HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Year

Civilian

noninstitutional

population

Civilian labor force

Not in

labor

Total force

Percent

of

population

Employed Unemployed

Total

Percent

of

population

Agriculture

Nonagricultural

industries

Number

Percent

of

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

2005 1 ................................................ 226,082 149,320 66.0 141,730 62.7 2,197 139,532 7,591 5.1 76,762

2006 1 ................................................ 228,815 151,428 66.2 144,427 63.1 2,206 142,221 7,001 4.6 77,387

2007 1 ................................................ 231,867 153,124 66.0 146,047 63.0 2,095 143,952 7,078 4.6 78,743

2008 1 ................................................ 233,788 154,287 66.0 145,362 62.2 2,168 143,194 8,924 5.8 79,501

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

http://www.bls.gov/cps/eetech_methods.pdf.

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