Chart Data

Hispanic Labor Force by State

Hispanic or Latino labor force as a percent of total, by state, annual averages, 2011
State	Hispanic or Latino labor force as a percent of total	Total civilian labor force	Hispanic or Latino labor force
New Mexico	42.0	927,000	389,000
Texas	36.4	12,449,000	4,527,000
California	35.9	18,377,000	6,593,000
Arizona	28.6	3,021,000	863,000
Nevada	23.0	1,376,000	316,000
Florida	21.2	9,293,000	1,971,000
New Jersey	19.5	4,590,000	896,000
Colorado	16.6	2,738,000	454,000
New York	15.2	9,476,000	1,444,000
Illinois	13.2	6,559,000	865,000
Idaho	11.3	769,000	87,000
District of Columbia	10.9	348,000	38,000
Utah	10.6	1,337,000	142,000
Connecticut	10.0	1,916,000	192,000
Rhode Island	10.0	559,000	56,000
Nebraska	9.7	1,009,000	98,000
Washington	8.4	3,452,000	291,000
Georgia	8.3	4,743,000	392,000
Maryland	8.1	3,090,000	251,000
Delaware	8.1	446,000	36,000
Oregon	7.8	2,005,000	156,000
Massachusetts	7.6	3,458,000	263,000
North Carolina	7.6	4,631,000	350,000
Virginia	7.4	4,229,000	315,000
Hawaii	7.3	668,000	49,000
Wyoming	7.1	308,000	22,000
Kansas	7.1	1,500,000	106,000
Oklahoma	5.8	1,768,000	102,000
Arkansas	5.6	1,364,000	76,000
Iowa	5.1	1,667,000	85,000
Wisconsin	5.0	3,089,000	155,000
Pennsylvania	4.7	6,395,000	300,000
Alaska	4.3	370,000	16,000
Indiana	4.2	3,201,000	136,000
Minnesota	4.0	2,954,000	119,000
Louisiana	3.9	2,054,000	81,000
Michigan	3.9	4,658,000	180,000
South Carolina	3.7	2,167,000	81,000
Tennessee	3.5	3,142,000	110,000
Kentucky	3.4	2,055,000	69,000
Missouri	3.1	3,070,000	95,000
Alabama	3.0	2,224,000	67,000
Ohio	2.9	5,765,000	166,000
South Dakota	2.5	443,000	11,000
Mississippi	2.3	1,348,000	31,000
Montana	2.0	503,000	10,000
New Hampshire	1.9	737,000	14,000