HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

                                                                                                                   

2.  Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1971 to date

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                         Civilian labor force                                     
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                     Civilian                                 Employed                  Unemployed          Not   
               Year                  noninsti-                                                                              in    
                                     tutional            Percent                                                           labor  
                                    population  Total      of                          Nonagri-                Percent     force  
                                                       population  Total     Agri-     cultural     Number       of               
                                                                            culture   industries                labor             
                                                                                                                force             
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                 Men
                                                                                                                                  
1971...............................   65,942    52,180    79.1     49,390    2,795      46,595       2,789       5.3      13,762  
1972(1)............................   67,835    53,555    78.9     50,896    2,849      48,047       2,659       5.0      14,280  
1973(1)............................   69,292    54,624    78.8     52,349    2,847      49,502       2,275       4.2      14,667  
1974...............................   70,808    55,739    78.7     53,024    2,919      50,105       2,714       4.9      15,069  
1975...............................   72,291    56,299    77.9     51,857    2,824      49,032       4,442       7.9      15,993  
1976...............................   73,759    57,174    77.5     53,138    2,744      50,394       4,036       7.1      16,585  
1977...............................   75,193    58,396    77.7     54,728    2,671      52,057       3,667       6.3      16,797  
1978(1)............................   76,576    59,620    77.9     56,479    2,718      53,761       3,142       5.3      16,956  
1979...............................   78,020    60,726    77.8     57,607    2,686      54,921       3,120       5.1      17,293  
                                                                                                                                  
1980...............................   79,398    61,453    77.4     57,186    2,709      54,477       4,267       6.9      17,945  
1981...............................   80,511    61,974    77.0     57,397    2,700      54,697       4,577       7.4      18,537  
1982...............................   81,523    62,450    76.6     56,271    2,736      53,534       6,179       9.9      19,073  
1983...............................   82,531    63,047    76.4     56,787    2,704      54,083       6,260       9.9      19,484  
1984...............................   83,605    63,835    76.4     59,091    2,668      56,423       4,744       7.4      19,771  
1985...............................   84,469    64,411    76.3     59,891    2,535      57,356       4,521       7.0      20,058  
1986(1)............................   85,798    65,422    76.3     60,892    2,511      58,381       4,530       6.9      20,376  
1987...............................   86,899    66,207    76.2     62,107    2,543      59,564       4,101       6.2      20,692  
1988...............................   87,857    66,927    76.2     63,273    2,493      60,780       3,655       5.5      20,930  
1989...............................   88,762    67,840    76.4     64,315    2,513      61,802       3,525       5.2      20,923  
                                                                                                                                  
1990(1)............................   90,377    69,011    76.4     65,104    2,546      62,559       3,906       5.7      21,367  
1991...............................   91,278    69,168    75.8     64,223    2,589      61,634       4,946       7.2      22,110  
1992...............................   92,270    69,964    75.8     64,440    2,575      61,866       5,523       7.9      22,306  
1993...............................   93,332    70,404    75.4     65,349    2,478      62,871       5,055       7.2      22,927  
1994(1)............................   94,354    70,817    75.1     66,450    2,554      63,896       4,367       6.2      23,538  
1995...............................   95,178    71,360    75.0     67,377    2,559      64,818       3,983       5.6      23,818  
1996...............................   96,206    72,086    74.9     68,207    2,573      65,634       3,880       5.4      24,119  
1997(1)............................   97,715    73,261    75.0     69,685    2,552      67,133       3,577       4.9      24,454  
1998(1)............................   98,758    73,959    74.9     70,693    2,553      68,140       3,266       4.4      24,799  
1999(1)............................   99,722    74,512    74.7     71,446    2,432      69,014       3,066       4.1      25,210  
                                                                                                                                  
2000(1)............................  101,964    76,280    74.8     73,305    2,502      70,803       2,975       3.9      25,684  
2001...............................  103,282    76,886    74.4     73,196    2,353      70,843       3,690       4.8      26,396  
2002...............................  104,585    77,500    74.1     72,903    2,473      70,430       4,597       5.9      27,085  

                                                                                Women
                                                                                                                                  
1971...............................   74,274    32,202    43.4     29,976      599      29,377       2,227       6.9      42,072  
1972(1)............................   76,290    33,479    43.9     31,257      635      30,622       2,222       6.6      42,811  
1973(1)............................   77,804    34,804    44.7     32,715      622      32,093       2,089       6.0      43,000  
1974...............................   79,312    36,211    45.7     33,769      596      33,173       2,441       6.7      43,101  
1975...............................   80,860    37,475    46.3     33,989      584      33,404       3,486       9.3      43,386  
1976...............................   82,390    38,983    47.3     35,615      588      35,027       3,369       8.6      43,406  
1977...............................   83,840    40,613    48.4     37,289      612      36,677       3,324       8.2      43,227  
1978(1)............................   85,334    42,631    50.0     39,569      669      38,900       3,061       7.2      42,703  
1979...............................   86,843    44,235    50.9     41,217      661      40,556       3,018       6.8      42,608  
                                                                                                                                  
1980...............................   88,348    45,487    51.5     42,117      656      41,461       3,370       7.4      42,861  
1981...............................   89,618    46,696    52.1     43,000      667      42,333       3,696       7.9      42,922  
1982...............................   90,748    47,755    52.6     43,256      665      42,591       4,499       9.4      42,993  
1983...............................   91,684    48,503    52.9     44,047      680      43,367       4,457       9.2      43,181  
1984...............................   92,778    49,709    53.6     45,915      653      45,262       3,794       7.6      43,068  
1985...............................   93,736    51,050    54.5     47,259      644      46,615       3,791       7.4      42,686  
1986(1)............................   94,789    52,413    55.3     48,706      652      48,054       3,707       7.1      42,376  
1987...............................   95,853    53,658    56.0     50,334      666      49,668       3,324       6.2      42,195  
1988...............................   96,756    54,742    56.6     51,696      676      51,020       3,046       5.6      42,014  
1989...............................   97,630    56,030    57.4     53,027      687      52,341       3,003       5.4      41,601  
                                                                                                                                  
1990(1)............................   98,787    56,829    57.5     53,689      678      53,011       3,140       5.5      41,957  
1991...............................   99,646    57,178    57.4     53,496      680      52,815       3,683       6.4      42,468  
1992...............................  100,535    58,141    57.8     54,052      672      53,380       4,090       7.0      42,394  
1993...............................  101,506    58,795    57.9     54,910      637      54,273       3,885       6.6      42,711  
1994(1)............................  102,460    60,239    58.8     56,610      855      55,755       3,629       6.0      42,221  
1995...............................  103,406    60,944    58.9     57,523      881      56,642       3,421       5.6      42,462  
1996...............................  104,385    61,857    59.3     58,501      871      57,630       3,356       5.4      42,528  
1997(1)............................  105,418    63,036    59.8     59,873      847      59,026       3,162       5.0      42,382  
1998(1)............................  106,462    63,714    59.8     60,771      825      59,945       2,944       4.6      42,748  
1999(1)............................  108,031    64,855    60.0     62,042      849      61,193       2,814       4.3      43,175  
                                                                                                                                  
2000(1)............................  110,613    66,303    59.9     63,586     880       62,706       2,717       4.1      44,310  
2001...............................  111,811    66,848    59.8     63,737     878       62,859       3,111       4.7      44,962  
2002...............................  112,985    67,363    59.6     63,582     867       62,715       3,781       5.6      45,621  

  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.