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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Fourth Quarter 2020 Response Rates

QCEW response rates are presented for establishments (1), employment, and total quarterly wages as first published. They are not updated with subsequent revisions to the data.

QCEW Response Rates for Establishments (1), Employment, and Total Wages (as first published)
AREA Fourth Quarter
Establishments
December
Employment
Fourth Quarter
Total Wages
2019 2020 Difference 2019 2020 Difference 2019 2020 Difference

United States (2)

93.2% 92.1% -1.1% 97.9% 97.5% -0.4% 98.5% 98.0% -0.5%

Alabama

93.4% 81.8% -11.6% 98.0% 97.9% -0.1% 98.5% 98.9% 0.4%

Alaska

98.4% 97.5% -0.9% 99.4% 95.3% -4.1% 91.0% 89.8% -1.2%

Arizona

92.5% 94.0% 1.5% 98.0% 98.3% 0.3% 98.9% 99.0% 0.1%

Arkansas

90.7% 89.4% -1.3% 98.6% 98.2% -0.4% 99.2% 99.1% -0.1%

California

96.7% 96.7% 0.0% 99.1% 99.6% 0.5% 99.5% 99.8% 0.3%

Colorado

93.6% 93.5% -0.1% 96.6% 96.5% -0.1% 98.0% 97.4% -0.6%

Connecticut

93.2% 92.1% -1.1% 95.0% 92.2% -2.8% 92.6% 89.3% -3.3%

Delaware

88.7% 86.3% -2.4% 95.0% 90.7% -4.3% 94.5% 82.0% -12.5%

District of Columbia

88.4% 87.3% -1.1% 95.4% 94.1% -1.3% 97.6% 90.6% -7.0%

Florida

91.9% 88.9% -3.0% 98.4% 96.3% -2.1% 98.7% 97.3% -1.4%

Georgia

89.7% 78.9% -10.8% 97.4% 92.9% -4.5% 98.1% 96.7% -1.4%

Hawaii

91.1% 90.9% -0.2% 97.9% 99.1% 1.2% 98.4% 99.3% 0.9%

Idaho

96.9% 95.6% -1.3% 97.8% 97.1% -0.7% 96.6% 97.6% 1.0%

Illinois

91.9% 91.6% -0.3% 99.7% 99.8% 0.1% 99.7% 99.9% 0.2%

Indiana

94.6% 93.0% -1.6% 96.5% 94.4% -2.1% 98.7% 97.9% -0.8%

Iowa

97.6% 97.5% -0.1% 97.1% 98.1% 1.0% 97.7% 99.1% 1.4%

Kansas

96.9% 96.6% -0.3% 98.9% 99.1% 0.2% 99.6% 99.5% -0.1%

Kentucky

90.5% 84.7% -5.8% 97.7% 97.4% -0.3% 98.7% 98.8% 0.1%

Louisiana

87.7% 85.0% -2.7% 98.3% 97.6% -0.7% 98.9% 98.4% -0.5%

Maine

94.7% 93.9% -0.8% 98.9% 97.9% -1.0% 99.1% 99.5% 0.4%

Maryland

89.1% 89.6% 0.5% 95.0% 95.3% 0.3% 96.0% 97.8% 1.8%

Massachusetts

95.4% 94.9% -0.5% 98.0% 97.9% -0.1% 98.7% 97.8% -0.9%

Michigan

87.7% 89.5% 1.8% 97.4% 97.3% -0.1% 98.8% 98.3% -0.5%

Minnesota

92.8% 89.6% -3.2% 99.4% 98.3% -1.1% 99.6% 98.7% -0.9%

Mississippi

89.9% 89.2% -0.7% 96.7% 96.3% -0.4% 97.9% 96.8% -1.1%

Missouri

92.8% 91.6% -1.2% 98.3% 97.4% -0.9% 98.8% 97.1% -1.7%

Montana

93.2% 90.6% -2.6% 98.7% 98.2% -0.5% 99.2% 98.8% -0.4%

Nebraska

95.2% 98.2% 3.0% 97.6% 98.7% 1.1% 99.8% 99.5% -0.3%

Nevada

94.7% 93.3% -1.4% 94.9% 94.9% 0.0% 96.3% 95.0% -1.3%

New Hampshire

96.1% 94.4% -1.7% 99.1% 96.0% -3.1% 99.3% 98.0% -1.3%

New Jersey

88.6% 87.0% -1.6% 97.8% 97.8% 0.0% 99.1% 99.3% 0.2%

New Mexico

89.5% 89.4% -0.1% 97.4% 97.4% 0.0% 98.3% 98.2% -0.1%

New York

92.8% 91.1% -1.7% 97.0% 96.8% -0.2% 97.5% 95.7% -1.8%

North Carolina

94.2% 94.1% -0.1% 99.2% 99.4% 0.2% 99.4% 99.7% 0.3%

North Dakota

98.4% 97.9% -0.5% 99.4% 99.2% -0.2% 99.7% 99.8% 0.1%

Ohio

93.3% 93.7% 0.4% 96.0% 96.9% 0.9% 98.2% 99.2% 1.0%

Oklahoma

87.7% 83.3% -4.4% 98.7% 94.0% -4.7% 98.7% 93.1% -5.6%

Oregon

92.5% 92.6% 0.1% 96.2% 97.3% 1.1% 96.7% 96.1% -0.6%

Pennsylvania

98.0% 98.0% 0.0% 96.6% 96.7% 0.1% 96.8% 95.9% -0.9%

Rhode Island

95.9% 94.8% -1.1% 97.3% 98.5% 1.2% 97.2% 98.6% 1.4%

South Carolina

85.5% 91.5% 6.0% 98.1% 97.3% -0.8% 98.3% 98.6% 0.3%

South Dakota

98.7% 99.0% 0.3% 97.9% 94.7% -3.2% 98.5% 98.0% -0.5%

Tennessee

92.1% 92.0% -0.1% 97.7% 98.4% 0.7% 98.8% 99.1% 0.3%

Texas

96.5% 95.9% -0.6% 98.6% 99.0% 0.4% 99.1% 98.8% -0.3%

Utah

97.2% 97.0% -0.2% 98.2% 96.3% -1.9% 99.4% 97.0% -2.4%

Vermont

97.2% 95.0% -2.2% 98.7% 99.0% 0.3% 99.3% 99.3% 0.0%

Virginia

91.2% 91.6% 0.4% 97.7% 98.1% 0.4% 98.9% 99.1% 0.2%

Washington

84.0% 80.1% -3.9% 98.1% 97.6% -0.5% 99.5% 99.6% 0.1%

West Virginia

95.9% 94.2% -1.7% 99.3% 96.0% -3.3% 99.6% 97.0% -2.6%

Wisconsin

94.3% 96.4% 2.1% 97.3% 97.1% -0.2% 99.3% 98.6% -0.7%

Wyoming

97.8% 98.1% 0.3% 97.8% 98.5% 0.7% 99.2% 99.4% 0.2%

Puerto Rico

92.4% 95.9% 3.5% 97.2% 96.9% -0.3% 96.8% 95.9% -0.9%

Virgin Islands

60.3% 58.5% -1.8% 88.4% 93.4% 5.0% 89.6% 95.3% 5.7%

Footnotes:

(1) Percentage of establishments reporting employment in the third month of the quarter.

(2) Percentage reported for the United States includes data for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Last Modified Date: May 19, 2021