1.2 56.9 - 57.8
Delaware................. 58.3 56.2 -2.1 55.1 - 57.3
District of Columbia..... 61.7 60.6 -1.1 59.4 - 61.8
Florida.................. 56.3 55.4 -.9 54.5 - 56.3
Georgia.................. 58.9 57.0 -1.9 56.0 - 57.9
Maryland................. 63.4 62.1 -1.3 61.2 - 63.0
North Carolina........... 57.1 56.1 -1.0 55.0 - 57.1
South Carolina........... 55.2 54.5 -.7 53.5 - 55.5
Virginia................. 64.9 64.1 -.8 63.3 - 65.0
West Virginia............ 50.6 48.8 -1.8 47.1 - 50.4
East South Central.......... 55.1 54.7 -.4 53.9 - 55.5
Alabama.................. 54.1 52.8 -1.3 51.1 - 54.5
Kentucky................. 55.8 55.6 -.2 54.3 - 56.9
Mississippi.............. 53.2 53.2 .0 51.7 - 54.7
Tennessee................ 56.2 56.2 .0 55.0 - 57.3
West South Central.......... 59.8 59.4 -.4 58.8 - 60.0
Arkansas................. 57.0 56.1 -.9 54.9 - 57.3
Louisiana................ 56.8 56.3 -.5 54.7 - 57.9
Oklahoma................. 59.0 58.2 -.8 56.9 - 59.5
Texas.................... 60.8 60.5 -.3 59.8 - 61.2
West........................... 59.3 57.9 -1.4 57.6 - 58.3
Mountain.................... 61.0 59.5 -1.5 58.8 - 60.1
Arizona.................. 57.6 56.9 -.7 55.4 - 58.4
Colorado................. 65.2 62.8 -2.4 61.3 - 64.3
Idaho.................... 60.3 59.1 -1.2 57.7 - 60.5
Montana.................. 60.6 59.7 -.9 58.3 - 61.1
Nevada................... 59.2 57.0 -2.2 55.9 - 58.2
New Mexico............... 57.8 56.9 -.9 55.8 - 57.9
Utah..................... 65.2 62.9 -2.3 61.3 - 64.4
Wyoming.................. 66.4 64.8 -1.6 63.5 - 66.1
Pacific..................... 58.5 57.2 -1.3 56.8 - 57.7
Alaska................... 64.6 64.2 -.4 62.4 - 65.9
California............... 57.8 56.3 -1.5 55.8 - 56.7
Hawaii................... 60.0 59.4 -.6 58.1 - 60.7
Oregon................... 58.5 58.2 -.3 57.2 - 59.2
Washington............... 62.0 60.8 -1.2 59.8 - 61.8
Puerto Rico.................... 36.7 35.1 -1.6 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.
