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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Third 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 Third Quarter
Establishments
September
Employment
Third Quarter
Total Wages
2019 2020 Difference 2019 2020 Difference 2019 2020 Difference

United States (2)

91.7% 92.3% 0.6% 97.5% 97.7% 0.2% 98.2% 98.3% 0.1%

Alabama

90.9% 91.1% 0.2% 97.8% 97.2% -0.6% 97.9% 95.9% -2.0%

Alaska

97.8% 96.8% -1.0% 99.2% 93.7% -5.5% 92.6% 92.7% 0.1%

Arizona

91.3% 92.8% 1.5% 97.6% 98.1% 0.5% 99.0% 98.8% -0.2%

Arkansas

90.1% 89.1% -1.0% 98.1% 98.6% 0.5% 98.5% 98.7% 0.2%

California

96.0% 95.9% -0.1% 98.9% 99.5% 0.6% 99.6% 99.8% 0.2%

Colorado

93.8% 93.7% -0.1% 96.2% 97.3% 1.1% 97.0% 98.3% 1.3%

Connecticut

92.7% 92.7% 0.0% 94.1% 94.4% 0.3% 93.0% 93.5% 0.5%

Delaware

87.2% 87.9% 0.7% 94.6% 95.5% 0.9% 92.9% 87.4% -5.5%

District of Columbia

82.4% 81.9% -0.5% 95.8% 93.9% -1.9% 98.8% 96.5% -2.3%

Florida

92.2% 90.9% -1.3% 98.6% 95.9% -2.7% 98.7% 97.5% -1.2%

Georgia

90.1% 86.5% -3.6% 97.8% 97.8% 0.0% 98.3% 98.8% 0.5%

Hawaii

90.0% 90.7% 0.7% 96.9% 98.3% 1.4% 96.2% 99.3% 3.1%

Idaho

94.6% 95.9% 1.3% 96.4% 97.6% 1.2% 94.7% 94.9% 0.2%

Illinois

91.0% 91.0% 0.0% 99.8% 99.9% 0.1% 99.8% 99.9% 0.1%

Indiana

93.8% 94.0% 0.2% 96.9% 97.4% 0.5% 98.3% 99.6% 1.3%

Iowa

97.4% 97.3% -0.1% 97.7% 98.1% 0.4% 97.7% 99.1% 1.4%

Kansas

95.5% 95.3% -0.2% 97.1% 98.1% 1.0% 99.5% 99.0% -0.5%

Kentucky

89.5% 87.9% -1.6% 96.3% 97.7% 1.4% 98.1% 99.0% 0.9%

Louisiana

87.6% 83.9% -3.7% 97.8% 97.5% -0.3% 98.9% 98.6% -0.3%

Maine

92.9% 94.4% 1.5% 99.0% 99.0% 0.0% 99.3% 99.2% -0.1%

Maryland

91.3% 88.8% -2.5% 95.4% 92.1% -3.3% 98.3% 95.4% -2.9%

Massachusetts

94.3% 94.4% 0.1% 98.3% 97.0% -1.3% 99.0% 98.7% -0.3%

Michigan

85.8% 88.3% 2.5% 96.0% 97.1% 1.1% 97.4% 97.9% 0.5%

Minnesota

92.7% 90.2% -2.5% 99.3% 98.3% -1.0% 99.5% 98.4% -1.1%

Mississippi

89.1% 89.8% 0.7% 95.4% 96.4% 1.0% 96.6% 97.0% 0.4%

Missouri

92.9% 91.8% -1.1% 97.4% 97.6% 0.2% 98.1% 98.2% 0.1%

Montana

93.9% 91.2% -2.7% 98.5% 98.1% -0.4% 98.7% 98.5% -0.2%

Nebraska

84.0% 98.9% 14.9% 95.1% 98.7% 3.6% 98.1% 98.5% 0.4%

Nevada

93.0% 89.9% -3.1% 94.8% 94.0% -0.8% 96.5% 95.6% -0.9%

New Hampshire

95.5% 94.3% -1.2% 98.7% 96.4% -2.3% 99.2% 97.8% -1.4%

New Jersey

87.1% 85.8% -1.3% 97.9% 98.1% 0.2% 99.2% 99.2% 0.0%

New Mexico

90.1% 91.0% 0.9% 97.3% 94.5% -2.8% 97.9% 96.3% -1.6%

New York

92.6% 90.7% -1.9% 97.6% 96.7% -0.9% 97.1% 95.8% -1.3%

North Carolina

94.0% 93.0% -1.0% 99.0% 99.2% 0.2% 99.1% 99.6% 0.5%

North Dakota

98.2% 98.4% 0.2% 99.2% 99.4% 0.2% 99.7% 99.4% -0.3%

Ohio

93.1% 93.3% 0.2% 96.5% 97.4% 0.9% 98.5% 99.0% 0.5%

Oklahoma

87.1% 81.9% -5.2% 98.8% 94.5% -4.3% 99.3% 93.5% -5.8%

Oregon

92.6% 93.1% 0.5% 96.4% 96.9% 0.5% 93.9% 94.9% 1.0%

Pennsylvania

97.7% 97.7% 0.0% 96.9% 96.5% -0.4% 96.9% 96.1% -0.8%

Rhode Island

95.8% 94.5% -1.3% 97.6% 98.6% 1.0% 97.7% 98.7% 1.0%

South Carolina

80.5% 91.1% 10.6% 97.2% 97.6% 0.4% 98.2% 98.9% 0.7%

South Dakota

98.3% 98.5% 0.2% 97.0% 95.8% -1.2% 97.9% 98.7% 0.8%

Tennessee

92.0% 91.7% -0.3% 96.7% 98.4% 1.7% 97.6% 99.2% 1.6%

Texas

95.3% 95.1% -0.2% 98.3% 98.7% 0.4% 98.6% 99.1% 0.5%

Utah

96.8% 96.2% -0.6% 98.7% 98.4% -0.3% 99.6% 99.6% 0.0%

Vermont

96.6% 94.8% -1.8% 98.4% 97.8% -0.6% 98.2% 98.5% 0.3%

Virginia

70.8% 91.4% 20.6% 90.6% 97.7% 7.1% 93.2% 98.6% 5.4%

Washington

70.8% 81.9% 11.1% 96.8% 98.4% 1.6% 99.0% 99.5% 0.5%

West Virginia

94.3% 94.3% 0.0% 99.2% 99.3% 0.1% 99.6% 99.6% 0.0%

Wisconsin

93.7% 96.8% 3.1% 95.8% 97.5% 1.7% 98.6% 99.3% 0.7%

Wyoming

95.3% 97.7% 2.4% 96.3% 98.4% 2.1% 99.1% 99.4% 0.3%

Puerto Rico

92.6% 95.5% 2.9% 96.7% 96.8% 0.1% 95.8% 95.9% 0.1%

Virgin Islands

44.0% 54.9% 10.9% 74.0% 90.5% 16.5% 82.9% 92.5% 9.6%

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: February 24, 2021