HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

2.  Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1963 to date
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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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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1964........................|  58,847  |  47,679 |    81.0  |  45,474 |    77.3  |   3,691 |  41,782  |   2,205 |     4.6 |  11,169
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 2/.....................|  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 2/.....................|  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
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1964........................|  65,637  |  25,412 |    38.7  |  23,831 |    36.3  |     832 |  23,000  |   1,581 |     6.2 |  40,225
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 2/.....................|  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 2/.....................| 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
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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/  Data, beginning in 1994, are not strictly comparable with data for 1993 and prior years because of the introduction of a
major redesign of the Current Population Survey (household survey) questionnaire and collection methodology. For additional
information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of this publication.
Beginning in 1990, data incorporate 1990 cecsus-based population controls, adjusted for the estimated undercount.  For additional
information, see "Revisions in Household Survey Data Effective February 1996" in the March 1996 issue of the publication.