Figure 2. Civilian noninstitutional population (total), by age, annual averages, 1948–2015
Year	Age
Year	16–24	25–54	55 and older
1948	19,979	59,478	23,605
1949	19,527	60,225	24,236
1950	19,223	60,934	24,832
1951	18,032	61,170	25,416
1952	17,311	61,897	26,015
1953	16,974	63,179	26,905
1954	17,109	63,744	27,460
1955	17,400	64,240	28,037
1956	17,705	64,651	28,591
1957	18,098	65,059	29,103
1958	18,719	65,420	29,580
1959	19,593	65,611	30,119
1960	20,460	66,036	30,745
1961	21,096	66,307	31,360
1962	21,504	66,216	32,428
1963	22,834	66,492	33,083
1964	24,128	66,759	33,592
1965	25,372	66,977	34,159
1966	26,230	67,099	34,722
1967	26,900	67,626	35,339
1968	27,588	68,482	35,952
1969	28,582	69,160	36,587
1970	29,841	69,983	37,256
1971	31,366	70,855	37,987
1972	32,653	72,436	39,030
1973	33,532	73,890	39,669
1974	34,173	75,478	40,461
1975	35,013	76,771	41,369
1976	35,723	78,158	42,269
1977	36,269	79,609	43,153
1978	36,703	81,167	44,043
1979	37,011	82,876	44,977
1980	37,178	84,698	45,870
1981	37,034	86,490	46,606
1982	36,608	88,367	47,297
1983	36,075	90,246	47,895
1984	35,423	92,475	48,486
1985	34,603	94,466	49,137
1986	34,066	97,013	49,508
1987	33,577	99,234	49,942
1988	32,962	101,398	50,253
1989	32,248	103,566	50,578
1990	33,421	105,777	49,966
1991	33,037	107,513	50,375
1992	32,687	109,336	50,783
1993	32,577	111,053	51,208
1994	32,549	112,618	51,648
1995	32,375	114,026	52,183
1996	32,343	115,506	52,742
1997	32,807	116,832	53,494
1998	33,237	117,450	54,533
1999	34,007	118,198	55,548
2000	34,224	120,656	57,697
2001	34,806	121,604	58,683
2002	35,342	122,077	60,151
2003	35,898	123,289	61,981
2004	36,419	123,410	63,527
2005	36,674	124,175	65,233
2006	36,943	124,884	66,988
2007	37,409	125,696	68,761
2008	37,484	125,652	70,652
2009	37,568	125,565	72,668
2010	37,948	125,290	74,591
2011	38,198	124,704	76,716
2012	38,783	124,314	80,187
2013	38,839	124,406	82,434
2014	38,712	124,511	84,724
2015	38,590	125,109	87,102
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.