HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                HOUSEHOLD DATA
  ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                              ANNUAL AVERAGES
  
  2.  Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1973 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
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  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  
  2005 (1)......................  109,151     80,033      73.3      75,973      69.6       1,654     74,319      4,059       5.1      29,119  
  2006 (1)......................  110,605     81,255      73.5      77,502      70.1       1,663     75,838      3,753       4.6      29,350  
  2007 (1)......................  112,173     82,136      73.2      78,254      69.8       1,604     76,650      3,882       4.7      30,036  
  2008 (1)......................  113,113     82,520      73.0      77,486      68.5       1,650     75,836      5,033       6.1      30,593  
  2009 (1)......................  114,136     82,123      72.0      73,670      64.5       1,607     72,062      8,453      10.3      32,013  
                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                     Women
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  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  
  2005 (1)......................  116,931     69,288      59.3      65,757      56.2         544     65,213      3,531       5.1      47,643  
  2006 (1)......................  118,210     70,173      59.4      66,925      56.6         543     66,382      3,247       4.6      48,037  
  2007 (1)......................  119,694     70,988      59.3      67,792      56.6         490     67,302      3,196       4.5      48,707  
  2008 (1)......................  120,675     71,767      59.5      67,876      56.2         518     67,358      3,891       5.4      48,908  
  2009 (1)......................  121,665     72,019      59.2      66,208      54.4         496     65,712      5,811       8.1      49,646  

    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 at www.bls.gov/cps/eetech_methods.pdf.