Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division, and state, 2010-11 annual averages
Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division,
and state, 2010-11 annual averages
(Percent)
Employment-population
ratio (1) Over-the- Error range of
Region, division, and state year ratio,
change 2011 (2)
2010 2011
United States............. 58.5 58.4 -0.1 58.2 - 58.6
Northeast...................... 58.9 58.7 -.2 58.3 - 59.1
New England................. 61.6 61.6 .0 60.9 - 62.3
Connecticut.............. 62.2 62.0 -.2 60.8 - 63.1
Maine.................... 59.9 60.3 .4 59.1 - 61.5
Massachusetts............ 60.6 60.7 .1 59.6 - 61.8
New Hampshire............ 65.7 65.9 .2 64.9 - 66.9
Rhode Island............. 59.8 59.3 -.5 58.2 - 60.5
Vermont.................. 66.2 66.4 .2 65.2 - 67.6
Middle Atlantic............. 58.0 57.7 -.3 57.1 - 58.2
New Jersey............... 60.0 59.8 -.2 58.8 - 60.7
New York................. 57.0 56.5 -.5 55.8 - 57.1
Pennsylvania............. 58.2 58.1 -.1 57.2 - 58.9
Midwest........................ 60.2 60.4 .2 60.0 - 60.8
East North Central.......... 58.3 58.5 .2 57.9 - 59.0
Illinois................. 59.7 59.5 -.2 58.6 - 60.5
Indiana.................. 57.5 58.0 .5 56.5 - 59.4
Michigan................. 53.6 53.9 .3 52.9 - 54.9
Ohio..................... 58.8 59.0 .2 58.1 - 59.8
Wisconsin................ 63.6 63.5 -.1 62.1 - 64.8
West North Central.......... 64.6 64.7 .1 64.1 - 65.3
Iowa..................... 66.3 65.9 -.4 64.8 - 67.0
Kansas................... 65.0 64.8 -.2 63.7 - 66.0
Minnesota................ 66.6 67.1 .5 66.0 - 68.3
Missouri................. 59.8 59.9 .1 58.6 - 61.2
Nebraska................. 67.9 68.5 .6 67.4 - 69.6
North Dakota............. 69.3 69.3 .0 67.9 - 70.8
South Dakota............. 67.9 68.1 .2 66.9 - 69.3
South.......................... 57.5 57.5 .0 57.2 - 57.8
South Atlantic.............. 57.2 57.3 .1 56.8 - 57.7
Delaware................. 57.3 57.3 .0 56.2 - 58.3
District of Columbia..... 61.4 60.1 -1.3 59.0 - 61.3
Florida.................. 54.2 54.4 .2 53.5 - 55.3
Georgia.................. 57.6 57.8 .2 56.7 - 58.8
Maryland................. 62.8 62.8 .0 61.9 - 63.7
North Carolina........... 56.4 56.2 -.2 55.2 - 57.2
South Carolina........... 53.5 53.5 .0 52.3 - 54.8
Virginia................. 64.5 64.7 .2 63.9 - 65.6
West Virginia............ 49.7 49.5 -.2 47.9 - 51.1
East South Central.......... 54.8 55.2 .4 54.4 - 56.0
Alabama.................. 53.4 53.4 .0 51.7 - 55.2
Kentucky................. 55.2 55.5 .3 54.2 - 56.8
Mississippi.............. 52.9 53.5 .6 52.0 - 55.0
Tennessee................ 56.5 57.2 .7 55.9 - 58.4
West South Central.......... 59.4 59.1 -.3 58.5 - 59.7
Arkansas................. 55.9 55.9 .0 54.7 - 57.1
Louisiana................ 55.7 54.9 -.8 53.4 - 56.5
Oklahoma................. 58.2 57.9 -.3 56.6 - 59.2
Texas.................... 60.7 60.4 -.3 59.7 - 61.2
West........................... 58.0 57.6 -.4 57.2 - 57.9
Mountain.................... 59.8 59.1 -.7 58.5 - 59.8
Arizona.................. 56.7 55.8 -.9 54.1 - 57.4
Colorado................. 64.1 63.7 -.4 62.2 - 65.2
Idaho.................... 59.7 59.6 -.1 58.1 - 61.0
Montana (c).............. 59.9 59.7 -.2 58.2 - 61.3
Nevada................... 58.0 57.2 -.8 56.0 - 58.3
New Mexico............... 55.1 54.3 -.8 53.2 - 55.3
Utah..................... 63.5 62.5 -1.0 61.0 - 64.1
Wyoming.................. 65.4 65.4 .0 64.1 - 66.7
Pacific..................... 57.2 56.9 -.3 56.5 - 57.3
Alaska................... 64.7 64.2 -.5 62.5 - 65.9
California............... 56.3 56.0 -.3 55.6 - 56.5
Hawaii................... 58.8 58.6 -.2 57.4 - 59.9
Oregon................... 58.4 58.8 .4 57.8 - 59.8
Washington............... 60.4 59.6 -.8 58.5 - 60.6
Puerto Rico.................... 35.1 34.1 -1.0 NA
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.
c = corrected.
NA = 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
reestimation. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to
the Current Population Survey.
Last Modified Date: April 04, 2012
