Figure 8. People employed part time for economic reasons, seasonally adjusted, 1994–2017 (numbers in thousands)
Period	Part time for economic reasons	Slack work or business conditions	Could only find part-time work
Jan 1994	4,947	2,502	2,137
Feb 1994	4,677	2,341	2,035
Mar 1994	4,890	2,540	2,038
Apr 1994	4,752	2,336	2,066
May 1994	4,836	2,509	1,984
Jun 1994	4,816	2,544	1,898
Jul 1994	4,505	2,418	1,733
Aug 1994	4,359	2,383	1,664
Sep 1994	4,332	2,402	1,675
Oct 1994	4,472	2,426	1,787
Nov 1994	4,468	2,415	1,742
Dec 1994	4,440	2,385	1,733
Jan 1995	4,550	2,444	1,787
Feb 1995	4,397	2,391	1,716
Mar 1995	4,451	2,365	1,821
Apr 1995	4,428	2,408	1,707
May 1995	4,513	2,507	1,716
Jun 1995	4,489	2,374	1,767
Jul 1995	4,436	2,458	1,726
Aug 1995	4,513	2,566	1,621
Sep 1995	4,580	2,548	1,696
Oct 1995	4,462	2,575	1,620
Nov 1995	4,489	2,567	1,657
Dec 1995	4,434	2,527	1,577
Jan 1996	4,022	2,228	1,546
Feb 1996	4,420	2,520	1,585
Mar 1996	4,429	2,502	1,567
Apr 1996	4,464	2,527	1,580
May 1996	4,327	2,253	1,725
Jun 1996	4,312	2,345	1,602
Jul 1996	4,358	2,537	1,539
Aug 1996	4,391	2,505	1,596
Sep 1996	4,382	2,460	1,609
Oct 1996	4,372	2,282	1,733
Nov 1996	4,025	2,133	1,574
Dec 1996	4,365	2,387	1,645
Jan 1997	4,189	2,333	1,561
Feb 1997	4,242	2,397	1,507
Mar 1997	4,112	2,331	1,471
Apr 1997	4,396	2,446	1,628
May 1997	4,032	2,304	1,406
Jun 1997	3,998	2,292	1,363
Jul 1997	4,040	2,196	1,530
Aug 1997	4,049	2,196	1,515
Sep 1997	4,004	2,210	1,474
Oct 1997	3,973	2,215	1,456
Nov 1997	3,962	2,251	1,409
Dec 1997	3,848	2,239	1,312
Jan 1998	3,922	2,204	1,395
Feb 1998	3,866	2,158	1,390
Mar 1998	3,859	2,170	1,390
Apr 1998	3,775	2,120	1,299
May 1998	3,727	2,106	1,302
Jun 1998	3,766	2,186	1,262
Jul 1998	3,796	2,312	1,233
Aug 1998	3,537	2,038	1,201
Sep 1998	3,448	1,927	1,164
Oct 1998	3,433	2,014	1,134
Nov 1998	3,339	1,907	1,164
Dec 1998	3,420	1,932	1,147
Jan 1999	3,449	2,036	1,115
Feb 1999	3,425	2,005	1,114
Mar 1999	3,550	2,034	1,192
Apr 1999	3,443	1,957	1,115
May 1999	3,393	1,924	1,120
Jun 1999	3,411	2,104	1,036
Jul 1999	3,350	2,008	1,068
Aug 1999	3,286	1,892	1,085
Sep 1999	3,279	1,890	1,075
Oct 1999	3,153	1,880	960
Nov 1999	3,225	1,900	1,034
Dec 1999	3,283	1,948	1,027
Jan 2000	3,208	1,914	1,007
Feb 2000	3,167	1,855	1,006
Mar 2000	3,231	1,878	990
Apr 2000	3,186	1,886	1,008
May 2000	3,283	1,967	989
Jun 2000	3,209	1,906	1,001
Jul 2000	3,144	1,914	930
Aug 2000	3,211	2,014	905
Sep 2000	3,217	2,081	822
Oct 2000	3,179	1,871	928
Nov 2000	3,467	2,216	880
Dec 2000	3,243	2,003	908
Jan 2001	3,332	2,086	924
Feb 2001	3,296	2,080	911
Mar 2001	3,280	1,968	941
Apr 2001	3,289	2,146	891
May 2001	3,439	2,239	940
Jun 2001	3,792	2,383	1,052
Jul 2001	3,556	2,194	1,025
Aug 2001	3,380	2,124	953
Sep 2001	4,233	2,895	1,040
Oct 2001	4,437	2,981	1,093
Nov 2001	4,317	2,896	1,110
Dec 2001	4,393	2,896	1,211
Jan 2002	4,112	2,670	1,069
Feb 2002	4,289	2,817	1,108
Mar 2002	4,101	2,725	1,084
Apr 2002	4,199	2,742	1,127
May 2002	4,103	2,692	1,102
Jun 2002	4,048	2,709	1,101
Jul 2002	4,145	2,776	1,101
Aug 2002	4,301	2,899	1,167
Sep 2002	4,329	2,791	1,169
Oct 2002	4,314	2,881	1,134
Nov 2002	4,329	2,835	1,170
Dec 2002	4,321	2,901	1,170
Jan 2003	4,607	3,035	1,248
Feb 2003	4,844	3,156	1,263
Mar 2003	4,652	3,101	1,211
Apr 2003	4,798	3,218	1,247
May 2003	4,570	3,065	1,252
Jun 2003	4,592	3,155	1,267
Jul 2003	4,648	3,154	1,270
Aug 2003	4,419	3,008	1,207
Sep 2003	4,882	3,134	1,344
Oct 2003	4,813	2,983	1,378
Nov 2003	4,862	3,186	1,369
Dec 2003	4,750	3,201	1,287
Jan 2004	4,705	2,940	1,431
Feb 2004	4,549	2,884	1,376
Mar 2004	4,742	3,025	1,445
Apr 2004	4,568	2,836	1,442
May 2004	4,588	2,798	1,465
Jun 2004	4,443	2,798	1,378
Jul 2004	4,449	2,661	1,464
Aug 2004	4,474	2,780	1,379
Sep 2004	4,487	2,792	1,295
Oct 2004	4,820	3,055	1,372
Nov 2004	4,547	2,752	1,428
Dec 2004	4,427	2,739	1,413
Jan 2005	4,389	2,722	1,348
Feb 2005	4,250	2,631	1,274
Mar 2005	4,388	2,689	1,450
Apr 2005	4,278	2,621	1,365
May 2005	4,315	2,678	1,356
Jun 2005	4,432	2,654	1,397
Jul 2005	4,400	2,766	1,340
Aug 2005	4,491	2,743	1,420
Sep 2005	4,675	2,922	1,358
Oct 2005	4,269	2,651	1,289
Nov 2005	4,219	2,612	1,259
Dec 2005	4,115	2,551	1,216
Jan 2006	4,123	2,623	1,232
Feb 2006	4,174	2,656	1,214
Mar 2006	3,972	2,513	1,171
Apr 2006	3,900	2,435	1,154
May 2006	4,111	2,657	1,144
Jun 2006	4,318	2,737	1,190
Jul 2006	4,303	2,715	1,197
Aug 2006	4,195	2,687	1,187
Sep 2006	4,115	2,635	1,179
Oct 2006	4,352	2,842	1,205
Nov 2006	4,190	2,732	1,171
Dec 2006	4,187	2,684	1,225
Jan 2007	4,279	2,759	1,197
Feb 2007	4,220	2,719	1,204
Mar 2007	4,253	2,780	1,177
Apr 2007	4,313	2,830	1,210
May 2007	4,473	2,941	1,248
Jun 2007	4,342	2,805	1,200
Jul 2007	4,410	2,777	1,268
Aug 2007	4,576	2,974	1,184
Sep 2007	4,521	3,012	1,170
Oct 2007	4,325	2,787	1,225
Nov 2007	4,494	3,009	1,214
Dec 2007	4,618	3,143	1,221
Jan 2008	4,846	3,324	1,147
Feb 2008	4,902	3,297	1,230
Mar 2008	4,904	3,325	1,292
Apr 2008	5,220	3,573	1,302
May 2008	5,286	3,644	1,288
Jun 2008	5,540	3,911	1,381
Jul 2008	5,930	4,307	1,386
Aug 2008	5,851	4,186	1,403
Sep 2008	6,148	4,290	1,572
Oct 2008	6,690	4,836	1,520
Nov 2008	7,311	5,433	1,567
Dec 2008	8,029	5,997	1,590
Jan 2009	8,046	6,019	1,676
Feb 2009	8,796	6,602	1,796
Mar 2009	9,145	6,972	1,815
Apr 2009	8,908	6,755	1,775
May 2009	9,113	6,838	1,935
Jun 2009	9,024	6,772	2,100
Jul 2009	8,891	6,902	1,920
Aug 2009	9,029	6,760	2,042
Sep 2009	8,847	6,494	2,028
Oct 2009	8,979	6,681	2,018
Nov 2009	9,114	6,610	2,162
Dec 2009	9,098	6,392	2,284
Jan 2010	8,530	6,036	2,254
Feb 2010	8,936	6,281	2,257
Mar 2010	9,233	6,362	2,423
Apr 2010	9,178	6,330	2,453
May 2010	8,845	6,168	2,319
Jun 2010	8,577	6,101	2,273
Jul 2010	8,500	6,122	2,325
Aug 2010	8,800	6,246	2,288
Sep 2010	9,246	6,419	2,391
Oct 2010	8,837	5,968	2,477
Nov 2010	8,873	5,962	2,471
Dec 2010	8,935	6,039	2,482
Jan 2011	8,470	5,827	2,457
Feb 2011	8,464	5,675	2,451
Mar 2011	8,645	5,810	2,421
Apr 2011	8,652	5,748	2,515
May 2011	8,576	5,916	2,430
Jun 2011	8,427	5,668	2,485
Jul 2011	8,281	5,598	2,506
Aug 2011	8,788	5,803	2,673
Sep 2011	9,166	5,768	2,824
Oct 2011	8,657	5,718	2,493
Nov 2011	8,447	5,560	2,464
Dec 2011	8,171	5,399	2,406
Jan 2012	8,305	5,443	2,570
Feb 2012	8,238	5,489	2,416
Mar 2012	7,775	5,189	2,379
Apr 2012	7,913	5,181	2,431
May 2012	8,101	5,216	2,591
Jun 2012	8,072	5,296	2,502
Jul 2012	8,082	5,224	2,561
Aug 2012	7,974	5,238	2,469
Sep 2012	8,671	5,555	2,622
Oct 2012	8,203	5,109	2,630
Nov 2012	8,166	5,108	2,697
Dec 2012	7,943	4,963	2,624
Jan 2013	8,151	5,205	2,638
Feb 2013	8,178	5,237	2,541
Mar 2013	7,722	4,932	2,511
Apr 2013	7,964	5,098	2,513
May 2013	7,937	4,866	2,643
Jun 2013	8,103	5,066	2,637
Jul 2013	8,099	5,058	2,697
Aug 2013	7,816	4,734	2,671
Sep 2013	7,764	5,009	2,580
Oct 2013	7,936	5,023	2,639
Nov 2013	7,718	4,893	2,531
Dec 2013	7,827	4,874	2,617
Jan 2014	7,302	4,467	2,566
Feb 2014	7,304	4,358	2,663
Mar 2014	7,451	4,454	2,669
Apr 2014	7,516	4,509	2,626
May 2014	7,260	4,423	2,410
Jun 2014	7,425	4,409	2,675
Jul 2014	7,400	4,554	2,553
Aug 2014	7,169	4,123	2,599
Sep 2014	7,007	4,198	2,574
Oct 2014	7,031	4,263	2,436
Nov 2014	6,885	4,109	2,450
Dec 2014	6,817	4,062	2,421
Jan 2015	6,820	4,031	2,421
Feb 2015	6,693	3,898	2,407
Mar 2015	6,653	4,049	2,253
Apr 2015	6,622	3,866	2,396
May 2015	6,643	3,883	2,312
Jun 2015	6,386	3,828	2,205
Jul 2015	6,234	3,770	2,221
Aug 2015	6,411	3,719	2,287
Sep 2015	6,025	3,574	2,124
Oct 2015	5,807	3,338	2,167
Nov 2015	6,159	3,587	2,261
Dec 2015	6,027	3,581	2,175
Jan 2016	5,960	3,552	2,100
Feb 2016	6,021	3,625	2,101
Mar 2016	6,099	3,643	2,110
Apr 2016	6,027	3,745	2,016
May 2016	6,491	3,914	2,051
Jun 2016	5,751	3,407	2,053
Jul 2016	5,898	3,635	1,955
Aug 2016	5,977	3,648	1,947
Sep 2016	5,893	3,599	1,954
Oct 2016	5,955	3,528	2,100
Nov 2016	5,719	3,526	1,923
Dec 2016	5,554	3,387	1,871
Jan 2017	5,776	3,561	1,934
Feb 2017	5,670	3,589	1,850
Mar 2017	5,500	3,377	1,833
Apr 2017	5,309	3,183	1,787
May 2017	5,268	3,058	1,764
Jun 2017	5,264	3,263	1,711
Jul 2017	5,236	3,148	1,734
Aug 2017	5,209	3,232	1,631
Sep 2017	5,148	3,098	1,725
Oct 2017	4,880	2,960	1,615
Nov 2017	4,851	2,995	1,558
Dec 2017	4,915	3,097	1,570
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.