Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition)

Table 7. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, March 1975-2008 (Numbers in thousands)
Year Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Total Percent of population Total Percent of labor force
With children under age 18

1975

 14,616 47.4 13,069 1,548 11.0

1976

 15,073 48.8 13,725 1,346 8.9

1977

 15,669 50.8 14,276 1,393 8.9

1978

 16,385 53.0 15,142 1,242 7.6

1979

 16,883 54.5 15,624 1,259 7.7

1980

 17,790 56.6 16,526 1,264 7.1

1981

 18,422 58.1 16,952 1,471 8.0

1982

 18,744 58.5 16,854 1,890 10.1

1983

 18,924 58.9 16,792 2,131 11.3

1984

 19,555 60.5 17,782 1,773 9.1

1985

 20,041 62.1 18,306 1,735 8.7

1986

 20,620 62.8 18,922 1,698 8.2

1987

 21,422 64.7 19,798 1,624 7.6

1988

 21,545 65.1 20,141 1,404 6.5

1989

 21,936 65.7 20,647 1,289 5.9

1990

 22,196 66.7 20,865 1,331 6.0

1991

 22,327 66.6 20,774 1,552 7.0

1992

 22,756 67.2 21,052 1,704 7.5

1993

 23,063 66.9 21,521 1,541 6.7

1994

 24,191 68.4 22,467 1,724 7.1

1995

 24,695 69.7 23,195 1,500 6.1

1996

 24,720 70.2 23,386 1,334 5.4

1997

 25,604 72.1 24,082 1,522 5.9

1998

 25,647 72.3 24,209 1,438 5.6

1999

 25,472 72.1 24,307 1,165 4.6

2000

 25,795 72.9 24,693 1,102 4.3

2001

 26,269 72.7 25,030 1,239 4.7

2002

 26,140 72.2 24,612 1,529 5.8

2003

 26,202 71.7 24,598 1,603 6.1

2004

 25,913 70.7 24,413 1,501 5.8

2005

 25,941 70.5 24,564 1,377 5.3

2006

 26,009 70.6 24,728 1,281 4.9

2007

 26,834 71.3 25,646 1,188 4.4

2008

 25,930 71.2 24,637 1,294 5.0
With children ages 6 to 17, none younger

1975

 8,917 54.9 8,218 700 7.9

1976

 9,388 56.2 8,769 621 6.6

1977

 10,040 58.3 9,389 650 6.5

1978

 10,401 60.0 9,845 556 5.3

1979

 10,646 61.6 10,030 615 5.8

1980

 11,252 64.3 10,640 612 5.4

1981

 11,490 65.5 10,725 765 6.7

1982

 11,377 65.8 10,440 936 8.2

1983

 11,340 66.3 10,303 1,037 9.1

1984

 11,538 68.1 10,739 799 6.9

1985

 11,826 69.9 10,984 842 7.1

1986

 12,075 70.4 11,320 756 6.3

1987

 12,438 72.0 11,661 778 6.3

1988

 12,683 73.3 12,042 641 5.1

1989

 12,800 74.2 12,168 632 4.9

1990

 12,799 74.7 12,133 666 5.2

1991

 12,691 74.4 12,017 674 5.3

1992

 13,183 75.9 12,391 793 6.0

1993

 13,441 75.4 12,757 684 5.1

1994

 13,863 76.0 13,074 789 5.7

1995

 14,300 76.4 13,608 691 4.8

1996

 14,427 77.2 13,794 633 4.4

1997

 14,993 78.1 14,282 711 4.7

1998

 15,028 78.4 14,370 658 4.4

1999

 15,150 78.5 14,633 516 3.4

2000

 15,479 79.0 14,931 549 3.5

2001

 15,839 79.4 15,220 619 3.9

2002

 15,948 78.6 15,171 777 4.9

2003

 15,993 78.7 15,166 828 5.2

2004

 15,782 77.5 15,006 776 4.9

2005

 15,594 76.9 14,930 663 4.3

2006

 15,579 76.9 14,949 630 4.0

2007

 15,940 77.7 15,341 599 3.8

2008

 15,479 77.5 14,842 636 4.1
With children under age 6

1975

 5,699 39.0 4,851 848 14.9

1976

 5,684 40.1 4,957 727 12.8

1977

 5,629 41.2 4,887 742 13.2

1978

 5,983 44.0 5,297 687 11.5

1979

 6,238 45.7 5,594 644 10.3

1980

 6,538 46.8 5,886 652 10.0

1981

 6,933 48.9 6,227 706 10.2

1982

 7,367 49.9 6,414 953 12.9

1983

 7,583 50.5 6,489 1,094 14.4

1984

 8,017 52.1 7,043 974 12.1

1985

 8,215 53.5 7,322 893 10.9

1986

 8,545 54.4 7,602 943 11.0

1987

 8,983 56.7 8,137 846 9.4

1988

 8,862 56.1 8,099 763 8.6

1989

 9,136 56.7 8,478 657 7.2

1990

 9,397 58.2 8,732 664 7.1

1991

 9,636 58.4 8,758 878 9.1

1992

 9,573 58.0 8,662 911 9.5

1993

 9,621 57.9 8,764 857 8.9

1994

 10,328 60.3 9,394 935 9.0

1995

 10,395 62.3 9,587 809 7.8

1996

 10,293 62.3 9,592 701 6.8

1997

 10,610 65.0 9,800 810 7.6

1998

 10,619 65.2 9,839 780 7.3

1999

 10,322 64.4 9,674 648 6.3

2000

 10,316 65.3 9,763 553 5.4

2001

 10,430 64.4 9,810 620 5.9

2002

 10,193 64.1 9,441 752 7.4

2003

 10,209 62.9 9,433 776 7.6

2004

 10,131 62.2 9,407 724 7.1

2005

 10,347 62.6 9,634 714 6.9

2006

 10,430 63.0 9,779 651 6.2

2007

 10,894 63.5 10,305 589 5.4

2008

 10,452 63.6 9,794 657 6.3
With children under age 3

1975

 2,824 34.3 2,326 500 17.7

1976

 2,702 34.1 2,285 418 15.5

1977

 2,795 35.4 2,371 424 15.2

1978

 3,179 39.4 2,768 411 12.9

1979

 3,380 41.1 2,979 401 11.9

1980

 3,565 41.9 3,167 398 11.2

1981

 3,826 44.3 3,380 446 11.7

1982

 4,133 45.6 3,542 591 14.3

1983

 4,233 46.0 3,551 682 16.1

1984

 4,401 47.6 3,839 562 12.8

1985

 4,601 49.5 4,089 513 11.1

1986

 4,786 50.8 4,227 559 11.7

1987

 5,064 52.9 4,570 494 9.8

1988

 4,947 52.4 4,477 470 9.5

1989

 5,053 52.4 4,671 381 7.5

1990

 5,216 53.6 4,823 393 7.5

1991

 5,417 54.5 4,868 550 10.1

1992

 5,329 54.5 4,776 553 10.4

1993

 5,349 53.9 4,857 492 9.2

1994

 5,724 57.1 5,165 559 9.8

1995

 5,650 58.7 5,172 478 8.5

1996

 5,619 59.0 5,222 397 7.1

1997

 5,839 61.8 5,366 473 8.1

1998

 5,882 62.2 5,454 428 7.3

1999

 5,645 60.7 5,285 359 6.4

2000

 5,670 61.0 5,350 320 5.6

2001

 5,743 60.7 5,350 393 6.8

2002

 5,600 60.5 5,160 440 7.9

2003

 5,568 58.7 5,112 456 8.2

2004

 5,401 57.3 4,983 417 7.7

2005

 5,704 58.9 5,299 405 7.1

2006

 5,842 59.9 5,458 384 6.6

2007

 6,006 60.1 5,679 327 5.5

2008

 5,754 59.6 5,380 374 6.5
With no children under age 18

1975

 22,365 45.1 20,381 1,984 8.9

1976

 23,327 45.7 21,389 1,938 8.3

1977

 24,385 46.4 22,348 2,037 8.4

1978

 25,362 47.0 23,631 1,731 6.8

1979

 26,962 48.6 25,285 1,677 6.2

1980

 27,144 48.1 25,375 1,769 6.5

1981

 27,992 48.7 25,934 2,059 7.4

1982

 28,351 48.6 26,041 2,311 8.2

1983

 28,856 48.7 26,373 2,483 8.6

1984

 29,684 49.3 27,652 2,032 6.8

1985

 30,850 50.4 28,814 2,036 6.6

1986

 31,112 50.5 29,107 2,005 6.4

1987

 31,538 50.5 29,688 1,850 5.9

1988

 32,490 51.2 30,911 1,580 4.9

1989

 33,255 51.9 31,761 1,495 4.5

1990

 33,942 52.3 32,391 1,551 4.6

1991

 34,047 52.0 32,167 1,880 5.5

1992

 34,487 52.3 32,481 2,006 5.8

1993

 34,495 52.1 32,476 2,020 5.9

1994

 35,455 53.1 33,345 2,110 6.0

1995

 35,843 52.9 34,054 1,789 5.0

1996

 36,509 53.0 34,698 1,811 5.0

1997

 37,295 53.6 35,572 1,723 4.6

1998

 38,253 54.1 36,680 1,573 4.1

1999

 39,314 54.3 37,587 1,727 4.4

2000

 40,142 54.8 38,408 1,733 4.3

2001

 40,996 54.4 39,363 1,633 4.0

2002

 41,278 54.0 39,038 2,241 5.4

2003

 42,039 54.1 39,667 2,372 5.6

2004

 42,289 53.8 40,000 2,289 5.4

2005

 42,677 53.5 40,570 2,107 4.9

2006

 43,392 53.6 41,440 1,952 4.5

2007

 44,039 53.9 42,279 1,760 4.0

2008

 45,585 54.3 43,417 2,168 4.8

NOTE: Children are "own" children and include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children. Data for 1994 and subsequent years are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years because of the introduction of a major redesign of the Current Population Survey.

 

SOURCE: 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.