HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, 1934 to date (Numbers in thousands) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Civilian labor force | | | | __________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Civilian | | | Employed | Unemployed | Not in Year | noninsti- | | | | | labor __________________________________ _________________ | tutional | | Percent | | | | | | force | population | Total | of | | | Nonagri- | |Percent | | | | population | Total |Agriculture | cultural | Number | of | | | | | | | industries | | labor | | | | | | | | | force | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Persons 14 years of age and over | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1934..........................| (1) | 52,230 | (1) | 40,890 | 9,900 | 30,990 | 11,340 | 21.7 | (1) 1935..........................| (1) | 52,870 | (1) | 42,260 | 10,110 | 32,150 | 10,610 | 20.1 | (1) 1936..........................| (1) | 53,440 | (1) | 44,410 | 10,000 | 34,410 | 9,030 | 16.9 | (1) 1937..........................| (1) | 54,000 | (1) | 46,300 | 9,820 | 36,480 | 7,700 | 14.3 | (1) 1938..........................| (1) | 54,610 | (1) | 44,220 | 9,690 | 34,530 | 10,390 | 19.0 | (1) 1939..........................| (1) | 55,230 | (1) | 45,750 | 9,610 | 36,140 | 9,480 | 17.2 | (1) | | | | | | | | | 1940..........................| (1) | 55,640 | (1) | 47,520 | 9,540 | 37,980 | 8,120 | 14.6 | (1) 1941..........................| 99,900 | 55,910 | 56.0 | 50,350 | 9,100 | 41,250 | 5,560 | 9.9 | 43,990 1942..........................| 98,640 | 56,410 | 57.2 | 53,750 | 9,250 | 44,500 | 2,660 | 4.7 | 42,230 1943..........................| 94,640 | 55,540 | 58.7 | 54,470 | 9,080 | 45,390 | 1,070 | 1.9 | 39,100 1944..........................| 93,220 | 54,630 | 58.6 | 53,960 | 8,950 | 45,010 | 670 | 1.2 | 38,590 1945..........................| 94,090 | 53,860 | 57.2 | 52,820 | 8,580 | 44,240 | 1,040 | 1.9 | 40,230 1946..........................| 103,070 | 57,520 | 55.8 | 55,250 | 8,320 | 46,930 | 2,270 | 3.9 | 45,550 1947..........................| 106,018 | 60,168 | 56.8 | 57,812 | 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 | 7,890 | 49,148 | 2,311 | 3.9 | 42,477 1948..........................| 103,068 | 60,621 | 58.8 | 58,343 | 7,629 | 50,714 | 2,276 | 3.8 | 42,447 1949..........................| 103,994 | 61,286 | 58.9 | 57,651 | 7,658 | 49,993 | 3,637 | 5.9 | 42,708 | | | | | | | | | 1950..........................| 104,995 | 62,208 | 59.2 | 58,918 | 7,160 | 51,758 | 3,288 | 5.3 | 42,787 1951..........................| 104,621 | 62,017 | 59.2 | 59,961 | 6,726 | 53,235 | 2,055 | 3.3 | 42,604 1952..........................| 105,231 | 62,138 | 59.0 | 60,250 | 6,500 | 53,749 | 1,883 | 3.0 | 43,093 1953 2/.......................| 107,056 | 63,015 | 58.9 | 61,179 | 6,260 | 54,919 | 1,834 | 2.9 | 44,041 1954..........................| 108,321 | 63,643 | 58.8 | 60,109 | 6,205 | 53,904 | 3,532 | 5.5 | 44,678 1955..........................| 109,683 | 65,023 | 59.3 | 62,170 | 6,450 | 55,722 | 2,852 | 4.4 | 44,660 1956..........................| 110,954 | 66,552 | 60.0 | 63,799 | 6,283 | 57,514 | 2,750 | 4.1 | 44,402 1957..........................| 112,265 | 66,929 | 59.6 | 64,071 | 5,947 | 58,123 | 2,859 | 4.3 | 45,336 1958..........................| 113,727 | 67,639 | 59.5 | 63,036 | 5,586 | 57,450 | 4,602 | 6.8 | 46,088 1959..........................| 115,329 | 68,369 | 59.3 | 64,630 | 5,565 | 59,065 | 3,740 | 5.5 | 46,960 | | | | | | | | | 1960 2/.......................| 117,245 | 69,628 | 59.4 | 65,778 | 5,458 | 60,318 | 3,852 | 5.5 | 47,617 1961..........................| 118,771 | 70,459 | 59.3 | 65,746 | 5,200 | 60,546 | 4,714 | 6.7 | 48,312 1962 2/.......................| 120,153 | 70,614 | 58.8 | 66,702 | 4,944 | 61,759 | 3,911 | 5.5 | 49,539 1963..........................| 122,416 | 71,833 | 58.7 | 67,762 | 4,687 | 63,076 | 4,070 | 5.7 | 50,583 1964..........................| 124,485 | 73,091 | 58.7 | 69,305 | 4,523 | 64,782 | 3,786 | 5.2 | 51,394 1965..........................| 126,513 | 74,455 | 58.9 | 71,088 | 4,361 | 66,726 | 3,366 | 4.5 | 52,058 1966..........................| 128,058 | 75,770 | 59.2 | 72,895 | 3,979 | 68,915 | 2,875 | 3.8 | 52,288 1967..........................| 129,874 | 77,347 | 59.6 | 74,372 | 3,844 | 70,527 | 2,975 | 3.8 | 52,527 1968..........................| 132,028 | 78,737 | 59.6 | 75,920 | 3,817 | 72,103 | 2,817 | 3.6 | 53,291 1969..........................| 134,335 | 80,734 | 60.1 | 77,902 | 3,606 | 74,296 | 2,832 | 3.5 | 53,602 | | | | | | | | | 1970..........................| 137,085 | 82,771 | 60.4 | 78,678 | 3,463 | 75,215 | 4,093 | 4.9 | 54,315 1971..........................| 140,216 | 84,382 | 60.2 | 79,367 | 3,394 | 75,972 | 5,016 | 5.9 | 55,834 1972 2/.......................| 144,126 | 87,034 | 60.4 | 82,153 | 3,484 | 78,669 | 4,882 | 5.6 | 57,091 1973 2/.......................| 147,096 | 89,429 | 60.8 | 85,064 | 3,470 | 81,594 | 4,365 | 4.9 | 57,667 1974..........................| 150,120 | 91,949 | 61.3 | 86,794 | 3,515 | 83,279 | 5,156 | 5.6 | 58,171 1975..........................| 153,153 | 93,775 | 61.2 | 85,846 | 3,408 | 82,438 | 7,929 | 8.5 | 59,377 1976..........................| 156,150 | 96,158 | 61.6 | 88,752 | 3,331 | 85,421 | 7,406 | 7.7 | 59,991 1977..........................| 159,033 | 99,009 | 62.3 | 92,017 | 3,283 | 88,734 | 6,991 | 7.1 | 60,025 1978 2/.......................| 161,910 |102,251 | 63.2 | 96,048 | 3,387 | 92,661 | 6,202 | 6.1 | 59,659 1979..........................| 164,863 |104,962 | 63.7 | 98,824 | 3,347 | 95,477 | 6,137 | 5.8 | 59,900 | | | | | | | | | 1980..........................| 167,745 |106,940 | 63.8 | 99,303 | 3,364 | 95,938 | 7,637 | 7.1 | 60,806 1981..........................| 170,130 |108,670 | 63.9 |100,397 | 3,368 | 97,030 | 8,273 | 7.6 | 61,460 1982..........................| 172,271 |110,204 | 64.0 | 99,526 | 3,401 | 96,125 | 10,678 | 9.7 | 62,067 1983..........................| 174,215 |111,550 | 64.0 |100,834 | 3,383 | 97,450 | 10,717 | 9.6 | 62,665 1984..........................| 176,383 |113,544 | 64.4 |105,005 | 3,321 | 101,685 | 8,539 | 7.5 | 62,839 1985..........................| 178,206 |115,461 | 64.8 |107,150 | 3,179 | 103,971 | 8,312 | 7.2 | 62,744 1986 2/.......................| 180,587 |117,834 | 65.3 |109,597 | 3,163 | 106,434 | 8,237 | 7.0 | 62,752 1987..........................| 182,753 |119,865 | 65.6 |112,440 | 3,208 | 109,232 | 7,425 | 6.2 | 62,888 1988..........................| 184,613 |121,669 | 65.9 |114,968 | 3,169 | 111,800 | 6,701 | 5.5 | 62,944 1989..........................| 186,393 |123,869 | 66.5 |117,342 | 3,199 | 114,142 | 6,528 | 5.3 | 62,523 | | | | | | | | | 1990 2/.......................| 189,164 |125,840 | 66.5 |118,793 | 3,223 | 115,570 | 7,047 | 5.6 | 63,324 1991..........................| 190,925 |126,346 | 66.2 |117,718 | 3,269 | 114,449 | 8,628 | 6.8 | 64,578 1992..........................| 192,805 |128,105 | 66.4 |118,492 | 3,247 | 115,245 | 9,613 | 7.5 | 64,700 1993..........................| 194,838 |129,200 | 66.3 |120,259 | 3,115 | 117,144 | 8,940 | 6.9 | 65,638 1994 2/.......................| 196,814 |131,056 | 66.6 |123,060 | 3,409 | 119,651 | 7,996 | 6.1 | 65,758 1995..........................| 198,584 |132,304 | 66.6 |124,900 | 3,440 | 121,460 | 7,404 | 5.6 | 66,280 1996..........................| 200,591 |133,943 | 66.8 |126,708 | 3,443 | 123,264 | 7,236 | 5.4 | 66,647 1997 3/.......................| 203,133 |136,297 | 67.1 |129,558 | 3,399 | 126,159 | 6,739 | 4.9 | 66,837 | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Not available. 2/ 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. 3/ Beginning in 1997, data are not strictly comparable with data for 1996 and earlier years because of revisions in the population controls used in the household survey. For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January 1997" in the February 1997 issue of this publication.