HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


1.  Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, 1934 to date

(Numbers in thousands)

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                              |  Civilian  |        |            |             Employed             |   Unemployed    | Not in
             Year             | noninsti-  |        |            |                                  |                 | labor
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                              |  tutional  |        |  Percent   |        |            |            |        |        | force
                              | population | Total  |     of     |        |            |  Nonagri-  |        |Percent |
                              |            |        | population | Total  |Agriculture |  cultural  | Number |   of   |
                              |            |        |            |        |            | industries |        | labor  |
                              |            |        |            |        |            |            |        | force  |
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                              |                                Persons 14 years of age and over
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1934..........................|     (1)    | 52,230 |     (1)    | 40,890 |    9,900   |   30,990   | 11,340 |   21.7 |   (1)
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)
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1940..........................|     (1)    | 55,640 |     (1)    | 47,520 |    9,540   |   37,980   |  8,120 |   14.6 |   (1)
1941..........................|   99,900   | 55,910 |     56.0   | 50,350 |    9,100   |   41,250   |  5,560 |    9.9 | 43,990
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
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                              |                                Persons 16 years of age and over
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 3/.......................|  203,133   |136,297 |     67.1   |129,558 |    3,399   |  126,159   |  6,739 |    4.9 | 66,837
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   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 1997, data are not strictly comparable with data for 1996 and earlier years because of revisions in the
population controls used in the household survey.  For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey
Effective January 1997" in the February 1997 issue of this publication.