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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