evidence: - Among all states, Alaska has the highest rate of women’s labor force participation; 68.3 percent of women aged 16 and older work. Women in the Midwest have the strongest labor force participation rates overall: Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin all rank in the top ten. Other top ten jurisdictions include the District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Wyoming (Table 2.1). [...] Among the largest racial and ethnic groups, black women aged 16 and older had the highest national workforce participation rate in 2014 at 59.2 percent. White women had the second highest labor force participation rate at 56.7 percent, followed by Hispanic women (56.0 percent) and Asian women (55.8). Data are not available for Native American women (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2015c). Among the detailed racial and ethnic groups shown in Table B2.3, Bolivian and Peruvian women have the highest labor force participation rates among Hispanic women at 70.1 and 66.0 percent, respectively, and Cuban women have the lowest rate at 55.9 percent (Table B2.3). Filipino and Laotian women have the highest workforce participation rates among Asian/Pacific Islander women (68.2 and 64.8 percent), and Pakistani and Bangladeshi women have the lowest rates (41.8 and 44.3 percent). Among Native American women, the Chippewa and the Pueblo have the highest workforce participation rates at 59.4 percent and 59.0 percent, respectively, and the Navajo and the Cherokee have the lowest rates (52.2 and 53.9 percent; Table B2.3).