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State civilian labor force in the United States in 2017

State civilian labor force in the U.S. in 2017 (in thousand)

This table ranks the 51 states of the U.S. by their civilian labor force in 2017. In 2017, California had the biggest civilian labor force in the U.S. with about 19.31 million people.

California	19312
Texas	13538
Florida	10100
New York	9705
Illinois	6493
Pennsylvania	6427
Ohio	5780
Georgia	5061
North Carolina	4942
Michigan	4884
New Jersey	4519
Virginia	4308
Washington	3725
Massachusetts	3657
Indiana	3320
Arizona	3313
Maryland	3219
Tennessee	3199
Wisconsin	3152
Minnesota	3064
Missouri	3051
Colorado	2992
South Carolina	2313
Alabama	2168
Louisiana	2112
Oregon	2104
Kentucky	2052
Connecticut	1919
Oklahoma	1834
Iowa	1679
Utah	1561
Kansas	1485
Nevada	1463
Arkansas	1354
Mississippi	1280
Nebraska	1007
New Mexico	930
Idaho	833
West Virginia	779
New Hampshire	747
Maine	700
Hawaii	685
Rhode Island	555
Montana	525
Delaware	477
South Dakota	455
North Dakota	414
District of Columbia	401
Alaska	363
Vermont	345
Wyoming	293

State civilian labor force in the United States in 2017

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