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Hawaii and Nevada had largest drops in employment–population ratio from February to September
October 27, 2020
Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia had employment–population ratios that were at least 3 percentage points lower in September 2020 than in February, the month before the World Health Organization declared a global COVID-19 pandemic. The ratio in Hawaii was 47.8 percent in September, 11.9 percentage points lower than in February. In Nevada, the ratio was 53.5 percent in September. That was up from a low of 40.6 percent in April but still 7.7 percentage points lower than in February.
Employment–population ratios by state, seasonally adjusted
State
Jan 2020
Feb 2020
Mar 2020
Apr 2020
May 2020
Jun 2020
Jul 2020
Aug 2020
Sep 2020
Alabama
56.5%
56.4%
55.6%
48.9%
52.2%
52.3%
53.0%
55.1%
54.3%
Alaska
59.8
59.8
60.0
54.0
53.5
55.4
55.4
56.1
56.9
Arizona
59.6
59.6
58.0
52.9
55.6
54.2
54.6
54.9
56.8
Arkansas
56.1
56.2
56.0
49.7
51.7
51.3
51.5
52.8
52.6
California
60.2
60.1
58.1
49.8
49.5
51.7
52.1
53.0
53.2
Colorado
67.6
67.7
64.7
58.3
59.8
61.5
61.8
62.3
63.6
Connecticut
64.4
64.4
64.6
56.5
55.7
58.6
59.1
59.4
60.5
Delaware
59.9
60.0
57.8
50.2
50.6
54.1
57.5
57.9
57.7
District of Columbia
67.6
67.8
68.2
61.3
61.0
62.0
62.1
62.6
62.3
Florida
57.8
57.9
56.1
46.4
47.1
49.6
50.1
53.1
52.9
Georgia
60.4
60.5
59.5
51.7
53.5
54.9
55.6
55.9
55.6
Hawaii
59.6
59.7
59.6
44.3
44.0
50.2
50.7
51.1
47.8
Idaho
62.4
62.5
62.7
56.0
57.4
60.2
61.0
61.1
61.2
Illinois
61.9
61.9
60.4
50.8
53.5
55.6
55.4
56.3
57.5
Indiana
62.4
62.5
60.3
50.4
55.5
57.1
57.8
59.4
59.1
Iowa
68.9
68.9
67.3
61.6
61.5
60.8
61.2
61.5
62.0
Kansas
64.8
64.9
65.6
59.3
60.6
61.4
61.9
62.4
62.0
Kentucky
57.0
57.0
56.0
48.9
51.7
52.4
50.1
53.0
51.8
Louisiana
55.8
56.0
55.5
45.9
48.8
50.5
51.0
54.4
53.9
Maine
60.4
60.4
60.5
52.9
54.1
56.0
56.3
56.4
57.2
Maryland
66.4
66.5
66.6
58.6
58.8
61.8
62.6
63.1
59.6
Massachusetts
66.0
66.0
64.9
50.5
52.3
53.6
54.4
55.6
60.5
Michigan
59.5
59.6
58.6
43.6
46.8
52.5
54.9
56.0
55.8
Minnesota
68.1
68.1
67.6
62.9
62.1
63.9
64.1
64.6
64.3
Mississippi
52.8
52.8
52.5
43.8
47.3
47.7
48.1
49.9
52.6
Missouri
62.2
62.2
62.7
56.4
56.1
57.8
59.2
59.3
59.2
Montana
60.6
60.6
60.7
53.5
55.6
57.9
58.2
58.4
58.9
Nebraska
67.9
68.1
68.6
65.0
65.6
66.2
66.8
66.8
66.8
Nevada
61.1
61.2
59.3
40.6
41.9
51.5
51.6
52.3
53.5
New Hampshire
67.4
67.4
66.4
52.9
55.1
58.2
59.8
61.0
61.6
New Jersey
61.9
62.0
62.5
53.0
54.2
53.4
55.6
57.5
57.3
New Mexico
55.6
55.6
55.1
49.0
49.9
51.2
48.2
48.2
52.2
New York
58.7
58.8
57.7
49.2
49.7
50.7
51.6
53.2
52.8
North Carolina
59.3
59.4
57.2
49.0
50.4
53.1
53.7
54.0
54.4
North Dakota
67.6
67.7
68.0
63.2
62.5
63.9
64.1
64.4
64.6
Ohio
60.3
60.4
58.8
50.5
53.6
55.8
55.7
56.7
55.8
Oklahoma
58.7
58.7
58.4
49.8
52.3
54.3
55.0
56.7
58.3
Oregon
59.3
59.3
59.3
52.3
52.9
55.4
53.6
54.9
54.8
Pennsylvania
60.7
60.8
59.9
52.6
54.7
53.7
54.1
54.9
56.8
Rhode Island
62.2
62.4
62.2
50.0
50.4
55.7
57.0
54.3
57.9
South Carolina
56.9
56.9
56.7
50.4
51.4
54.0
54.4
54.8
54.8
South Dakota
66.7
66.8
67.1
61.9
62.1
64.2
64.3
64.5
65.3
Tennessee
60.2
60.0
60.2
50.2
53.9
52.6
52.3
57.1
57.1
Texas
61.9
61.9
59.9
50.5
52.8
56.8
57.0
60.0
58.3
Utah
66.7
66.7
65.4
59.9
61.4
63.8
64.5
64.7
65.4
Vermont
64.0
64.0
63.6
56.5
57.8
59.6
59.9
59.5
59.4
Virginia
64.8
64.9
64.1
57.2
58.4
59.1
59.3
60.8
59.8
Washington
62.6
62.8
60.7
54.5
55.0
57.4
58.2
59.3
58.8
West Virginia
53.0
53.2
53.7
45.3
47.2
47.6
47.6
49.0
49.2
Wisconsin
64.6
64.5
64.4
56.6
58.6
60.1
60.3
61.4
63.7
Wyoming
62.6
62.8
63.0
59.4
59.5
60.5
60.5
60.4
61.2
In Mississippi and Oklahoma, the employment–population ratios fell sharply in April, as they did in all other states in the early months of the pandemic. By September, the ratios in Mississippi and Oklahoma were about the same as they were in February. In most other states, the September ratios were still lower than in February.
United States Department of Labor
