Table 2.  Employment-population ratios of persons 16 years of age and over by region, division,
and state, 2006-07 annual averages

(Percent)
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                   Employment-population                                        
                                           ratio (1)      Over-the-        Error range of       
  Region, division, and state                               year    employment-population ratio,
                                                           change             2007 (2)          
                                      2006       2007                                           
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
     United States.............       63.1       63.0       -0.1          62.8    -    63.2
                                                                                           
Northeast......................       62.3       62.1        -.2          61.7    -    62.6
   New England.................       64.8       64.9         .1          64.1    -    65.6
      Connecticut..............       64.8       65.4         .6          64.2    -    66.5
      Maine....................       63.8       63.4        -.4          62.2    -    64.7
      Massachusetts............       63.8       63.8         .0          62.7    -    64.9
      New Hampshire............       68.5       68.4        -.1          67.4    -    69.4
      Rhode Island.............       65.1       65.4         .3          64.3    -    66.6
      Vermont..................       68.6       67.8        -.8          66.6    -    68.9
                                                                                           
   Middle Atlantic.............       61.3       61.1        -.2          60.6    -    61.7
      New Jersey...............       63.8       63.4        -.4          62.4    -    64.3
      New York.................       60.0       59.9        -.1          59.3    -    60.6
      Pennsylvania.............       61.7       61.5        -.2          60.7    -    62.4
                                                                                           
Midwest........................       65.0       64.8        -.2          64.4    -    65.2
   East North Central..........       63.7       63.5        -.2          63.0    -    64.0
      Illinois.................       64.4       64.8         .4          63.8    -    65.7
      Indiana..................       64.0       63.3        -.7          61.9    -    64.7
      Michigan.................       60.6       59.7        -.9          58.7    -    60.7
      Ohio.....................       63.6       63.6         .0          62.7    -    64.4
      Wisconsin................       67.6       67.4        -.2          66.1    -    68.7
                                                                                           
   West North Central..........       68.0       67.7        -.3          67.1    -    68.3
      Iowa.....................       69.4       69.1        -.3          68.0    -    70.2
      Kansas...................       67.5       67.5         .0          66.4    -    68.6
      Minnesota................       70.2       69.6        -.6          68.4    -    70.7
      Missouri.................       64.2       63.8        -.4          62.4    -    65.1
      Nebraska.................       70.6       70.7         .1          69.6    -    71.9
      North Dakota.............       70.7       71.2         .5          69.5    -    72.8
      South Dakota.............       70.8       71.0         .2          69.8    -    72.2
                                                                                           
South..........................       62.2       62.0        -.2          61.7    -    62.4
   South Atlantic..............       63.0       62.9        -.1          62.5    -    63.4
      Delaware.................       64.4       64.0        -.4          62.9    -    65.1
      District of Columbia.....       63.6       64.3         .7          63.1    -    65.6
      Florida..................       61.0       61.2         .2          60.3    -    62.0
      Georgia..................       65.2       64.9        -.3          64.0    -    65.9
      Maryland.................       66.6       66.4        -.2          65.5    -    67.3
      North Carolina...........       63.1       62.5        -.6          61.5    -    63.5
      South Carolina...........       60.0       59.7        -.3          58.7    -    60.7
      Virginia.................       66.8       66.9         .1          66.0    -    67.8
      West Virginia............       53.2       53.4         .2          51.7    -    55.0
                                                                                           
   East South Central..........       59.3       59.4         .1          58.5    -    60.2
      Alabama..................       59.1       59.2         .1          57.5    -    60.9
      Kentucky.................       59.0       59.1         .1          57.7    -    60.4
      Mississippi..............       56.4       56.7         .3          55.1    -    58.3
      Tennessee................       61.0       60.9        -.1          59.7    -    62.1
                                                                                           
   West South Central..........       62.2       61.9        -.3          61.3    -    62.5
      Arkansas.................       60.2       59.8        -.4          58.6    -    61.0
      Louisiana................       59.1       59.3         .2          57.6    -    60.9
      Oklahoma.................       61.0       60.7        -.3          59.4    -    62.0
      Texas....................       63.3       62.9        -.4          62.1    -    63.6
                                                                                           
West...........................       63.5       63.5         .0          63.1    -    63.8
   Mountain....................       65.5       65.5         .0          64.9    -    66.1
      Arizona..................       61.6       61.2        -.4          59.8    -    62.6
      Colorado.................       69.7       70.0         .3          68.5    -    71.5
      Idaho....................       66.2       66.0        -.2          64.6    -    67.4
      Montana..................       64.8       64.8         .0          63.4    -    66.1
      Nevada...................       65.2       65.4         .2          64.3    -    66.6
      New Mexico...............       61.0       60.9        -.1          59.9    -    61.9
      Utah.....................       69.7       70.3         .6          68.9    -    71.8
      Wyoming..................       69.2       69.2         .0          67.9    -    70.5
                                                                                           
   Pacific.....................       62.6       62.6         .0          62.2    -    63.0
      Alaska...................       66.6       66.2        -.4          64.5    -    67.9
      California...............       62.2       62.1        -.1          61.7    -    62.6
      Hawaii...................       64.5       63.9        -.6          62.7    -    65.2
      Oregon...................       62.2       62.1        -.1          61.1    -    63.1
      Washington...............       64.3       64.8         .5          63.8    -    65.8
                                                                                           
Puerto Rico....................       42.3       41.1       -1.2                  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.
   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.