HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


2.  Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1965 to date

(Numbers in thousands)

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                            |          |                                    Civilian labor force
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                            | Civilian |         |          |                Employed                 |    Unemployed     |
            Year            |noninsti- |         |          |                                         |                   |   Not
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                            | tutional |         | Percent  |         |          |         |          |         |         |   in
                            |population|  Total  |    of    |         | Percent  |         | Nonagri- |         | Percent |  labor
                            |          |         |population|  Total  |    of    |  Agri-  | cultural | Number  |   of    |  force
                            |          |         |          |         |population| culture |industries|         |  labor  |
                            |          |         |          |         |          |         |          |         |  force  |
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1965........................|  59,782  |  48,255 |    80.7  |  46,340 |    77.5  |   3,547 |  42,792  |   1,914 |     4.0 |  11,527
1966........................|  60,262  |  48,471 |    80.4  |  46,919 |    77.9  |   3,243 |  43,675  |   1,551 |     3.2 |  11,792
1967........................|  60,905  |  48,987 |    80.4  |  47,479 |    78.0  |   3,164 |  44,315  |   1,508 |     3.1 |  11,919
1968........................|  61,847  |  49,533 |    80.1  |  48,114 |    77.8  |   3,157 |  44,957  |   1,419 |     2.9 |  12,315
1969........................|  62,898  |  50,221 |    79.8  |  48,818 |    77.6  |   2,963 |  45,855  |   1,403 |     2.8 |  12,677
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1970........................|  64,304  |  51,228 |    79.7  |  48,990 |    76.2  |   2,862 |  46,128  |   2,238 |     4.4 |  13,076
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
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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
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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/.....................|  94,355  |  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  |  72,087 |    74.9  |  68,207 |    70.9  |   2,573 |  65,634  |   3,880 |     5.4 |  24,119
1997 2/.....................|  97,715  |  73,261 |    75.0  |  69,685 |    71.3  |   2,552 |  67,133  |   3,577 |     4.9 |  24,454
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                            |                                                 Women
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1965........................|  66,731  |  26,200 |    39.3  |  24,748 |    37.1  |     814 |  23,934  |   1,452 |     5.5 |  40,531
1966........................|  67,795  |  27,299 |    40.3  |  25,976 |    38.3  |     736 |  25,240  |   1,324 |     4.8 |  40,496
1967........................|  68,968  |  28,360 |    41.1  |  26,893 |    39.0  |     680 |  26,212  |   1,468 |     5.2 |  40,608
1968........................|  70,179  |  29,204 |    41.6  |  27,807 |    39.6  |     660 |  27,147  |   1,397 |     4.8 |  40,976
1969........................|  71,436  |  30,513 |    42.7  |  29,084 |    40.7  |     643 |  28,441  |   1,429 |     4.7 |  40,924
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1970........................|  72,782  |  31,543 |    43.3  |  29,688 |    40.8  |     601 |  29,087  |   1,855 |     5.9 |  41,239
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
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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
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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 2/.....................| 105,418  |  63,036 |    59.8  |  59,873 |    56.8  |     847 |  59,026  |   3,162 |     5.0 |  42,382
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   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.
   2/  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.