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                          Nonagri-                Percent            
                                                       population  Total     Agri-     cultural     Number       of               
                                                                            culture   industries                labor             
                                                                                                                force             
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                   Persons 14 years of age and over
                                                                                                                                  
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  
1953(2)............................  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  
                                                                                                                                  
1960(2)............................  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  
1962(2)............................  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  
1972(2)............................  144,126    87,034    60.4     82,153    3,484      78,669       4,882       5.6      57,091  
1973(2)............................  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    93,774    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    99,008    62.3     92,017    3,283      88,734       6,991       7.1      60,025  
1978(2)............................  161,910   102,250    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     99,302    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  
1986(2)............................  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  
                                                                                                                                  
1990(2)............................  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  
1994(2)............................  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  
1997(2)............................  203,133   136,297    67.1    129,558    3,399     126,159       6,739       4.9      66,836  
1998(2)............................  205,220   137,673    67.1    131,463    3,378     128,085       6,210       4.5      67,547  
1999(2)............................  207,753   139,368    67.1    133,488    3,281     130,207       5,880       4.2      68,385  
                                                                                                                                  
2000(2)............................  212,577   142,583    67.1    136,891    3,382      133,509      5,692       4.0      69,994  
2001...............................  215,092   143,734    66.8    136,933    3,231      133,702      6,801       4.7      71,359  
2002...............................  217,570   144,863    66.6    136,485    3,340      133,145      8,378       5.8      72,707  

  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.