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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Second 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 Second Quarter
Establishments
June
Employment
Second Quarter
Total Wages
2019 2020 Difference 2019 2020 Difference 2019 2020 Difference

United States (2)

92.5% 91.8% -0.7% 97.9% 97.5% -0.4% 98.4% 98.3% -0.1%

Alabama

88.9% 91.7% 2.8% 97.5% 98.2% 0.7% 98.2% 94.9% -3.3%

Alaska

96.2% 96.6% 0.4% 91.5% 94.2% 2.7% 90.0% 93.1% 3.1%

Arizona

91.3% 89.3% -2.0% 96.6% 97.6% 1.0% 98.6% 98.3% -0.3%

Arkansas

90.2% 89.4% -0.8% 98.5% 98.2% -0.3% 98.7% 98.8% 0.1%

California

96.1% 95.2% -0.9% 99.4% 99.2% -0.2% 99.6% 99.5% -0.1%

Colorado

93.9% 92.2% -1.7% 97.1% 95.1% -2.0% 98.0% 95.8% -2.2%

Connecticut

93.3% 91.1% -2.2% 95.7% 93.6% -2.1% 92.9% 91.5% -1.4%

Delaware

88.1% 86.4% -1.7% 95.2% 94.3% -0.9% 94.4% 95.4% 1.0%

District of Columbia

83.3% 83.3% 0.0% 95.1% 95.8% 0.7% 98.2% 97.7% -0.5%

Florida

92.4% 90.1% -2.3% 98.7% 94.5% -4.2% 98.8% 97.6% -1.2%

Georgia

90.6% 86.1% -4.5% 97.5% 97.3% -0.2% 97.4% 97.4% 0.0%

Hawaii

92.1% 89.3% -2.8% 99.0% 98.7% -0.3% 99.6% 99.3% -0.3%

Idaho

94.4% 96.0% 1.6% 97.0% 97.5% 0.5% 95.5% 95.7% 0.2%

Illinois

90.3% 90.0% -0.3% 99.3% 99.3% 0.0% 99.5% 99.4% -0.1%

Indiana

94.0% 93.9% -0.1% 96.5% 97.1% 0.6% 98.6% 99.5% 0.9%

Iowa

97.5% 97.4% -0.1% 97.8% 97.9% 0.1% 98.5% 98.9% 0.4%

Kansas

96.1% 94.4% -1.7% 98.3% 98.3% 0.0% 98.9% 99.2% 0.3%

Kentucky

92.0% 88.4% -3.6% 97.2% 97.4% 0.2% 97.9% 98.5% 0.6%

Louisiana

88.3% 83.6% -4.7% 96.4% 96.8% 0.4% 98.0% 97.9% -0.1%

Maine

93.1% 94.8% 1.7% 98.9% 99.5% 0.6% 99.1% 99.6% 0.5%

Maryland

91.5% 91.0% -0.5% 97.6% 94.5% -3.1% 98.1% 97.7% -0.4%

Massachusetts

94.5% 91.7% -2.8% 98.1% 96.9% -1.2% 98.9% 97.3% -1.6%

Michigan

88.6% 86.9% -1.7% 96.8% 97.7% 0.9% 98.0% 98.7% 0.7%

Minnesota

91.4% 88.5% -2.9% 99.2% 98.6% -0.6% 99.3% 99.0% -0.3%

Mississippi

91.3% 90.6% -0.7% 96.4% 95.7% -0.7% 97.3% 97.9% 0.6%

Missouri

93.4% 91.7% -1.7% 97.6% 97.5% -0.1% 98.3% 97.7% -0.6%

Montana

95.9% 94.2% -1.7% 98.5% 98.0% -0.5% 98.2% 97.8% -0.4%

Nebraska

98.8% 97.8% -1.0% 99.3% 99.1% -0.2% 99.9% 99.5% -0.4%

Nevada

93.3% 93.1% -0.2% 94.3% 94.6% 0.3% 96.4% 96.1% -0.3%

New Hampshire

95.6% 94.6% -1.0% 98.9% 98.3% -0.6% 99.2% 98.8% -0.4%

New Jersey

86.9% 84.5% -2.4% 98.0% 96.1% -1.9% 99.2% 98.8% -0.4%

New Mexico

91.1% 91.2% 0.1% 97.3% 97.6% 0.3% 98.2% 98.3% 0.1%

New York

91.9% 91.3% -0.6% 96.4% 96.9% 0.5% 96.5% 96.7% 0.2%

North Carolina

94.2% 92.7% -1.5% 99.1% 99.2% 0.1% 99.3% 99.5% 0.2%

North Dakota

98.0% 97.5% -0.5% 99.1% 99.5% 0.4% 99.6% 99.7% 0.1%

Ohio

93.1% 93.6% 0.5% 97.3% 97.1% -0.2% 98.6% 99.4% 0.8%

Oklahoma

87.3% 85.5% -1.8% 98.5% 98.1% -0.4% 99.1% 98.2% -0.9%

Oregon

92.0% 93.0% 1.0% 96.5% 98.0% 1.5% 97.2% 97.6% 0.4%

Pennsylvania

97.5% 97.6% 0.1% 96.6% 96.6% 0.0% 96.5% 96.6% 0.1%

Rhode Island

95.5% 94.0% -1.5% 96.9% 97.6% 0.7% 96.5% 96.3% -0.2%

South Carolina

81.3% 91.3% 10.0% 96.8% 97.2% 0.4% 97.6% 99.2% 1.6%

South Dakota

98.4% 98.5% 0.1% 97.4% 98.4% 1.0% 98.3% 98.7% 0.4%

Tennessee

92.1% 91.1% -1.0% 98.5% 98.2% -0.3% 99.6% 99.5% -0.1%

Texas

95.6% 94.4% -1.2% 98.5% 98.6% 0.1% 99.1% 99.2% 0.1%

Utah

96.6% 96.4% -0.2% 98.7% 99.0% 0.3% 99.5% 99.5% 0.0%

Vermont

96.4% 94.8% -1.6% 98.1% 97.7% -0.4% 99.5% 98.3% -1.2%

Virginia

90.6% 92.0% 1.4% 97.7% 97.8% 0.1% 98.9% 98.6% -0.3%

Washington

70.9% 80.6% 9.7% 97.3% 97.4% 0.1% 99.0% 99.1% 0.1%

West Virginia

94.5% 94.6% 0.1% 99.2% 98.3% -0.9% 99.5% 97.8% -1.7%

Wisconsin

94.3% 96.9% 2.6% 97.4% 97.9% 0.5% 99.4% 99.6% 0.2%

Wyoming

95.2% 97.6% 2.4% 97.1% 98.3% 1.2% 98.1% 98.7% 0.6%

Puerto Rico

92.3% 91.4% -0.9% 96.9% 95.7% -1.2% 95.3% 95.6% 0.3%

Virgin Islands

55.2% 56.4% 1.2% 88.2% 89.3% 1.1% 91.0% 91.6% 0.6%

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: November 18, 2020