40 West Virginia Mississippi Arkansas Alabama South Carolina New Mexico Louisiana Kentucky Florida New York Tennessee Arizona North Carolina Oklahoma Michigan Oregon Hawaii Montana California New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania Delaware Georgia Maine Nevada Washington Missouri Idaho Texas Illinois Rhode Island Wyoming Alaska Indiana Virginia Connecticut Kansas Maryland Vermont Utah Wisconsin Massachusetts Iowa New Hampshire North Dakota South Dakota Colorado Minnesota Nebraska District of Columbia North Dakota Total Labor Force Participation Rate, 2018 75 Percent of Civilian Non-institutionalized Population 70 65 63 60 55 54 50 45 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 65 North Dakota West Virginia New Mexico Arkansas Oklahoma Alabama Louisiana Utah Alaska North Carolina Texas Florida Mississippi South Carolina Hawaii California Arizona Wyoming Oregon Georgia New York Idaho US Michigan Ohio Kentucky Washington Indiana Tennessee Virginia New Jersey Pennsylvania Illinois Nevada Maine Rhode Island North Dakota Missouri Maryland Massachusetts Connecticut Delaware Kansas Montana South Dakota Vermont Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Colorado Nebraska District of Columbia New Hampshire Labor Force Participation Rate (25 to 34 years), 2018 90 Percent of Civilian Non-institutionalized Population 85 83 80 76 75 70 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 70 West Virginia Alabama Tennessee Mississippi Kentucky Arkansas Alaska California Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico New York Michigan South Carolina Washington Louisiana Texas Hawaii Connecticut Montana Illinois Florida Georgia Utah US Nevada Kansas Virginia North Carolina Ohio Delaware Idaho New Jersey Oregon Pennsylvania Missouri Maine Massachusetts Rhode Island Colorado Indiana Iowa Nebraska Maryland District of Columbia Minnesota Vermont New Hampshire North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming Wisconsin Labor Force Participation Rate (35 to 44 years), 2018 95 Percent of Civilian Non-institutionalized Population 90 85 83 80 76 75 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 70 West Virginia Alabama Mississippi Kentucky New Mexico Louisiana Arkansas Tennessee South Carolina Oklahoma District of Columbia Arizona Ohio New York California North Carolina Nevada Florida Hawaii Montana Georgia Texas US Alaska Illinois Michigan Indiana Washington New Jersey Missouri Oregon Idaho Rhode Island Virginia Utah Delaware Pennsylvania Wyoming Maine Maryland Colorado Vermont Kansas Massachusetts Wisconsin New Hampshire Nebraska Connecticut Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Iowa Labor Force Participation Rate (45 to 54 years), 2018 90 Percent of Civilian Non-institutionalized Population 85 81 80 75 73 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 55 50 Mississippi Alabama West Virginia Louisiana Arkansas Kentucky New Mexico South Carolina Michigan Nevada Tennessee North Carolina Oregon Georgia District of Columbia Arizona New York Florida California Alaska Wyoming Missouri Ohio Oklahoma US Texas Washington Montana Delaware Pennsylvania Rhode Island Indiana Idaho New Jersey Illinois Virginia Kansas Maine Wisconsin Hawaii Colorado Connecticut North Dakota Maryland Utah Massachusetts Iowa Minnesota Nebraska Vermont New Hampshire South Dakota Labor Force Participation Rate (55 to 64 years), 2018 80 Percent of Civilian Non-institutionalized Population 75 70 65 65 60 53 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 15 10 Mississippi Kentucky West Virginia Arkansas Idaho Michigan Alabama Ohio South Carolina North Carolina Louisiana Washington Oregon Maine Arizona New Mexico Delaware Tennessee Georgia Indiana Florida Utah Wisconsin Illinois US California Pennsylvania Virginia Montana New York Oklahoma New Jersey Rhode Island Nevada Texas Missouri Hawaii North Dakota Iowa Wyoming Connecticut Colorado Kansas Minnesota District of Columbia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire Nebraska Alaska Vermont Labor Force Participation Rate (65 years and older), 2018 30 Percent of Civilian Non-institutionalized Population 25 20 20 15 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Labor Force Participation Rate, WV vs US % of population 16 years and over 68 66 US 64 62 60 58 56 54 52 50 Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics *Shaded regions indicate recessions West Virginia