Employment - Labor force participation rate
(2018)
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| Name | Labor force participation rate 2011-2015
Rank | Labor force participation rate 2011-2015 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 70.3% |
| Nebraska | 2 | 69.8% |
| Minnesota | 3 | 69.7% |
| Alaska | 4 | 69.3% |
| South Dakota | 5 | 68.5% |
| Colorado | 6 | 68.3% |
| Utah | 7 | 68.1% |
| New Hampshire | 8 | 67.8% |
| Maryland | 9 | 67.8% |
| Iowa | 10 | 67.5% |
| Massachusetts | 11 | 67.2% |
| Wyoming | 12 | 67.0% |
| Wisconsin | 13 | 66.7% |
| Kansas | 14 | 66.5% |
| Connecticut | 15 | 66.5% |
| Virginia | 16 | 65.9% |
| Vermont | 17 | 65.8% |
| New Jersey | 18 | 65.6% |
| Hawaii | 19 | 65.3% |
| Illinois | 20 | 65.3% |
| Rhode Island | 21 | 64.8% |
| Texas | 22 | 64.6% |
| Washington | 23 | 64.4% |
| Indiana | 24 | 63.9% |
| Nevada | 25 | 63.7% |
| Montana | 26 | 63.5% |
| California | 27 | 63.5% |
| Ohio | 28 | 63.2% |
| New York | 29 | 63.1% |
| Maine | 30 | 63.0% |
| Georgia | 31 | 63.0% |
| Missouri | 32 | 63.0% |
| Delaware | 33 | 62.7% |
| Pennsylvania | 34 | 62.7% |
| North Carolina | 35 | 62.4% |
| Idaho | 36 | 62.4% |
| Oregon | 37 | 62.2% |
| Michigan | 38 | 61.3% |
| Oklahoma | 39 | 61.3% |
| Tennessee | 40 | 61.2% |
| South Carolina | 41 | 60.5% |
| Louisiana | 42 | 59.7% |
| Arizona | 43 | 59.5% |
| Kentucky | 44 | 59.3% |
| Florida | 45 | 58.7% |
| Arkansas | 46 | 58.0% |
| New Mexico | 47 | 58.0% |
| Alabama | 48 | 57.4% |
| Mississippi | 49 | 57.4% |
| West Virginia | 50 | 53.2% |
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