# US states by employment-population ratio, August 2026

All 51 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employment_population_ratio`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Employed people as a percentage of the civilian noninstitutional population aged 16 and older.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment-population ratio, civilian noninstitutional population aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted, state LAUS measure 07 (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.3.AllStatesS)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment-population ratio, civilian noninstitutional population aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted, state LAUS measure 07. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.3.AllStatesS. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employment-population-ratio/us-states
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/employment-population-ratio/us-states.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | North Dakota | 67.5 |
| 2 | Nebraska | 67.3 |
| 3 | District of Columbia | 66.2 |
| 4 | South Dakota | 65.2 |
| 5 | Iowa | 64.9 |
| 6 | Kansas | 64.1 |
| 7 | Utah | 64 |
| 8 | Minnesota | 63.8 |
| 9 | New Hampshire | 63.1 |
| 10 | Alaska | 62.7 |
| 10 | Colorado | 62.7 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 62.6 |
| 13 | Massachusetts | 62.5 |
| 14 | Texas | 61.3 |
| 15 | Maryland | 61.1 |
| 16 | Indiana | 61 |
| 16 | Missouri | 61 |
| 18 | New Jersey | 60.8 |
| 19 | Virginia | 60.6 |
| 20 | Vermont | 60.5 |
| 21 | Pennsylvania | 60.2 |
| 22 | Illinois | 60.1 |
| 23 | Rhode Island | 59.8 |
| 24 | Hawaii | 59.5 |
| 24 | Montana | 59.5 |
| 24 | Nevada | 59.5 |
| 27 | Idaho | 59.3 |
| 27 | Oklahoma | 59.3 |
| 27 | Oregon | 59.3 |
| 30 | Ohio | 59.2 |
| 31 | Georgia | 59 |
| 31 | Washington | 59 |
| 33 | Connecticut | 58.8 |
| 34 | New York | 58.6 |
| 35 | Wyoming | 58.4 |
| 36 | California | 58.3 |
| 37 | Tennessee | 57.2 |
| 38 | Arizona | 56.9 |
| 39 | Arkansas | 56.8 |
| 40 | Maine | 56.7 |
| 41 | South Carolina | 56.4 |
| 42 | Louisiana | 56 |
| 43 | Michigan | 55.9 |
| 44 | North Carolina | 55.8 |
| 45 | Delaware | 55.2 |
| 46 | Kentucky | 55.1 |
| 47 | Alabama | 54.9 |
| 48 | Florida | 54.8 |
| 49 | New Mexico | 54 |
| 50 | Mississippi | 52.9 |
| 51 | West Virginia | 51.6 |