Table 35. Multiple jobholders and multiple jobholding rates by sex and race, May of selected years, 1970‐2008, not seasonally adjusted : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 35. Multiple jobholders and multiple jobholding rates by sex and race, May of selected years, 1970-2008, not seasonally adjusted
Year	Total employed	Multiple jobholders				Multiple jobholding rate (1)
		Total	Women		Men	Total	Women	Men	White	Black or African American (2)
		Total	Number	Percent of all multiple jobholders	Men	Total	Women	Men	White	Black or African American (2)
1970	78,358	4,048	636	15.7	3,412	5.2	2.2	7.0	5.3	4.4
1971	78,708	4,035	765	19.0	3,270	5.1	2.6	6.7	5.3	3.8
1972	81,224	3,770	735	19.5	3,035	4.6	2.4	6.0	4.8	3.7
1973	83,758	4,262	869	20.4	3,393	5.1	2.7	6.6	5.1	4.7
1974	85,786	3,889	867	22.3	3,022	4.5	2.6	5.8	4.6	3.8
1975	84,146	3,918	956	24.4	2,962	4.7	2.9	5.8	4.8	3.7
1976	87,278	3,948	911	23.1	3,037	4.5	2.6	5.8	4.7	2.8
1977	90,482	4,558	1,241	27.2	3,317	5.0	3.4	6.2	5.3	2.6
1978	93,904	4,493	1,281	28.5	3,212	4.8	3.3	5.8	5.0	3.1
1979	96,327	4,724	1,407	29.8	3,317	4.9	3.5	5.9	5.1	3.0
1980	96,809	4,759	1,549	32.5	3,210	4.9	3.8	5.8	5.1	3.2
1985	106,878	5,730	2,192	38.3	3,537	5.4	4.7	5.9	5.7	3.2
1989	117,084	7,225	3,109	43.0	4,115	6.2	5.9	6.4	6.5	4.3
1991	116,626	7,183	3,129	43.6	4,054	6.2	5.9	6.4	6.4	4.9
1994	122,946	7,316	3,343	45.7	3,973	6.0	5.9	6.0	6.1	4.9
1995	124,554	7,952	3,727	46.9	4,225	6.4	6.5	6.3	6.6	5.2
1996	126,391	7,846	3,494	44.5	4,352	6.2	6.0	6.4	6.4	5.1
1997	129,565	8,197	3,800	46.4	4,398	6.3	6.4	6.3	6.5	5.7
1998	131,476	8,126	3,688	45.4	4,438	6.2	6.1	6.3	6.3	5.5
1999	133,411	7,895	3,778	47.9	4,117	5.9	6.1	5.8	6.0	5.5
2000	136,685	7,751	3,667	47.3	4,084	5.7	5.8	5.6	5.9	4.9
2001	137,121	7,540	3,626	48.1	3,914	5.5	5.7	5.3	5.6	5.3
2002	136,559	7,247	3,511	48.4	3,736	5.3	5.5	5.1	5.5	4.7
2003	137,567	7,338	3,498	47.7	3,841	5.3	5.4	5.3	5.5	4.3
2004	138,867	7,258	3,605	49.7	3,653	5.2	5.6	4.9	5.3	5.1
2005	141,730	6,895	3,402	49.3	3,493	4.9	5.2	4.6	5.4	4.4
2006	144,041	7,641	3,778	49.4	3,863	5.3	5.7	5.0	5.3	5.4
2007	145,864	7,693	3,858	50.1	3,835	5.3	5.7	4.9	5.5	4.4
2008	145,927	7,653	3,812	49.8	3,842	5.2	5.6	4.9	5.4	4.9
Footnotes: (1) Multiple jobholders as a percent of all employed persons in specified group. (2) Data for years prior to 1977 refer to the black-and-other population group.
NOTE: Data beginning in 1994 are not strictly comparable with data for prior years. For an explanation, see the Historical Comparability documentation provided at www.bls.gov/cps/eetech_methods.pdf. Comprehensive surveys of multiple jobholders were not conducted in 1981-84, 1986-88, 1990, and 1992-93. SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.