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Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division, and state, 2022-23 annual averages

Table 2. Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division, and state, 2022-23 annual averages
[Percent]
Region, division, and state Employment-population ratio(1) Over-the-year
change
Error range of
ratio, 2023(2)
2022 2023

United States

60.0 60.3 0.3 60.2 – 60.5

Northeast

59.8 60.4 0.6 60.0 – 60.9

New England

62.2 62.1 -0.1 61.5 – 62.8

Connecticut

62.5 61.8 -0.7 60.4 – 63.3

Maine

57.4 57.5 0.1 55.8 – 59.1

Massachusetts

62.8 62.9 0.1 61.8 – 63.9

New Hampshire

64.1 63.6 -0.5 62.4 – 64.9

Rhode Island

61.6 61.7 0.1 60.1 – 63.3

Vermont

62.1 63.4 1.3 62.1 – 64.7

Middle Atlantic

59.0 59.8 0.8 59.2 – 60.4

New Jersey

61.5 62.0 0.5 60.9 – 63.2

New York

57.6 58.6 1.0 57.8 – 59.3

Pennsylvania

59.3 60.1 0.8 59.2 – 61.0

Midwest

61.7 62.1 0.4 61.6 – 62.5

East North Central

60.3 60.8 0.5 60.3 – 61.4

Illinois

61.2 61.4 0.2 60.4 – 62.4

Indiana

61.3 61.2 -0.1 59.9 – 62.4

Michigan

57.9 59.5 1.6 58.4 – 60.6

Ohio

59.1 59.7 0.6 58.6 – 60.7

Wisconsin

63.6 63.8 0.2 62.5 – 65.2

West North Central

64.7 64.8 0.1 64.1 – 65.5

Iowa

66.1 65.8 -0.3 64.3 – 67.2

Kansas

64.7 64.8 0.1 63.4 – 66.1

Minnesota

66.4 66.4 0.0 65.1 – 67.8

Missouri

60.8 61.2 0.4 59.9 – 62.4

Nebraska

67.9 67.5 -0.4 66.3 – 68.8

North Dakota

67.6 67.9 0.3 66.1 – 69.7

South Dakota

67.0 66.8 -0.2 65.2 – 68.5

South

59.0 59.3 0.3 59.0 – 59.7

South Atlantic

59.0 59.5 0.5 59.0 – 59.9

Delaware

58.1 58.5 0.4 57.1 – 59.9

District of Columbia

67.5 68.2 0.7 66.8 – 69.6

Florida

57.3 57.9 0.6 57.1 – 58.6

Georgia

59.6 59.6 0.0 58.6 – 60.7

Maryland

62.8 63.7 0.9 62.3 – 65.2

North Carolina

58.9 58.9 0.0 57.9 – 59.9

South Carolina

55.3 55.7 0.4 54.5 – 56.8

Virginia

63.2 64.5 1.3 63.3 – 65.6

West Virginia

52.3 52.8 0.5 51.2 – 54.3

East South Central

56.1 55.8 -0.3 55.0 – 56.6

Alabama

55.5 55.8 0.3 54.4 – 57.2

Kentucky

55.2 54.8 -0.4 53.2 – 56.3

Mississippi

52.8 52.3 -0.5 50.9 – 53.6

Tennessee

58.3 57.9 -0.4 56.6 – 59.1

West South Central

60.3 60.8 0.5 60.2 – 61.3

Arkansas

55.5 55.6 0.1 54.4 – 56.9

Louisiana

56.2 56.5 0.3 55.3 – 57.7

Oklahoma

59.9 60.9 1.0 59.6 – 62.3

Texas

61.5 61.9 0.4 61.3 – 62.6

West

60.2 60.4 0.2 60.0 – 60.7

Mountain

61.6 62.0 0.4 61.4 – 62.6

Arizona

59.1 59.7 0.6 58.3 – 61.0

Colorado

66.1 66.2 0.1 64.9 – 67.6

Idaho

61.2 60.9 -0.3 59.6 – 62.2

Montana

61.2 61.3 0.1 60.1 – 62.5

Nevada

58.4 59.5 1.1 58.1 – 60.9

New Mexico

54.2 55.1 0.9 54.0 – 56.2

Utah

67.1 67.7 0.6 66.3 – 69.1

Wyoming

61.8 62.1 0.3 60.5 – 63.7

Pacific

59.5 59.6 0.1 59.1 – 60.0

Alaska

62.0 62.4 0.4 60.8 – 63.9

California

59.1 59.1 0.0 58.5 – 59.6

Hawaii

57.9 58.4 0.5 57.1 – 59.7

Oregon

60.0 60.0 0.0 58.6 – 61.5

Washington

61.4 61.7 0.3 60.5 – 62.9

Puerto Rico

40.8 41.3 0.5 (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 01, 2024