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. STATE STATS
   

NJ Ranks 24th in Labor Force Participation Rate, 16 years and Older, 2005
Source: 2005 American Community Survey, US Census Bureau

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             

1

North Dakota

82.4


24

NEW JERSEY

76.3

2

Minnesota

81.9

 

27

Alaska

76.2

3

South Dakota

81.6

 

27

Ohio

76.2

4

Nebraska

81.5

 

27

Oregon

76.2

5

Iowa

81.3

 

30

North Carolina

75.8

6

New Hampshire

81.2

 

31

Hawaii

75.7

7

Wyoming

80.4

 

31

Washington

75.7

8

Vermont

80.3

 

33

Pennsylvania

75.6

8

Wisconsin

80.3

 

34

Michigan

75.0

10

Kansas

79.7

 

35

Georgia

74.9

11

Colorado

79.1

 

36

Florida

74.2

12

Rhode Island

78.9

 

37

Arizona

74.1

13

Connecticut

78.7

 

37

Texas

74.1

13

Maryland

78.7

 

39

South Carolina

73.9

15

Massachusetts

78.2

 

40

Oklahoma

73.8

15

Montana

78.2

 

41

New York

73.5

15

Utah

78.2

 

41

Tennessee

73.5

18

Maine

77.9

 

43

Arkansas

73.3

19

Delaware

77.2

 

44

California

73.0

20

Missouri

76.9

 

45

New Mexico

72.6

20

Virginia

76.9

 

46

Alabama

71.5

22

Illinois

76.8

 

47

Louisiana

71.2

23

Indiana

76.7

 

47

Mississippi

71.2

24

Idaho

76.3

 

49

Kentucky

70.8

24

Nevada

76.3

 

50

West Virginia

66.7

             
          50 State Average
76.41%
          N.J. % Below Average 0.14%

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