HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

1.  Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, 1935 to date

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                             Civilian labor force                                       
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                      Civilian                                     Employed                   Unemployed        Not in  
        Year          noninsti-                                                                                  labor  
                      tutional               Percent                                                             force  
                     population    Total       of                             Nonagri-               Percent            
                                           population    Total   Agricultu-   cultural    Number       of               
                                                                     re      industries               labor             
                                                                                                      force             
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                      Persons 14 years of age and over
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
1935................     (1)      52,870       (1)      42,260     10,110      32,150     10,610       20.1       (1)   
1936................     (1)      53,440       (1)      44,410     10,000      34,410      9,030       16.9       (1)   
1937................     (1)      54,000       (1)      46,300      9,820      36,480      7,700       14.3       (1)   
1938................     (1)      54,610       (1)      44,220      9,690      34,530     10,390       19.0       (1)   
1939................     (1)      55,230       (1)      45,750      9,610      36,140      9,480       17.2       (1)   
                                                                                                                        
1940................     (1)      55,640       (1)      47,520      9,540      37,980      8,120       14.6       (1)   
1941................     (1)      55,910       (1)      50,350      9,100      41,250      5,560        9.9       (1)   
1942................   98,640     56,410       57.2     53,750      9,250      44,500      2,660        4.7     42,230  
1943................   94,640     55,540       58.7     54,470      9,080      45,390      1,070        1.9     39,100  
1944................   93,220     54,630       58.6     53,960      8,950      45,010        670        1.2     38,590  
1945................   94,090     53,860       57.2     52,820      8,580      44,240      1,040        1.9     40,230  
1946................  103,070     57,520       55.8     55,250      8,320      46,930      2,270        3.9     45,550  
1947................  106,018     60,168       56.8     57,812      8,256      49,557      2,356        3.9     45,850  
            
                                                      Persons 16 years of age and over
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
1947................  101,827     59,350       58.3     57,038      7,890      49,148      2,311        3.9     42,477  
1948................  103,068     60,621       58.8     58,343      7,629      50,714      2,276        3.8     42,447  
1949................  103,994     61,286       58.9     57,651      7,658      49,993      3,637        5.9     42,708  
                                                                                                                        
1950................  104,995     62,208       59.2     58,918      7,160      51,758      3,288        5.3     42,787  
1951................  104,621     62,017       59.2     59,961      6,726      53,235      2,055        3.3     42,604  
1952................  105,231     62,138       59.0     60,250      6,500      53,749      1,883        3.0     43,093  
1953(2).............  107,056     63,015       58.9     61,179      6,260      54,919      1,834        2.9     44,041  
1954................  108,321     63,643       58.8     60,109      6,205      53,904      3,532        5.5     44,678  
1955................  109,683     65,023       59.3     62,170      6,450      55,722      2,852        4.4     44,660  
1956................  110,954     66,552       60.0     63,799      6,283      57,514      2,750        4.1     44,402  
1957................  112,265     66,929       59.6     64,071      5,947      58,123      2,859        4.3     45,336  
1958................  113,727     67,639       59.5     63,036      5,586      57,450      4,602        6.8     46,088  
1959................  115,329     68,369       59.3     64,630      5,565      59,065      3,740        5.5     46,960  
                                                                                                                        
1960(2).............  117,245     69,628       59.4     65,778      5,458      60,318      3,852        5.5     47,617  
1961................  118,771     70,459       59.3     65,746      5,200      60,546      4,714        6.7     48,312  
1962(2).............  120,153     70,614       58.8     66,702      4,944      61,759      3,911        5.5     49,539  
1963................  122,416     71,833       58.7     67,762      4,687      63,076      4,070        5.7     50,583  
1964................  124,485     73,091       58.7     69,305      4,523      64,782      3,786        5.2     51,394  
1965................  126,513     74,455       58.9     71,088      4,361      66,726      3,366        4.5     52,058  
1966................  128,058     75,770       59.2     72,895      3,979      68,915      2,875        3.8     52,288  
1967................  129,874     77,347       59.6     74,372      3,844      70,527      2,975        3.8     52,527  
1968................  132,028     78,737       59.6     75,920      3,817      72,103      2,817        3.6     53,291  
1969................  134,335     80,734       60.1     77,902      3,606      74,296      2,832        3.5     53,602  
                                                                                                                        
1970................  137,085     82,771       60.4     78,678      3,463      75,215      4,093        4.9     54,315  
1971................  140,216     84,382       60.2     79,367      3,394      75,972      5,016        5.9     55,834  
1972(2).............  144,126     87,034       60.4     82,153      3,484      78,669      4,882        5.6     57,091  
1973(2).............  147,096     89,429       60.8     85,064      3,470      81,594      4,365        4.9     57,667  
1974................  150,120     91,949       61.3     86,794      3,515      83,279      5,156        5.6     58,171  
1975................  153,153     93,775       61.2     85,846      3,408      82,438      7,929        8.5     59,377  
1976................  156,150     96,158       61.6     88,752      3,331      85,421      7,406        7.7     59,991  
1977................  159,033     99,009       62.3     92,017      3,283      88,734      6,991        7.1     60,025  
1978(2).............  161,910    102,251       63.2     96,048      3,387      92,661      6,202        6.1     59,659  
1979................  164,863    104,962       63.7     98,824      3,347      95,477      6,137        5.8     59,900  
                                                                                                                        
1980................  167,745    106,940       63.8     99,303      3,364      95,938      7,637        7.1     60,806  
1981................  170,130    108,670       63.9    100,397      3,368      97,030      8,273        7.6     61,460  
1982................  172,271    110,204       64.0     99,526      3,401      96,125     10,678        9.7     62,067  
1983................  174,215    111,550       64.0    100,834      3,383      97,450     10,717        9.6     62,665  
1984................  176,383    113,544       64.4    105,005      3,321     101,685      8,539        7.5     62,839  
1985................  178,206    115,461       64.8    107,150      3,179     103,971      8,312        7.2     62,744  
1986(2).............  180,587    117,834       65.3    109,597      3,163     106,434      8,237        7.0     62,752  
1987................  182,753    119,865       65.6    112,440      3,208     109,232      7,425        6.2     62,888  
1988................  184,613    121,669       65.9    114,968      3,169     111,800      6,701        5.5     62,944  
1989................  186,393    123,869       66.5    117,342      3,199     114,142      6,528        5.3     62,523  
                                                                                                                        
1990(2).............  189,164    125,840       66.5    118,793      3,223     115,570      7,047        5.6     63,324  
1991................  190,925    126,346       66.2    117,718      3,269     114,449      8,628        6.8     64,578  
1992................  192,805    128,105       66.4    118,492      3,247     115,245      9,613        7.5     64,700  
1993................  194,838    129,200       66.3    120,259      3,115     117,144      8,940        6.9     65,638  
1994(2).............  196,814    131,056       66.6    123,060      3,409     119,651      7,996        6.1     65,758  
1995................  198,584    132,304       66.6    124,900      3,440     121,460      7,404        5.6     66,280  
1996................  200,591    133,943       66.8    126,708      3,443     123,264      7,236        5.4     66,647  
1997(2).............  203,133    136,297       67.1    129,558      3,399     126,159      6,739        4.9     66,837  
1998(3).............  205,220    137,673       67.1    131,463      3,378     128,085      6,210        4.5     67,547  
  1 Not available.
  2 Not strictly comparable with data for prior years. For an explanation, see "Historical Comparability" under the
Household Data section of the Explanatory Notes and Estimates of Error.
  3 Beginning in January 1998, data are not strictly comparable with  data for 1997 and earlier years because of the
introduction of new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey. For
additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January 1998" in the February 1998
issue of this publication.