HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                HOUSEHOLD DATA
  ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                              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  
  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  
  2009 (1)......................  235,801    154,142      65.4     139,877      59.3       2,103    137,775     14,265       9.3      81,659  

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