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New Jersey Ranks 29th in the Nation in Labor Force Participation, 16 Years and Over, 2003
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2003 American Community Survey

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             
1 Alaska 73.5%
25 Illinois 67.3%
2 Minnesota 72.1   27 Missouri 67.3
3 New Hampshire 71.8   27 Nevada 67.3
4 Colorado 71.6   29 NEW JERSEY 67.1
5 South Dakota 70.9   30 North Carolina 66.5
6 Nebraska 70.7   31 Texas 66.3
6 Vermont 70.7   32 Michigan 66.1
8 Wyoming 70.5   33 Hawaii 65.8
9 Utah 70.1   33 Ohio 65.8
10 Wisconsin 70.0   35 Oregon 65.6
11 Maryland 69.8   35 Tennessee 65.6
12 Kansas 69.6   37 California 65.4
13 North Dakota 69.5   38 South Carolina 64.7
14 Iowa 69.3   39 Pennsylvania 64.2
15 Connecticut 68.4   40 Mississippi 63.8
15 Virginia 68.4   41 Arizona 63.5
17 Georgia 68.3   41 Arkansas 63.5
18 Rhode Island 68.2   41 New York 63.5
19 Massachusetts 68.1   44 New Mexico 62.9
20 Montana 68.0   45 Oklahoma 62.8
21 Washington 67.7   46 Alabama 62.5
22 Maine 67.6   47 Louisiana 62.1
23 Delaware 67.5   48 Kentucky
 61.7
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Indiana 67.5   49 Florida 61.4
25 Idaho 67.3   50 West Virginia 55.4
             
          50 State Average
66.9%
          N.J. % Above Average 0.3%

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