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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Fourth Quarter 2019 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 Fourth Quarter
Establishments
December
Employment
Fourth Quarter
Total Wages
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019

United States (2)

93.1% 93.2% 97.9% 97.9% 98.5% 98.5%

Alabama

91.4% 93.4% 98.2% 98.0% 98.8% 98.5%

Alaska

96.7% 98.4% 94.9% 99.4% 91.6% 91.0%

Arizona

92.7% 92.5% 98.0% 98.0% 99.0% 98.9%

Arkansas

90.8% 90.7% 98.8% 98.6% 99.0% 99.2%

California

96.6% 96.7% 99.5% 99.1% 99.7% 99.5%

Colorado

93.9% 93.6% 95.8% 96.6% 97.4% 98.0%

Connecticut

82.0% 93.2% 94.9% 95.0% 93.6% 92.6%

Delaware

87.4% 88.7% 96.5% 95.0% 96.6% 94.5%

District of Columbia

87.0% 88.4% 97.3% 95.4% 99.4% 97.6%

Florida

93.0% 91.9% 98.5% 98.4% 98.9% 98.7%

Georgia

89.1% 89.7% 98.3% 97.4% 99.0% 98.1%

Hawaii

94.9% 91.1% 99.1% 97.9% 99.7% 98.4%

Idaho

95.1% 96.9% 96.5% 97.8% 95.5% 96.6%

Illinois

92.6% 91.9% 99.9% 99.7% 99.9% 99.7%

Indiana

94.0% 94.6% 95.7% 96.5% 98.8% 98.7%

Iowa

97.6% 97.6% 98.2% 97.1% 98.6% 97.7%

Kansas

95.9% 96.9% 98.5% 98.9% 99.5% 99.6%

Kentucky

92.3% 90.5% 98.1% 97.7% 99.0% 98.7%

Louisiana

88.9% 87.7% 97.7% 98.3% 98.5% 98.9%

Maine

87.6% 94.7% 98.0% 98.9% 98.5% 99.1%

Maryland

94.1% 89.1% 98.0% 95.0% 98.2% 96.0%

Massachusetts

94.9% 95.4% 98.6% 98.0% 98.8% 98.7%

Michigan

85.0% 87.7% 96.1% 97.4% 97.2% 98.8%

Minnesota

92.8% 92.8% 99.3% 99.4% 99.6% 99.6%

Mississippi

89.6% 89.9% 97.6% 96.7% 98.0% 97.9%

Missouri

93.1% 92.8% 97.5% 98.3% 98.1% 98.8%

Montana

88.4% 93.2% 97.5% 98.7% 98.5% 99.2%

Nebraska

98.3% 95.2% 99.2% 97.6% 99.8% 99.8%

Nevada

93.5% 94.7% 95.1% 94.9% 96.4% 96.3%

New Hampshire

96.5% 96.1% 99.1% 99.1% 99.4% 99.3%

New Jersey

89.3% 88.6% 98.1% 97.8% 99.5% 99.1%

New Mexico

92.9% 89.5% 97.7% 97.4% 98.4% 98.3%

New York

92.5% 92.8% 96.4% 97.0% 96.6% 97.5%

North Carolina

95.4% 94.2% 99.3% 99.2% 99.7% 99.4%

North Dakota

98.0% 98.4% 96.9% 99.4% 99.8% 99.7%

Ohio

93.4% 93.3% 96.7% 96.0% 98.8% 98.2%

Oklahoma

88.6% 87.7% 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 98.7%

Oregon

92.4% 92.5% 96.6% 96.2% 97.5% 96.7%

Pennsylvania

98.1% 98.0% 96.7% 96.6% 97.2% 96.8%

Rhode Island

94.8% 95.9% 95.7% 97.3% 97.0% 97.2%

South Carolina

80.4% 85.5% 97.0% 98.1% 98.2% 98.3%

South Dakota

98.2% 98.7% 95.3% 97.9% 97.1% 98.5%

Tennessee

91.6% 92.1% 98.0% 97.7% 99.1% 98.8%

Texas

96.6% 96.5% 98.5% 98.6% 98.8% 99.1%

Utah

97.3% 97.2% 98.8% 98.2% 99.5% 99.4%

Vermont

97.1% 97.2% 99.4% 98.7% 99.7% 99.3%

Virginia

91.7% 91.2% 98.2% 97.7% 99.3% 98.9%

Washington

82.0% 84.0% 96.1% 98.1% 94.0% 99.5%

West Virginia

94.4% 95.9% 99.3% 99.3% 99.6% 99.6%

Wisconsin

95.5% 94.3% 97.3% 97.3% 99.4% 99.3%

Wyoming

98.0% 97.8% 98.3% 97.8% 99.1% 99.2%

Puerto Rico

96.0% 92.4% 98.0% 97.2% 96.6% 96.8%

Virgin Islands

57.7% 60.3% 89.2% 88.4% 88.8% 89.6%

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: August 17, 2020