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Table 4: Labor Force Participation Rate by
State, 1998 Annual Average (data in
thousands)

Rank State Civilian Noninstitutional Population Labor Force Participation Rate
1 Minnesota 3,556 2,682 75.4%
2 Colorado 3,016 2,246 74.5%
3 Wisconsin 3,968 2,952 74.4%
4 Alaska 427 317 74.2%
5 Nebraska 1,241 916 73.8%
6 South Dakota 547 398 72.8%
7 North Dakota 480 347 72.3%
8 Iowa 2,181 1,570 72.0%
9 Utah 1,477 1,063 72.0%
10 Kansas 1,962 1,411 71.9%
11 New Hampshire 910 652 71.6%
12 Vermont 461 330 71.6%
13 Idaho 917 653 71.2%
14 Wyoming 367 258 70.3%
15 Washington 4,325 3,039 70.3%
16 Maryland 3,941 2,756 69.9%
17 Georgia 5,758 4,021 69.8%
18 Nevada 1,319 920 69.7%
19 Missouri 4,109 2,857 69.5%
20 Texas 14,611 10,118 69.2%
21 Oregon 2,550 1,762 69.1%
22 Indiana 4,481 3,088 68.9%
23 Massachusetts 4,750 3,273 68.9%
24 Montana 682 468 68.6%
25 Illinois 9,082 6,223 68.5%
26 Delaware 574 392 68.3%
27 Virginia 5,159 3,488 67.6%
28 Connecticut 2,530 1,709 67.5%
29 Michigan 7,461 5,029 67.4%
30 Hawaii 886 597 67.4%
United States 205,220 137,673 67.1%
31 North Carolina 5,680 3,794 66.8%
32 South Carolina 2,942 1,959 66.6%
33 New Jersey 6,248 4,155 66.5%
34 California 24,559 16,329 66.5%
35 Maine 980 651 66.4%
36 Ohio 8,561 5,678 66.3%
37 Rhode Island 751 498 66.3%
38 Tennessee 4,212 2,760 65.5%
39 Oklahoma 2,521 1,627 64.5%
40 Arizona 3,525 2,272 64.5%
41 New Mexico 1,295 831 64.2%
42 Alabama 3,356 2,153 64.2%
43 Pennsylvania 9,274 5,936 64.0%
44 Kentucky 3,020 1,924 63.7%
45 New York 14,037 8,870 63.2%
46 Louisiana 3,274 2,063 63.0%
47 Arkansas 1,941 1,215 62.6%
48 Florida 11,610 7,228 62.3%
49 Mississippi 2,059 1,269 61.6%
50 West Virginia 1,452 800 55.1%

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics News Release, "State and Regional Unemployment," February 26, 1999.


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