HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                       HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                     ANNUAL AVERAGES

2.  Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1966 to date

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                        Civilian labor force                                       
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                      Civilian                                          Employed                         Unemployed                
        Year          noninsti-                                                                                              Not   
                      tutional               Percent                                                                         in    
                     population    Total       of                  Percent               Nonagri-               Percent     labor  
                                           population    Total       of        Agri-     cultural    Number       of        force  
                                                                 population   culture   industries               labor             
                                                                                                                 force             
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                          Men
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
1966................   60,262     48,471       80.4     46,919       77.9      3,243      43,675      1,551        3.2     11,792  
1967................   60,905     48,987       80.4     47,479       78.0      3,164      44,315      1,508        3.1     11,919  
1968................   61,847     49,533       80.1     48,114       77.8      3,157      44,957      1,419        2.9     12,315  
1969................   62,898     50,221       79.8     48,818       77.6      2,963      45,855      1,403        2.8     12,677  
                                                                                                                                   
1970................   64,304     51,228       79.7     48,990       76.2      2,862      46,128      2,238        4.4     13,076  
1971................   65,942     52,180       79.1     49,390       74.9      2,795      46,595      2,789        5.3     13,762  
1972(1).............   67,835     53,555       78.9     50,896       75.0      2,849      48,047      2,659        5.0     14,280  
1973(1).............   69,292     54,624       78.8     52,349       75.5      2,847      49,502      2,275        4.2     14,667  
1974................   70,808     55,739       78.7     53,024       74.9      2,919      50,105      2,714        4.9     15,069  
1975................   72,291     56,299       77.9     51,857       71.7      2,824      49,032      4,442        7.9     15,993  
1976................   73,759     57,174       77.5     53,138       72.0      2,744      50,394      4,036        7.1     16,585  
1977................   75,193     58,396       77.7     54,728       72.8      2,671      52,057      3,667        6.3     16,797  
1978(1).............   76,576     59,620       77.9     56,479       73.8      2,718      53,761      3,142        5.3     16,956  
1979................   78,020     60,726       77.8     57,607       73.8      2,686      54,921      3,120        5.1     17,293  
                                                                                                                                   
1980................   79,398     61,453       77.4     57,186       72.0      2,709      54,477      4,267        6.9     17,945  
1981................   80,511     61,974       77.0     57,397       71.3      2,700      54,697      4,577        7.4     18,537  
1982................   81,523     62,450       76.6     56,271       69.0      2,736      53,534      6,179        9.9     19,073  
1983................   82,531     63,047       76.4     56,787       68.8      2,704      54,083      6,260        9.9     19,484  
1984................   83,605     63,835       76.4     59,091       70.7      2,668      56,423      4,744        7.4     19,771  
1985................   84,469     64,411       76.3     59,891       70.9      2,535      57,356      4,521        7.0     20,058  
1986(1).............   85,798     65,422       76.3     60,892       71.0      2,511      58,381      4,530        6.9     20,376  
1987................   86,899     66,207       76.2     62,107       71.5      2,543      59,564      4,101        6.2     20,692  
1988................   87,857     66,927       76.2     63,273       72.0      2,493      60,780      3,655        5.5     20,930  
1989................   88,762     67,840       76.4     64,315       72.5      2,513      61,802      3,525        5.2     20,923  
                                                                                                                                   
1990(1).............   90,377     69,011       76.4     65,104       72.0      2,546      62,559      3,906        5.7     21,367  
1991................   91,278     69,168       75.8     64,223       70.4      2,589      61,634      4,946        7.2     22,110  
1992................   92,270     69,964       75.8     64,440       69.8      2,575      61,866      5,523        7.9     22,306  
1993................   93,332     70,404       75.4     65,349       70.0      2,478      62,871      5,055        7.2     22,927  
1994(1).............   94,355     70,817       75.1     66,450       70.4      2,554      63,896      4,367        6.2     23,538  
1995................   95,178     71,360       75.0     67,377       70.8      2,559      64,818      3,983        5.6     23,818  
1996................   96,206     72,087       74.9     68,207       70.9      2,573      65,634      3,880        5.4     24,119  
1997(1).............   97,715     73,261       75.0     69,685       71.3      2,552      67,133      3,577        4.9     24,454  
1998(2).............   98,758     73,959       74.9     70,693       71.6      2,553      68,140      3,266        4.4     24,799  

                                                                         Women
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
1966................   67,795     27,299       40.3     25,976       38.3        736      25,240      1,324        4.8     40,496  
1967................   68,968     28,360       41.1     26,893       39.0        680      26,212      1,468        5.2     40,608  
1968................   70,179     29,204       41.6     27,807       39.6        660      27,147      1,397        4.8     40,976  
1969................   71,436     30,513       42.7     29,084       40.7        643      28,441      1,429        4.7     40,924  
                                                                                                                                   
1970................   72,782     31,543       43.3     29,688       40.8        601      29,087      1,855        5.9     41,239  
1971................   74,274     32,202       43.4     29,976       40.4        599      29,377      2,227        6.9     42,072  
1972(1).............   76,290     33,479       43.9     31,257       41.0        635      30,622      2,222        6.6     42,811  
1973(1).............   77,804     34,804       44.7     32,715       42.0        622      32,093      2,089        6.0     43,000  
1974................   79,312     36,211       45.7     33,769       42.6        596      33,173      2,441        6.7     43,101  
1975................   80,860     37,475       46.3     33,989       42.0        584      33,404      3,486        9.3     43,386  
1976................   82,390     38,983       47.3     35,615       43.2        588      35,027      3,369        8.6     43,406  
1977................   83,840     40,613       48.4     37,289       44.5        612      36,677      3,324        8.2     43,227  
1978(1).............   85,334     42,631       50.0     39,569       46.4        669      38,900      3,061        7.2     42,703  
1979................   86,843     44,235       50.9     41,217       47.5        661      40,556      3,018        6.8     42,608  
                                                                                                                                   
1980................   88,348     45,487       51.5     42,117       47.7        656      41,461      3,370        7.4     42,861  
1981................   89,618     46,696       52.1     43,000       48.0        667      42,333      3,696        7.9     42,922  
1982................   90,748     47,755       52.6     43,256       47.7        665      42,591      4,499        9.4     42,993  
1983................   91,684     48,503       52.9     44,047       48.0        680      43,367      4,457        9.2     43,181  
1984................   92,778     49,709       53.6     45,915       49.5        653      45,262      3,794        7.6     43,068  
1985................   93,736     51,050       54.5     47,259       50.4        644      46,615      3,791        7.4     42,686  
1986(1).............   94,789     52,413       55.3     48,706       51.4        652      48,054      3,707        7.1     42,376  
1987................   95,853     53,658       56.0     50,334       52.5        666      49,668      3,324        6.2     42,195  
1988................   96,756     54,742       56.6     51,696       53.4        676      51,020      3,046        5.6     42,014  
1989................   97,630     56,030       57.4     53,027       54.3        687      52,341      3,003        5.4     41,601  
                                                                                                                                   
1990(1).............   98,787     56,829       57.5     53,689       54.3        678      53,011      3,140        5.5     41,957  
1991................   99,646     57,178       57.4     53,496       53.7        680      52,815      3,683        6.4     42,468  
1992................  100,535     58,141       57.8     54,052       53.8        672      53,380      4,090        7.0     42,394  
1993................  101,506     58,795       57.9     54,910       54.1        637      54,273      3,885        6.6     42,711  
1994(1).............  102,460     60,239       58.8     56,610       55.3        855      55,755      3,629        6.0     42,221  
1995................  103,406     60,944       58.9     57,523       55.6        881      56,642      3,421        5.6     42,462  
1996................  104,385     61,857       59.3     58,501       56.0        871      57,630      3,356        5.4     42,528  
1997(1).............  105,418     63,036       59.8     59,873       56.8        847      59,026      3,162        5.0     42,382  
1998(2).............  106,462     63,714       59.8     60,771       57.1        825      59,945      2,944        4.6     42,748  

  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.
  2 Beginning in January 1998, data are not strictly comparable with data for 1997 and earlier years because of the introduction of
new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey. For additional information, see
"Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January 1998" in the February 1998 issue of this publication.