HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


2.  Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1971 to date

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                Civilian labor force                                              
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                  Civilian                                            Employed                          Unemployed          Not   
               Year               noninsti-                                                                                                 in    
                                  tutional               Percent                                                                           labor  
                                 population    Total       of                  Percent                Nonagri-                 Percent     force  
                                                       population    Total       of        Agri-      cultural      Number       of               
                                                                             population   culture    industries                 labor             
                                                                                                                                force             
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                        Men
                                                                                                                                                  
1971............................   65,942     52,180      79.1      49,390      74.9       2,795       46,595        2,789       5.3      13,762  
1972 (1)........................   67,835     53,555      78.9      50,896      75.0       2,849       48,047        2,659       5.0      14,280  
1973 (1)........................   69,292     54,624      78.8      52,349      75.5       2,847       49,502        2,275       4.2      14,667  
1974............................   70,808     55,739      78.7      53,024      74.9       2,919       50,105        2,714       4.9      15,069  
1975............................   72,291     56,299      77.9      51,857      71.7       2,824       49,032        4,442       7.9      15,993  
1976............................   73,759     57,174      77.5      53,138      72.0       2,744       50,394        4,036       7.1      16,585  
1977............................   75,193     58,396      77.7      54,728      72.8       2,671       52,057        3,667       6.3      16,797  
1978 (1)........................   76,576     59,620      77.9      56,479      73.8       2,718       53,761        3,142       5.3      16,956  
1979............................   78,020     60,726      77.8      57,607      73.8       2,686       54,921        3,120       5.1      17,293  
                                                                                                                                                  
1980............................   79,398     61,453      77.4      57,186      72.0       2,709       54,477        4,267       6.9      17,945  
1981............................   80,511     61,974      77.0      57,397      71.3       2,700       54,697        4,577       7.4      18,537  
1982............................   81,523     62,450      76.6      56,271      69.0       2,736       53,534        6,179       9.9      19,073  
1983............................   82,531     63,047      76.4      56,787      68.8       2,704       54,083        6,260       9.9      19,484  
1984............................   83,605     63,835      76.4      59,091      70.7       2,668       56,423        4,744       7.4      19,771  
1985............................   84,469     64,411      76.3      59,891      70.9       2,535       57,356        4,521       7.0      20,058  
1986 (1)........................   85,798     65,422      76.3      60,892      71.0       2,511       58,381        4,530       6.9      20,376  
1987............................   86,899     66,207      76.2      62,107      71.5       2,543       59,564        4,101       6.2      20,692  
1988............................   87,857     66,927      76.2      63,273      72.0       2,493       60,780        3,655       5.5      20,930  
1989............................   88,762     67,840      76.4      64,315      72.5       2,513       61,802        3,525       5.2      20,923  
                                                                                                                                                  
1990 (1)........................   90,377     69,011      76.4      65,104      72.0       2,546       62,559        3,906       5.7      21,367  
1991............................   91,278     69,168      75.8      64,223      70.4       2,589       61,634        4,946       7.2      22,110  
1992............................   92,270     69,964      75.8      64,440      69.8       2,575       61,866        5,523       7.9      22,306  
1993............................   93,332     70,404      75.4      65,349      70.0       2,478       62,871        5,055       7.2      22,927  
1994 (1)........................   94,354     70,817      75.1      66,450      70.4       2,554       63,896        4,367       6.2      23,538  
1995............................   95,178     71,360      75.0      67,377      70.8       2,559       64,818        3,983       5.6      23,818  
1996............................   96,206     72,086      74.9      68,207      70.9       2,573       65,634        3,880       5.4      24,119  
1997 (1)........................   97,715     73,261      75.0      69,685      71.3       2,552       67,133        3,577       4.9      24,454  
1998 (1)........................   98,758     73,959      74.9      70,693      71.6       2,553       68,140        3,266       4.4      24,799  
1999 (1)........................   99,722     74,512      74.7      71,446      71.6       2,432       69,014        3,066       4.1      25,210  
                                                                                                                                                  
2000 (1)........................  101,964     76,280      74.8      73,305      71.9       1,861       71,444        2,975       3.9      25,684  
2001............................  103,282     76,886      74.4      73,196      70.9       1,708       71,488        3,690       4.8      26,396  
2002............................  104,585     77,500      74.1      72,903      69.7       1,724       71,179        4,597       5.9      27,085  
2003 (1)........................  106,435     78,238      73.5      73,332      68.9       1,695       71,636        4,906       6.3      28,197  
2004 (1)........................  107,710     78,980      73.3      74,524      69.2       1,687       72,838        4,456       5.6      28,730  

                                                                                       Women
                                                                                                                                                  
1971............................   74,274     32,202      43.4      29,976      40.4         599       29,377        2,227       6.9      42,072  
1972 (1)........................   76,290     33,479      43.9      31,257      41.0         635       30,622        2,222       6.6      42,811  
1973 (1)........................   77,804     34,804      44.7      32,715      42.0         622       32,093        2,089       6.0      43,000  
1974............................   79,312     36,211      45.7      33,769      42.6         596       33,173        2,441       6.7      43,101  
1975............................   80,860     37,475      46.3      33,989      42.0         584       33,404        3,486       9.3      43,386  
1976............................   82,390     38,983      47.3      35,615      43.2         588       35,027        3,369       8.6      43,406  
1977............................   83,840     40,613      48.4      37,289      44.5         612       36,677        3,324       8.2      43,227  
1978 (1)........................   85,334     42,631      50.0      39,569      46.4         669       38,900        3,061       7.2      42,703  
1979............................   86,843     44,235      50.9      41,217      47.5         661       40,556        3,018       6.8      42,608  
                                                                                                                                                  
1980............................   88,348     45,487      51.5      42,117      47.7         656       41,461        3,370       7.4      42,861  
1981............................   89,618     46,696      52.1      43,000      48.0         667       42,333        3,696       7.9      42,922  
1982............................   90,748     47,755      52.6      43,256      47.7         665       42,591        4,499       9.4      42,993  
1983............................   91,684     48,503      52.9      44,047      48.0         680       43,367        4,457       9.2      43,181  
1984............................   92,778     49,709      53.6      45,915      49.5         653       45,262        3,794       7.6      43,068  
1985............................   93,736     51,050      54.5      47,259      50.4         644       46,615        3,791       7.4      42,686  
1986 (1)........................   94,789     52,413      55.3      48,706      51.4         652       48,054        3,707       7.1      42,376  
1987............................   95,853     53,658      56.0      50,334      52.5         666       49,668        3,324       6.2      42,195  
1988............................   96,756     54,742      56.6      51,696      53.4         676       51,020        3,046       5.6      42,014  
1989............................   97,630     56,030      57.4      53,027      54.3         687       52,341        3,003       5.4      41,601  
                                                                                                                                                  
1990 (1)........................   98,787     56,829      57.5      53,689      54.3         678       53,011        3,140       5.5      41,957  
1991............................   99,646     57,178      57.4      53,496      53.7         680       52,815        3,683       6.4      42,468  
1992............................  100,535     58,141      57.8      54,052      53.8         672       53,380        4,090       7.0      42,394  
1993............................  101,506     58,795      57.9      54,910      54.1         637       54,273        3,885       6.6      42,711  
1994 (1)........................  102,460     60,239      58.8      56,610      55.3         855       55,755        3,629       6.0      42,221  
1995............................  103,406     60,944      58.9      57,523      55.6         881       56,642        3,421       5.6      42,462  
1996............................  104,385     61,857      59.3      58,501      56.0         871       57,630        3,356       5.4      42,528  
1997 (1)........................  105,418     63,036      59.8      59,873      56.8         847       59,026        3,162       5.0      42,382  
1998 (1)........................  106,462     63,714      59.8      60,771      57.1         825       59,945        2,944       4.6      42,748  
1999 (1)........................  108,031     64,855      60.0      62,042      57.4         849       61,193        2,814       4.3      43,175  
                                                                                                                                                  
2000 (1)........................  110,613     66,303      59.9      63,586      57.5         602       62,983        2,717       4.1      44,310  
2001............................  111,811     66,848      59.8      63,737      57.0         591       63,147        3,111       4.7      44,962  
2002............................  112,985     67,363      59.6      63,582      56.3         587       62,995        3,781       5.6      45,621  
2003 (1)........................  114,733     68,272      59.5      64,404      56.1         580       63,824        3,868       5.7      46,461  
2004 (1)........................  115,647     68,421      59.2      64,728      56.0         546       64,182        3,694       5.4      47,225  

  1 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.