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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Second Quarter 2021 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
2020 2021 Difference 2020 2021 Difference 2020 2021 Difference

United States (2)

91.8% 91.8% 0.0% 97.5% 97.5% 0.0% 98.3% 98.2% -0.1%

Alabama

91.7% 89.9% -1.8% 98.2% 98.2% 0.0% 94.9% 98.7% 3.8%

Alaska

96.6% 97.2% 0.6% 94.2% 92.7% -1.5% 93.1% 86.8% -6.3%

Arizona

89.3% 92.5% 3.2% 97.6% 98.3% 0.7% 98.3% 98.7% 0.4%

Arkansas

89.4% 85.8% -3.6% 98.2% 98.5% 0.3% 98.8% 99.1% 0.3%

California

95.2% 96.3% 1.1% 99.2% 99.4% 0.2% 99.5% 99.7% 0.2%

Colorado

92.2% 91.6% -0.6% 95.1% 96.4% 1.3% 95.8% 96.6% 0.8%

Connecticut

91.1% 92.1% 1.0% 93.6% 94.5% 0.9% 91.5% 94.3% 2.8%

Delaware

86.4% 84.2% -2.2% 94.3% 93.4% -0.9% 95.4% 93.4% -2.0%

District of Columbia

83.3% 84.3% 1.0% 95.8% 95.6% -0.2% 97.7% 97.7% 0.0%

Florida

90.1% 90.7% 0.6% 94.5% 94.2% -0.3% 97.6% 97.6% 0.0%

Georgia

86.1% 83.7% -2.4% 97.3% 96.4% -0.9% 97.4% 96.9% -0.5%

Hawaii

89.3% 89.4% 0.1% 98.7% 98.2% -0.5% 99.3% 99.4% 0.1%

Idaho

96.0% 93.9% -2.1% 97.5% 98.0% 0.5% 95.7% 96.7% 1.0%

Illinois

90.0% 89.9% -0.1% 99.3% 99.9% 0.6% 99.4% 99.9% 0.5%

Indiana

93.9% 93.2% -0.7% 97.1% 96.8% -0.3% 99.5% 98.8% -0.7%

Iowa

97.4% 97.0% -0.4% 97.9% 97.9% 0.0% 98.9% 98.7% -0.2%

Kansas

94.4% 97.1% 2.7% 98.3% 99.1% 0.8% 99.2% 99.4% 0.2%

Kentucky

88.4% 87.6% -0.8% 97.4% 96.4% -1.0% 98.5% 97.7% -0.8%

Louisiana

83.6% 84.7% 1.1% 96.8% 97.8% 1.0% 97.9% 98.4% 0.5%

Maine

94.8% 93.6% -1.2% 99.5% 98.5% -1.0% 99.6% 98.8% -0.8%

Maryland

91.0% 89.7% -1.3% 94.5% 93.9% -0.6% 97.7% 96.2% -1.5%

Massachusetts

91.7% 92.2% 0.5% 96.9% 97.1% 0.2% 97.3% 98.1% 0.8%

Michigan

86.9% 89.1% 2.2% 97.7% 96.3% -1.4% 98.7% 97.2% -1.5%

Minnesota

88.5% 85.1% -3.4% 98.6% 96.8% -1.8% 99.0% 97.0% -2.0%

Mississippi

90.6% 89.7% -0.9% 95.7% 96.4% 0.7% 97.9% 96.8% -1.1%

Missouri

91.7% 92.6% 0.9% 97.5% 98.1% 0.6% 97.7% 98.5% 0.8%

Montana

94.2% 93.9% -0.3% 98.0% 98.0% 0.0% 97.8% 97.7% -0.1%

Nebraska

97.8% 97.7% -0.1% 99.1% 98.9% -0.2% 99.5% 99.7% 0.2%

Nevada

93.1% 94.2% 1.1% 94.6% 94.4% -0.2% 96.1% 94.4% -1.7%

New Hampshire

94.6% 93.0% -1.6% 98.3% 95.8% -2.5% 98.8% 97.9% -0.9%

New Jersey

84.5% 86.0% 1.5% 96.1% 98.1% 2.0% 98.8% 99.4% 0.6%

New Mexico

91.2% 91.4% 0.2% 97.6% 97.1% -0.5% 98.3% 98.0% -0.3%

New York

91.3% 90.4% -0.9% 96.9% 96.5% -0.4% 96.7% 95.5% -1.2%

North Carolina

92.7% 88.9% -3.8% 99.2% 97.6% -1.6% 99.5% 98.1% -1.4%

North Dakota

97.5% 98.1% 0.6% 99.5% 99.6% 0.1% 99.7% 99.7% 0.0%

Ohio

93.6% 93.7% 0.1% 97.1% 97.4% 0.3% 99.4% 98.9% -0.5%

Oklahoma

85.5% 85.4% -0.1% 98.1% 97.6% -0.5% 98.2% 97.4% -0.8%

Oregon

93.0% 92.7% -0.3% 98.0% 96.9% -1.1% 97.6% 96.4% -1.2%

Pennsylvania

97.6% 98.1% 0.5% 96.6% 97.5% 0.9% 96.6% 96.1% -0.5%

Rhode Island

94.0% 94.4% 0.4% 97.6% 97.7% 0.1% 96.3% 97.2% 0.9%

South Carolina

91.3% 90.3% -1.0% 97.2% 97.4% 0.2% 99.2% 98.7% -0.5%

South Dakota

98.5% 98.5% 0.0% 98.4% 94.2% -4.2% 98.7% 98.8% 0.1%

Tennessee

91.1% 90.9% -0.2% 98.2% 97.9% -0.3% 99.5% 99.4% -0.1%

Texas

94.4% 94.3% -0.1% 98.6% 98.8% 0.2% 99.2% 99.0% -0.2%

Utah

96.4% 96.8% 0.4% 99.0% 98.8% -0.2% 99.5% 99.6% 0.1%

Vermont

94.8% 94.0% -0.8% 97.7% 97.6% -0.1% 98.3% 98.3% 0.0%

Virginia

92.0% 90.0% -2.0% 97.8% 96.6% -1.2% 98.6% 98.6% 0.0%

Washington

80.6% 80.8% 0.2% 97.4% 98.4% 1.0% 99.1% 99.3% 0.2%

West Virginia

94.6% 93.9% -0.7% 98.3% 98.8% 0.5% 97.8% 99.3% 1.5%

Wisconsin

96.9% 96.6% -0.3% 97.9% 97.8% -0.1% 99.6% 99.4% -0.2%

Wyoming

97.6% 98.0% 0.4% 98.3% 98.4% 0.1% 98.7% 98.9% 0.2%

Puerto Rico

91.4% 95.0% 3.6% 95.7% 96.3% 0.6% 95.6% 94.5% -1.1%

Virgin Islands

56.4% 64.3% 7.9% 89.3% 95.0% 5.7% 91.6% 94.3% 2.7%

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: November 23, 2021