Appendix Table A2
State underemployment rates, by age
Workers under age 25 | All workers | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
State | 2000 | 2007 | 2011 | 2012 | 2000 | 2007 | 2011 | 2012 |
Alabama | 19.5% | 17.2% | 31.8% | 24.2% | 8.2% | 7.1% | 16.2% | 13.5% |
Alaska | 23.6 | 22.4 | 27.2 | 25.4 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 13.5 | 13.0 |
Arizona | 11.9 | 15.1 | 31.6 | 28.1 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 18.0 | 15.9 |
Arkansas | 17.7 | 16.7 | 25.9 | 27.2 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 14.1 | 13.0 |
California | 16.6 | 19.1 | 36.3 | 34.1 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 21.1 | 19.3 |
Colorado | 12.0 | 15.2 | 28.6 | 28.4 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 15.1 | 14.6 |
Connecticut | 10.3 | 17.2 | 31.6 | 28.5 | 4.2 | 8.2 | 15.4 | 14.7 |
Delaware | 15.5 | 12.7 | 26.2 | 31.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 13.3 | 13.9 |
District of Columbia | 22.0 | 19.0 | 30.7 | 24.5 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 15.8 | 14.1 |
Florida | 14.4 | 16.0 | 31.6 | 28.4 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 17.6 | 16.0 |
Georgia | 13.1 | 17.7 | 32.7 | 31.6 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 17.2 | 15.7 |
Hawaii | 19.7 | 15.5 | 24.7 | 25.5 | 9.4 | 6.4 | 15.1 | 12.8 |
Idaho | 14.6 | 12.9 | 32.8 | 28.7 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 16.1 | 14.0 |
Illinois | 15.4 | 16.6 | 29.7 | 30.2 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 17.0 | 16.0 |
Indiana | 12.6 | 17.5 | 30.2 | 27.7 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 15.7 | 14.2 |
Iowa | 9.9 | 12.5 | 22.1 | 20.1 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 11.3 | 10.0 |
Kansas | 13.3 | 15.0 | 22.8 | 20.6 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 12.1 | 10.2 |
Kentucky | 15.0 | 19.6 | 31.3 | 27.8 | 6.9 | 9.3 | 15.7 | 13.8 |
Louisiana | 20.4 | 13.3 | 27.9 | 25.6 | 9.2 | 7.2 | 13.4 | 11.9 |
Maine | 13.1 | 19.9 | 31.8 | 31.4 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 15.1 | 15.0 |
Maryland | 13.7 | 16.7 | 23.5 | 24.2 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 12.6 | 12.1 |
Massachusetts | 10.6 | 13.5 | 27.8 | 24.9 | 4.8 | 7.3 | 14.3 | 12.9 |
Michigan | 13.0 | 23.8 | 32.8 | 30.3 | 6.3 | 12.8 | 18.8 | 16.6 |
Minnesota | 11.3 | 15.5 | 22.7 | 21.8 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 12.8 | 11.7 |
Mississippi | 22.7 | 22.9 | 31.6 | 35.3 | 9.5 | 10.8 | 16.4 | 15.1 |
Missouri | 12.5 | 18.5 | 29.3 | 27.1 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 14.4 | 12.5 |
Montana | 16.9 | 12.7 | 28.1 | 24.2 | 9.8 | 7.1 | 15.4 | 13.8 |
Nebraska | 10.5 | 12.1 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 8.9 | 8.8 |
Nevada | 12.8 | 12.5 | 36.0 | 31.9 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 22.7 | 20.4 |
New Hampshire | 11.5 | 13.9 | 23.3 | 23.5 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 11.3 | 11.2 |
New Jersey | 14.7 | 16.9 | 28.4 | 28.3 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 16.0 | 15.7 |
New Mexico | 18.7 | 15.2 | 27.4 | 24.3 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 14.7 | 14.1 |
New York | 17.2 | 18.5 | 27.2 | 29.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 14.3 | 14.9 |
North Carolina | 14.3 | 18.1 | 34.6 | 33.1 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 17.9 | 16.2 |
North Dakota | 10.1 | 9.2 | 13.8 | 12.6 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
Ohio | 13.4 | 19.8 | 23.9 | 23.7 | 6.8 | 9.7 | 14.7 | 13.6 |
Oklahoma | 11.8 | 15.1 | 22.6 | 19.9 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 9.6 |
Oregon | 17.8 | 19.7 | 34.1 | 34.6 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 17.5 | 17.2 |
Pennsylvania | 15.6 | 16.2 | 24.6 | 25.3 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 13.9 | 13.9 |
Rhode Island | 17.3 | 15.3 | 32.6 | 30.9 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 18.6 | 17.6 |
South Carolina | 16.3 | 21.3 | 32.4 | 34.3 | 6.7 | 9.5 | 18.2 | 15.8 |
South Dakota | 9.8 | 11.6 | 17.8 | 16.3 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
Tennessee | 14.9 | 19.8 | 30.4 | 23.1 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 15.5 | 13.3 |
Texas | 16.3 | 15.9 | 26.9 | 23.1 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 14.0 | 12.1 |
Utah | 10.7 | 10.5 | 20.1 | 20.7 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 13.3 | 11.2 |
Vermont | 12.3 | 15.0 | 27.7 | 24.4 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 11.6 | 11.0 |
Virginia | 11.1 | 13.6 | 25.1 | 28.8 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 11.8 | 11.7 |
Washington | 20.7 | 20.5 | 35.3 | 34.0 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 17.8 | 17.0 |
West Virginia | 20.6 | 22.6 | 32.0 | 28.5 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 13.7 | 13.1 |
Wisconsin | 12.8 | 17.8 | 26.5 | 23.5 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 14.2 | 13.1 |
Wyoming | 15.9 | 12.0 | 20.9 | 19.8 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 10.6 | 10.0 |
United States | 14.9 | 17.3 | 29.3 | 27.9 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 15.9 | 14.7 |
Source: Authors' analysis of basic monthly Current Population Survey mircrodata
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