HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


1.  Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, 1940 to date

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                          Civilian labor force                                             
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                           
                             Civilian                                           Employed                         Unemployed        Not in  
             Year            noninsti-                                                                                              labor  
                             tutional               Percent                                                                         force  
                            population    Total       of                  Percent                Nonagri-               Percent            
                                                  population    Total       of         Agri-     cultural    Number       of               
                                                                        population    culture   industries               labor             
                                                                                                                         force             
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                   Persons 14 years of age and over
                                                                                                                                           
1940.......................   99,840     55,640      55.7      47,520      47.6        9,540      37,980      8,120      14.6      44,200  
1941.......................   99,900     55,910      56.0      50,350      50.4        9,100      41,250      5,560       9.9      43,990  
1942.......................   98,640     56,410      57.2      53,750      54.5        9,250      44,500      2,660       4.7      42,230  
1943.......................   94,640     55,540      58.7      54,470      57.6        9,080      45,390      1,070       1.9      39,100  
1944.......................   93,220     54,630      58.6      53,960      57.9        8,950      45,010        670       1.2      38,590  
1945.......................   94,090     53,860      57.2      52,820      56.1        8,580      44,240      1,040       1.9      40,230  
1946.......................  103,070     57,520      55.8      55,250      53.6        8,320      46,930      2,270       3.9      45,550  
1947.......................  106,018     60,168      56.8      57,812      54.5        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      56.0        7,890      49,148      2,311       3.9      42,477  
1948.......................  103,068     60,621      58.8      58,343      56.6        7,629      50,714      2,276       3.8      42,447  
1949.......................  103,994     61,286      58.9      57,651      55.4        7,658      49,993      3,637       5.9      42,708  
                                                                                                                                           
1950.......................  104,995     62,208      59.2      58,918      56.1        7,160      51,758      3,288       5.3      42,787  
1951.......................  104,621     62,017      59.2      59,961      57.3        6,726      53,235      2,055       3.3      42,604  
1952.......................  105,231     62,138      59.0      60,250      57.3        6,500      53,749      1,883       3.0      43,093  
1953 (1)...................  107,056     63,015      58.9      61,179      57.1        6,260      54,919      1,834       2.9      44,041  
1954.......................  108,321     63,643      58.8      60,109      55.5        6,205      53,904      3,532       5.5      44,678  
1955.......................  109,683     65,023      59.3      62,170      56.7        6,450      55,722      2,852       4.4      44,660  
1956.......................  110,954     66,552      60.0      63,799      57.5        6,283      57,514      2,750       4.1      44,402  
1957.......................  112,265     66,929      59.6      64,071      57.1        5,947      58,123      2,859       4.3      45,336  
1958.......................  113,727     67,639      59.5      63,036      55.4        5,586      57,450      4,602       6.8      46,088  
1959.......................  115,329     68,369      59.3      64,630      56.0        5,565      59,065      3,740       5.5      46,960  
                                                                                                                                           
1960 (1)...................  117,245     69,628      59.4      65,778      56.1        5,458      60,318      3,852       5.5      47,617  
1961.......................  118,771     70,459      59.3      65,746      55.4        5,200      60,546      4,714       6.7      48,312  
1962 (1)...................  120,153     70,614      58.8      66,702      55.5        4,944      61,759      3,911       5.5      49,539  
1963.......................  122,416     71,833      58.7      67,762      55.4        4,687      63,076      4,070       5.7      50,583  
1964.......................  124,485     73,091      58.7      69,305      55.7        4,523      64,782      3,786       5.2      51,394  
1965.......................  126,513     74,455      58.9      71,088      56.2        4,361      66,726      3,366       4.5      52,058  
1966.......................  128,058     75,770      59.2      72,895      56.9        3,979      68,915      2,875       3.8      52,288  
1967.......................  129,874     77,347      59.6      74,372      57.3        3,844      70,527      2,975       3.8      52,527  
1968.......................  132,028     78,737      59.6      75,920      57.5        3,817      72,103      2,817       3.6      53,291  
1969.......................  134,335     80,734      60.1      77,902      58.0        3,606      74,296      2,832       3.5      53,602  
                                                                                                                                           
1970.......................  137,085     82,771      60.4      78,678      57.4        3,463      75,215      4,093       4.9      54,315  
1971.......................  140,216     84,382      60.2      79,367      56.6        3,394      75,972      5,016       5.9      55,834  
1972 (1)...................  144,126     87,034      60.4      82,153      57.0        3,484      78,669      4,882       5.6      57,091  
1973 (1)...................  147,096     89,429      60.8      85,064      57.8        3,470      81,594      4,365       4.9      57,667  
1974.......................  150,120     91,949      61.3      86,794      57.8        3,515      83,279      5,156       5.6      58,171  
1975.......................  153,153     93,774      61.2      85,846      56.1        3,408      82,438      7,929       8.5      59,377  
1976.......................  156,150     96,158      61.6      88,752      56.8        3,331      85,421      7,406       7.7      59,991  
1977.......................  159,033     99,008      62.3      92,017      57.9        3,283      88,734      6,991       7.1      60,025  
1978 (1)...................  161,910    102,250      63.2      96,048      59.3        3,387      92,661      6,202       6.1      59,659  
1979.......................  164,863    104,962      63.7      98,824      59.9        3,347      95,477      6,137       5.8      59,900  
                                                                                                                                           
1980.......................  167,745    106,940      63.8      99,302      59.2        3,364      95,938      7,637       7.1      60,806  
1981.......................  170,130    108,670      63.9     100,397      59.0        3,368      97,030      8,273       7.6      61,460  
1982.......................  172,271    110,204      64.0      99,526      57.8        3,401      96,125     10,678       9.7      62,067  
1983.......................  174,215    111,550      64.0     100,834      57.9        3,383      97,450     10,717       9.6      62,665  
1984.......................  176,383    113,544      64.4     105,005      59.5        3,321     101,685      8,539       7.5      62,839  
1985.......................  178,206    115,461      64.8     107,150      60.1        3,179     103,971      8,312       7.2      62,744  
1986 (1)...................  180,587    117,834      65.3     109,597      60.7        3,163     106,434      8,237       7.0      62,752  
1987.......................  182,753    119,865      65.6     112,440      61.5        3,208     109,232      7,425       6.2      62,888  
1988.......................  184,613    121,669      65.9     114,968      62.3        3,169     111,800      6,701       5.5      62,944  
1989.......................  186,393    123,869      66.5     117,342      63.0        3,199     114,142      6,528       5.3      62,523  
                                                                                                                                           
1990 (1)...................  189,164    125,840      66.5     118,793      62.8        3,223     115,570      7,047       5.6      63,324  
1991.......................  190,925    126,346      66.2     117,718      61.7        3,269     114,449      8,628       6.8      64,578  
1992.......................  192,805    128,105      66.4     118,492      61.5        3,247     115,245      9,613       7.5      64,700  
1993.......................  194,838    129,200      66.3     120,259      61.7        3,115     117,144      8,940       6.9      65,638  
1994 (1)...................  196,814    131,056      66.6     123,060      62.5        3,409     119,651      7,996       6.1      65,758  
1995.......................  198,584    132,304      66.6     124,900      62.9        3,440     121,460      7,404       5.6      66,280  
1996.......................  200,591    133,943      66.8     126,708      63.2        3,443     123,264      7,236       5.4      66,647  
1997 (1)...................  203,133    136,297      67.1     129,558      63.8        3,399     126,159      6,739       4.9      66,836  
1998 (1)...................  205,220    137,673      67.1     131,463      64.1        3,378     128,085      6,210       4.5      67,547  
1999 (1)...................  207,753    139,368      67.1     133,488      64.3        3,281     130,207      5,880       4.2      68,385  
                                                                                                                                           
2000 (1)...................  212,577    142,583      67.1     136,891      64.4        2,464     134,427      5,692       4.0      69,994  
2001.......................  215,092    143,734      66.8     136,933      63.7        2,299     134,635      6,801       4.7      71,359  
2002.......................  217,570    144,863      66.6     136,485      62.7        2,311     134,174      8,378       5.8      72,707  
2003 (1)...................  221,168    146,510      66.2     137,736      62.3        2,275     135,461      8,774       6.0      74,658  
2004 (1)...................  223,357    147,401      66.0     139,252      62.3        2,232     137,020      8,149       5.5      75,956  

  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.