HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Year

Civilian

noninstitutional

population

Civilian labor force

Not

in

labor

force Total

Percent

of

population

Employed Unemployed

Total Agriculture

Nonagricultural

industries

Number

Percent

of

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.