Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division, and state, 2020-21 annual averages

Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division, and state, 2020-21 annual averages
[Percent]
Region, division, and state	Employment-population ratio(1)		Over-the-year change	Error range of ratio, 2021(2)
Region, division, and state	2020	2021	Over-the-year change	Error range of ratio, 2021(2)
United States	56.8	58.4	1.6	58.2 – 58.5

Northeast	56.2	57.7	1.5	57.3 – 58.2
New England	59.3	60.7	1.4	60.0 – 61.3
Connecticut	60.0	59.5	-0.5	58.0 – 60.9
Maine	56.9	57.1	0.2	55.4 – 58.9
Massachusetts	59.0	61.7	2.7	60.7 – 62.8
New Hampshire	62.2	63.3	1.1	62.1 – 64.5
Rhode Island	57.5	60.0	2.5	58.5 – 61.6
Vermont	60.3	58.9	-1.4	57.6 – 60.2
Middle Atlantic	55.1	56.7	1.6	56.1 – 57.2
New Jersey	57.0	59.1	2.1	58.0 – 60.2
New York	53.3	55.0	1.7	54.1 – 55.8
Pennsylvania	56.5	57.6	1.1	56.7 – 58.5

Midwest	59.0	60.5	1.5	60.0 – 60.9
East North Central	57.1	59.0	1.9	58.5 – 59.5
Illinois	57.2	59.1	1.9	58.2 – 60.1
Indiana	58.3	60.3	2.0	59.0 – 61.5
Michigan	54.1	55.7	1.6	54.7 – 56.8
Ohio	56.5	58.4	1.9	57.4 – 59.4
Wisconsin	62.0	64.0	2.0	62.7 – 65.3
West North Central	63.1	63.7	0.6	63.1 – 64.4
Iowa	63.9	64.1	0.2	62.6 – 65.5
Kansas	62.7	64.2	1.5	62.9 – 65.5
Minnesota	65.3	65.0	-0.3	63.6 – 66.3
Missouri	59.1	60.3	1.2	59.0 – 61.7
Nebraska	66.6	67.7	1.1	66.5 – 69.0
North Dakota	65.7	66.0	0.3	64.3 – 67.7
South Dakota	65.4	66.4	1.0	64.9 – 67.9

South	55.9	57.6	1.7	57.3 – 57.9
South Atlantic	55.9	57.6	1.7	57.1 – 58.0
Delaware	56.6	58.4	1.8	57.0 – 59.8
District of Columbia	63.7	65.2	1.5	63.9 – 66.6
Florida	53.0	55.6	2.6	54.9 – 56.3
Georgia	57.3	59.4	2.1	58.4 – 60.5
Maryland	62.0	61.5	-0.5	60.1 – 62.9
North Carolina	54.8	56.7	1.9	55.7 – 57.7
South Carolina	54.0	55.1	1.1	54.0 – 56.3
Virginia	60.6	60.4	-0.2	59.3 – 61.6
West Virginia	49.7	51.9	2.2	50.4 – 53.4
East South Central	54.0	55.4	1.4	54.7 – 56.2
Alabama	53.6	54.6	1.0	53.3 – 55.9
Kentucky	53.5	55.0	1.5	53.5 – 56.4
Mississippi	50.3	52.0	1.7	50.7 – 53.3
Tennessee	56.0	57.8	1.8	56.6 – 59.0
West South Central	56.9	58.6	1.7	58.1 – 59.1
Arkansas	54.4	54.2	-0.2	53.0 – 55.5
Louisiana	52.6	54.6	2.0	53.5 – 55.8
Oklahoma	56.7	58.3	1.6	57.0 – 59.6
Texas	57.9	59.7	1.8	59.1 – 60.4

West	56.4	58.3	1.9	57.9 – 58.6
Mountain	58.6	60.2	1.6	59.6 – 60.8
Arizona	56.5	58.1	1.6	56.9 – 59.3
Colorado	62.8	64.6	1.8	63.2 – 65.9
Idaho	59.8	60.3	0.5	59.1 – 61.5
Montana	59.1	60.2	1.1	59.1 – 61.3
Nevada	53.0	56.1	3.1	54.7 – 57.5
New Mexico	51.9	52.8	0.9	51.5 – 54.2
Utah	64.6	66.1	1.5	64.8 – 67.4
Wyoming	61.5	61.2	-0.3	59.8 – 62.6
Pacific	55.4	57.4	2.0	56.9 – 57.8
Alaska	58.5	60.9	2.4	59.4 – 62.4
California	54.7	56.6	1.9	56.0 – 57.1
Hawaii	51.9	56.4	4.5	55.1 – 57.7
Oregon	56.7	59.0	2.3	57.7 – 60.4
Washington	58.9	60.3	1.4	59.1 – 61.5
Footnotes (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.
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 re-estimation.

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