United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

378 Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings
No. 628. C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t h e C iv ili a n L a b o r F o r c e , B y S t a t e : 1 9 8 1
Dn thousanda, except ratio and rate. Persons 16 years old and over. Annual averages of monthly figures. U.S. totals derived by
independent population controls; therefore State data may not add to U.S. totals]
STATE
TOTAL
EMPLOYED
Total
" I S *
r a t io 1
Total
U NEM PLO YED
Rate1
Female
Number
Female
Total Male Female
Employed/
PARTICIPA­
TION RATE 3
Male
Number
Female
Female
U.S------ ------------- ------------- 108,670 46,696 100,397 43,000 58,3 8,273 3,696 7.6 7.4 7.9 77.0 52.1
1,665 719 1,488 632 52.0 170 87 10.7 gjj
Alaska..................... .— .... 192 62 174 76 64.6 18 6 9.3 10.4 7.7 82.7 60.4
Adz...............................-............ 1,265 542 1,187 506 58.1 78 36 6.1 5.7 6.7 75.1 50.1
A r k .......................................................... ......... 1,029 457 936 . 411 55.7 94 46 9.1 8.3 10.1 72.9 51.0
Calif..... ......... — ---------- 11,781 5,113 10,908 4,738 60.5 672 375 7.4 7.5 7.3 77.5 54.3
Colo............................................ 1,5291 653 1,445 616 66.4 64 37 5.5 5.4 5.7 83.3 58.0
Conn............................ .............. 1,589 694 1,491 643 62.3 9B 51 6.2 5.3 7.4 79.2 55.1
Del.............................. -............. 266 125 265 114 59.4 23 11 7.9 7.1 9.0 77.5 52.9
D.C............................................. 312 157 284 144 56.8 28 13 9.0 9.6 8.4 69.7 56.6
Fla............................................. 4,513 1,968 4,206 1,647 53.3 308 140 6.8 6.6 7.1 66.4 47.3
Ga........................................... 2,596 1,158 2,430 1,070 60.7 165 87 6.4 5.4 7.5 77.4 53.9
Hawaii........................... ............. 449 212 425 202 63.1 24 10 5.4 5.8 4.9 74.9 59.5
Idaho.......................................... 427 175 395 162 59.2 32 13 7.6 7.7 7.4 78.4 50.6
5,577 2.402 5,103 2,198 60.0 474 204 8.5 6.5 8.5 79.6 53.2
Ind.............................................. 2.617 1,123 2.353 1,004 58.5 263 119 10.1 9.7 10.6 79.1 52.6
Iowa........................................... 1,418 598 1,320 5581 61.5 98 40 6.9 7.0 6.8 79.6 53.5
Kans........................................... 1,168 519 1,138 497 65.0 50 22 4.2 4.2 4.3 79.1 57.3
Ky.............................................. 1,662 694 1,522 631 57.1 140 63 6.4 7.9 9.0 76.2 49.7
La........................................... 1,857 766 1,700 691 55.8 156 75 8.4 7.5 9.8 76.3 47.4
Maine.......,................................ 509 217 472 200 56.6 37 17 7.2 6.7 7.9 72.8 50.0
Md............................................. 2,164 951 2,007 860 62.8 157 71 7.3 7.1 7.5 80.2 56.6
Mass.......................................... 2,961 1,316 2,773 1,232 62.5 188 63 6.4 6.4 6.3 78.5 56.1
Mich................................. ......... 4,301 1,781 3,773 1,657 55.7 528 224 12.3 12.1 12.6 77.6 50.5
Minn........................................... 2,143 949 2,024 699 66.8 116 50 5.5 5.6 5.2 81.2 60.8
Miss.......................................... .. 1.052 457 964 412 54.1 68 45 8.3 7.2 9.8 72.4 47.6
Mo.............................................. 2,317 1,018 2,139 935 58.0 178 82 7.7 7.4 8.1 75.2 51.9
Mont........................................... 362 154 355 142 61.5 26 12 6.9 6.5 7.6 80.1 52.5
Nebr........................................... 773 332 741 317 64.3 32 15 4.1 3.8 4.4 80.7 54.7
Nev............................................. 463 196 430 162 66.0 33 14 7.1 7.1 7.1 84.5 61.8
N.H............................................ 460 211 456 199 65.1 24 11 5.0 4.8 5.3 80.9 57.5
N.J.............................................. 3,578 1,525 3,316 1,402 58.8 262 124 7.3 6.7 8.1 77.5 51.0
N. Mex....................................... 675 239 533 221 56.9 42 18 7.3 7.1 7.5 74.2 49.3
N.Y............................................. 8,016 3,465 7,404 3,190 55.3 612 275 7.6 7.4 7.9 73.3 48.2
N.C............................................. 2,916 1,292 2,728 1,193 62.5 188 99 6.4 5.5 7.7 78.6 56.2
N . Dak....................................... 309 127 294 121 62.5 16 6 5.0 5.1 4.9 79.0 53.1
Ohio ...................... 5,085 2,132 4,595 1,941 57.4 490 192 9.6 10.1 9.0 77.9 50.5
Okla.i ...................... 1,442 566 1,391 565 61.4 52 21 3.6 3.5 3.6 78.4 50.0
Oreg ...................... 1,330 557 1,199 506 60.4 131 51 9.9 10,4 9.2 79.0 55.3
Pa... ................................. 5,476 2,300 5,010 2,120 55.2 456 180 8.4 8.6 7.8 74,7 47.5
R . L . . .................................. 478 213 442 194 60.5 36 19 7.6 6.7 8.7 76.7 54.1
S.C.. ...................... 1,417 636 1,298 574 57.6 119 62 8.4 7.3 9.6 75.5 52.2
S. Dak........................................ 333 146 316 140 64.2 17 8 5.1 5.1 5.1 79.5 57.0
Tenn .................................. 2,110 923 1,919 834 55.9 192 89 9.1 8.7 9.6 74.1 50.4
Texas ............. ....... 7,075 2,636 6,701 2,747 63.5 373 189 5.3 4.4 6.4 81.0 53.9
Utah ..................... 846 258 603 238 61.0 43 20 6.7 5,6 7.9 80.9 50.8
260 113 245 105 63.8 15 8 5.7 4.9 6.8 80.1 56.1
Va.............................................. 2,600 1,156 2,442 1,068 61.6 158 88 6.1 4,9 7.6 78.3 54.9
Wash......................................... 1,967 835 1,798 757 57.8 169 78 9.5 9.7 9.3 76.7 52.0
W. Va......................................... 786 304 702 277 48.3 84 27 10.7 11.8 8.9 69.7 39.9
Wis............................................. 2.371 1,034 2,186 966 62.2 165 78 7.8 8.0 7.6 79.6 56.3
Wyo............................................ 250 102 240 97 69.1 10 6 4.1 3.9 4.5 84.2 59.7
‘ Civilian employment ss a percent of civilian noninstitutional population. * Percent unemployed of the civilian labor force
’ Percent of civilian noninstitutional population of each specified group in the civilian labor force.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, G eographic Profile o f E m p loym ent a n d U nem ploym ent, 1961.