HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, 1935 to date

(Numbers in thousands)

Year

Civilian

noninstitutional

population

Civilian labor force

Not in

labor

Total force

Percent

of

population

Employed Unemployed

Total Agriculture

Nonagricultural

industries

Number

Percent

of

labor

force

Persons 14 years of age and over

1935 .................................................. 1 ( ) 52,870 1 ( ) 42,260 10,110 32,150 10,610 20.1 1 ( )

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

19532 ................................................ 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

19602 ................................................ 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

19622 ................................................ 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

19722 ................................................ 144,126 87,034 60.4 82,153 3,484 78,669 4,882 5.6 57,091

19732 ................................................ 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

19782 ................................................ 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

19862 ................................................ 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

19902 ................................................ 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

19942 ................................................ 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

19972 ................................................ 203,133 136,297 67.1 129,558 3,399 126,159 6,739 4.9 66,837

19983 ................................................ 205,220 137,673 67.1 131,463 3,378 128,085 6,210 4.5 67,547

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 1998, data are not strictly comparable with data for 1997 and

earlier years because of the introduction of new composite estimation procedures and

revised population controls used in the household survey. For additional information, see

"Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January 1998" in the February 1998

issue of this publication.

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