Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division, and state, 2018-19 annual averages

Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division, and state, 2018-19 annual averages
[Percent]
Region, division, and state	Employment-population ratio(1)		Over-the-year change	Error range of ratio, 2019(2)
Region, division, and state	2018	2019	Over-the-year change	Error range of ratio, 2019(2)
United States	60.4	60.8	0.4	60.6 – 61.0

Northeast	60.5	61.0	0.5	60.6 – 61.4
New England	64.2	64.7	0.5	64.0 – 65.3
Connecticut	63.2	63.9	0.7	62.6 – 65.2
Maine	61.0	60.5	-0.5	59.1 – 62.0
Massachusetts	65.2	65.8	0.6	64.9 – 66.7
New Hampshire	66.8	67.3	0.5	66.2 – 68.3
Rhode Island	61.8	62.0	0.2	60.8 – 63.3
Vermont	65.1	64.5	-0.6	63.3 – 65.7
Middle Atlantic	59.1	59.6	0.5	59.1 – 60.1
New Jersey	60.2	61.3	1.1	60.3 – 62.2
New York	58.2	58.4	0.2	57.7 – 59.1
Pennsylvania	59.9	60.4	0.5	59.6 – 61.2

Midwest	62.6	62.7	0.1	62.3 – 63.1
East North Central	61.3	61.3	0.0	60.9 – 61.8
Illinois	61.7	61.9	0.2	61.0 – 62.8
Indiana	62.7	62.4	-0.3	61.3 – 63.5
Michigan	59.0	59.2	0.2	58.3 – 60.2
Ohio	59.9	60.2	0.3	59.4 – 61.0
Wisconsin	65.6	64.8	-0.8	63.7 – 65.9
West North Central	65.4	65.8	0.4	65.2 – 66.4
Iowa	67.0	68.5	1.5	67.3 – 69.8
Kansas	64.3	64.6	0.3	63.4 – 65.7
Minnesota	67.9	68.0	0.1	66.9 – 69.2
Missouri	61.7	62.0	0.3	61.0 – 63.0
Nebraska	67.5	67.8	0.3	66.8 – 68.8
North Dakota	67.8	67.6	-0.2	66.1 – 69.2
South Dakota	66.8	66.7	-0.1	65.4 – 68.1

South	59.2	59.6	0.4	59.3 – 59.9
South Atlantic	59.4	59.8	0.4	59.4 – 60.2
Delaware	60.2	60.2	0.0	59.0 – 61.5
District of Columbia	66.5	67.1	0.6	65.8 – 68.4
Florida	57.1	57.5	0.4	56.9 – 58.2
Georgia	60.3	60.2	-0.1	59.3 – 61.1
Maryland	65.2	66.0	0.8	64.9 – 67.2
North Carolina	58.8	59.2	0.4	58.4 – 60.1
South Carolina	56.4	56.8	0.4	55.9 – 57.7
Virginia	63.5	64.3	0.8	63.3 – 65.3
West Virginia	51.2	52.4	1.2	50.6 – 54.1
East South Central	56.5	57.2	0.7	56.5 – 57.9
Alabama	55.4	56.3	0.9	55.3 – 57.3
Kentucky	56.5	56.8	0.3	55.6 – 58.0
Mississippi	52.8	52.8	0.0	51.6 – 54.0
Tennessee	59.0	60.1	1.1	59.0 – 61.2
West South Central	60.2	60.4	0.2	59.9 – 60.9
Arkansas	55.9	56.1	0.2	55.1 – 57.1
Louisiana	55.9	55.8	-0.1	54.7 – 56.8
Oklahoma	59.0	58.8	-0.2	57.5 – 60.0
Texas	61.5	61.8	0.3	61.2 – 62.3

West	60.4	60.8	0.4	60.5 – 61.2
Mountain	61.7	62.3	0.6	61.7 – 62.9
Arizona	58.2	59.2	1.0	58.2 – 60.3
Colorado	66.7	67.4	0.7	66.2 – 68.6
Idaho	62.4	62.6	0.2	61.5 – 63.7
Montana	60.5	60.6	0.1	59.5 – 61.6
Nevada	60.5	61.1	0.6	60.2 – 62.1
New Mexico	54.7	55.4	0.7	54.3 – 56.5
Utah	66.2	66.6	0.4	65.6 – 67.6
Wyoming	62.5	62.6	0.1	61.3 – 64.0
Pacific	59.9	60.2	0.3	59.7 – 60.6
Alaska	60.4	59.9	-0.5	58.4 – 61.4
California	59.6	59.9	0.3	59.4 – 60.4
Hawaii	60.2	59.3	-0.9	58.1 – 60.5
Oregon	59.7	59.4	-0.3	58.2 – 60.6
Washington	61.3	62.3	1.0	61.3 – 63.2

Puerto Rico	36.7	37.4	0.7	(3)-
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. (3) Data not available.
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. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey.

Last Modified Date: March 04, 2020

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Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division, and state, 2018-19 annual averages

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