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Table 2 Employment means by state

From: Using state level employment thresholds to explain Okun’s Law

State

Employ/Pop

Gov’t

Financial

Services

Const.

Natural

Man.

Educ.

Leisure

Trade

AK

44.5

12.1

1.9

3.6

2.3

1.9

2.1

4.4

4.3

9.1

AL

41.6

8.0

2.1

4.0

2.1

0.3

7.3

4.0

3.3

8.2

AR

41.7

7.2

1.8

3.5

1.8

0.3

8.1

4.9

3.2

8.7

AZ

41.0

7.0

2.8

5.5

2.8

0.2

3.6

4.4

4.3

8.1

CA

40.2

6.7

2.4

5.7

1.9

0.1

4.9

4.2

3.9

7.7

CO

47.6

7.9

3.2

6.6

3.0

0.4

3.9

4.6

5.5

9.0

CT

47.7

6.8

4.1

5.7

1.7

0.0

6.6

7.4

3.5

8.9

DE

50.4

7.1

5.5

7.2

2.9

0.0

4.9

6.1

4.5

9.5

FL

41.6

6.2

2.8

4.8

2.8

0.0

2.8

5.2

5.3

9.0

GA

45.1

7.7

2.6

5.5

2.1

0.2

6.0

4.4

4.0

9.7

HI

45.4

9.4

2.4

5.0

2.4

0.0

1.3

5.0

8.0

9.1

IA

48.4

8.2

3.0

3.5

2.1

0.1

7.8

6.3

4.2

10.2

ID

40.7

8.0

2.0

4.4

2.6

0.4

4.8

4.2

3.9

8.5

IL

46.4

6.7

3.2

6.1

2.0

0.1

6.4

5.6

3.9

9.6

IN

46.5

6.7

2.3

3.9

2.2

0.1

9.7

5.6

4.2

9.4

KS

47.4

9.0

2.5

4.5

2.1

0.3

6.8

5.5

3.9

9.6

KY

42.5

7.4

1.9

3.7

1.9

0.6

6.7

5.2

3.7

8.8

LA

41.4

8.2

2.1

3.9

2.7

1.1

3.8

5.1

4.0

8.5

MA

49.8

6.7

3.4

6.8

1.8

0.0

5.8

8.9

4.3

8.9

MD

44.5

8.5

2.7

6.3

2.9

0.0

3.0

5.9

3.9

8.4

ME

44.9

7.7

2.4

3.6

2.1

0.2

5.6

7.5

4.3

9.2

MI

43.2

6.7

2.1

5.5

1.7

0.1

7.6

5.3

3.8

8.1

MN

51.7

8.1

3.3

5.8

2.1

0.1

7.2

7.0

4.5

10.2

MO

46.7

7.4

2.8

5.2

2.2

0.1

6.0

6.0

4.5

9.4

MS

38.8

8.2

1.6

2.7

1.7

0.3

7.2

3.8

3.8

7.6

MT

42.1

9.1

2.0

3.2

2.3

0.8

2.2

5.5

5.4

9.2

NC

45.6

7.7

2.2

4.8

2.5

0.1

8.6

4.8

4.0

8.7

ND

50.4

11.3

2.6

3.4

2.5

0.8

3.4

7.1

4.6

11.3

NE

51.1

9.1

3.5

5.2

2.4

0.0

6.1

6.2

4.3

11.1

NH

47.7

6.8

2.8

4.3

1.9

0.1

7.2

7.0

4.6

10.4

NJ

45.7

7.2

3.0

6.5

1.7

0.0

4.7

5.9

3.6

10.1

NM

40.2

9.9

1.8

4.6

2.5

0.9

2.1

4.7

4.2

7.3

NV

48.3

6.0

2.5

5.2

4.1

0.6

2.0

3.3

13.9

8.7

NY

44.4

7.8

3.8

5.4

1.6

0.0

3.7

7.5

3.4

7.9

OH

46.5

6.8

2.5

5.2

1.9

0.1

7.9

6.2

4.1

9.0

OK

41.7

8.8

2.3

4.3

1.7

1.0

4.5

5.3

3.5

7.9

OR

44.7

7.9

2.7

4.7

2.2

0.3

6.0

5.2

4.2

9.0

PA

44.7

5.9

2.7

4.8

1.9

0.2

6.3

7.7

3.6

8.8

RI

44.8

6.1

2.9

4.7

1.7

0.0

6.5

8.4

4.3

7.4

SC

43.3

7.8

2.1

4.5

2.5

0.1

7.4

3.9

4.4

8.4

SD

48.0

9.5

3.2

2.9

2.5

0.0

5.3

6.8

5.0

9.9

TN

45.3

7.0

2.3

4.7

2.1

0.0

7.9

5.1

4.1

9.8

TX

42.5

7.4

2.6

4.7

2.4

0.8

4.6

4.8

3.8

8.9

UT

45.2

8.2

2.5

5.5

2.8

0.4

5.2

4.8

4.1

9.1

VA

47.0

8.9

2.4

7.2

2.7

0.2

4.6

4.8

4.1

8.6

VT

47.5

8.1

2.1

3.2

2.4

0.2

6.5

7.9

5.2

9.2

WA

43.7

8.2

2.4

4.7

2.5

0.2

5.2

5.0

4.1

8.4

WI

49.8

7.4

2.7

4.3

2.1

0.1

9.8

6.2

4.4

9.6

WV

39.2

7.7

1.6

2.8

1.9

1.5

3.8

5.5

3.4

7.7

WY

48.4

12.4

1.9

2.8

3.7

3.9

1.9

3.8

5.9

9.5

Total

45.1

7.9

2.6

4.7

2.3

0.4

5.5

5.6

4.5

9.0