Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Latest Data: 2022
Frequency: Annual
Contact: Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics, (202) 691–6392., lausinfo@bls.gov

The Labor Force Participation Rates given here for the states refer to the percentage of the civilian non-institutional population (the number of people aged 16 and older who are not incarcerated or on active duty in the military) who are currently considered part of the civilian labor force, including both employed and unemployed persons. 

This data comes from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which publishes demographic and economic characteristics of the labor force from the Current Population Survey (CPS), in its Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS).  This program "produces monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence."

LAUS contains the civilian non-institutional population, the number of people in the labor force, the number of people employed, and the number of people unemployed. "The labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional population. The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed expressed as a percent of the labor force. The employment-population ratio is the proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older that is employed.”

For more about using data from the BLS see; Notes on Using Current Population Survey (CPS) Subnational Data.