HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     1.  Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, 1936 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     Agriculture    cultural       Number         of                  
                                                                                                       industries                    labor                
                                                                                                                                     force                
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                               Persons 14 years of age and over
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
     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(2).......................   205,220      137,673         67.1      131,463        3,378       128,085         6,210          4.5       67,547   
     1999(3).......................   207,753      139,368         67.1      133,488        3,281       130,207         5,880          4.2       68,385   

       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 1999, data are not strictly comparable with  data for 1998 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 1999" in the February
     1999 issue of this publication.