Figure 3. Labor force participation rates of selected age groups, seasonally adjusted, 1948‒2016
Year Ages  
16–19 20–24

1948

53.2 64.4  

1948

53.7 64.9  

1948

54.1 63.3  

1948

54.2 63.7  

1948

50.9 63.7  

1948

53.8 64.6  

1948

52.6 64.9  

1948

51.5 64.5  

1948

51.5 64.4  

1948

50.6 63.7  

1948

51.0 63.9  

1948

53.1 63.9  

1949

52.8 63  

1949

53.7 63.7  

1949

54.5 64.9  

1949

53 63.9  

1949

53.4 65.5  

1949

49.8 65.3  

1949

50.3 65.9  

1949

51.7 65.9  

1949

53.1 65.2  

1949

52.5 65.2  

1949

52.9 65.9  

1949

52.6 65.7  

1950

51.9 66.3  

1950

51.7 66.2  

1950

50.2 65.4  

1950

50.8 66.4  

1950

50.9 65.7  

1950

50.4 64.9  

1950

50.8 64.1  

1950

52 65.7  

1950

52.5 66.4  

1950

53.5 66  

1950

52.6 66.1  

1950

52.5 66.4  

1951

51.4 65.4  

1951

51 65.6  

1951

53.3 66.7  

1951

50.9 65.1  

1951

52.6 65.1  

1951

51.3 64.9  

1951

52.6 64.7  

1951

53 63.9  

1951

52.7 63.7  

1951

52.4 64.2  

1951

51.9 64.6  

1951

52.9 65.1  

1952

52.2 64.3  

1952

51.8 64.1  

1952

50.9 62.9  

1952

50.7 63  

1952

52.3 62.3  

1952

52.8 62.7  

1952

51.2 62.1  

1952

50.0 61.6  

1952

50.5 60.9  

1952

50.2 59.8  

1952

51.4 60.8  

1952

51.1 62  

1953

52.4 62.7  

1953

54 63.3  

1953

53.1 62.1  

1953

51.8 62  

1953

49.5 62.7  

1953

50.9 61.1  

1953

49.5 61.1  

1953

49.6 60.7  

1953

49.1 60.2  

1953

48.2 59.3  

1953

48.9 59.8  

1953

49.2 59.9  

1954

50.9 59.5  

1954

51.4 60.8  

1954

51.7 61.9  

1954

50.1 62.3  

1954

48.6 62.1  

1954

46.3 61.2  

1954

47.1 61.8  

1954

48 61.8  

1954

48.5 63.4  

1954

47.3 61.6  

1954

46.3 62.3  

1954

44.6 60.6  

1955

46.8 61.1  

1955

45.4 62.1  

1955

46.3 61.8  

1955

47.3 62.3  

1955

47.6 61.4  

1955

46.7 61.3  

1955

48.4 62.4  

1955

49.6 62.7  

1955

50.5 63.4  

1955

51.1 63.4  

1955

52.7 64.6  

1955

53.4 64.4  

1956

51.4 63  

1956

50.5 63.7  

1956

50 63.6  

1956

49.4 63.8  

1956

52.1 64.2  

1956

52.5 64.8  

1956

51.7 64.3  

1956

50.6 64.0  

1956

50.3 64.2  

1956

49.7 64.6  

1956

50.4 64.5  

1956

50.3 64.2  

1957

49.5 64.9  

1957

49.8 63.9  

1957

50.6 64.1  

1957

49.5 63.7  

1957

49.4 63.6  

1957

50.2 64.6  

1957

50.2 65.2  

1957

48.4 64.2  

1957

49.3 63.7  

1957

49.3 63.3  

1957

49.4 63.5  

1957

49.3 63.9  

1958

47.4 64.0  

1958

48 63.7  

1958

47.5 63.6  

1958

48.1 64.5  

1958

48.9 64.6  

1958

46.5 64.9  

1958

46.8 65.3  

1958

47.1 65.2  

1958

47.9 64.5  

1958

47.9 65  

1958

46.8 64.3  

1958

47.1 63.5  

1959

47.5 63.6  

1959

46.7 63.4  

1959

46.7 64.1  

1959

47.7 64.4  

1959

46.2 63.6  

1959

46 63.7  

1959

46.3 63.9  

1959

46.6 64.2  

1959

46.9 65  

1959

46.6 65.1  

1959

46.3 64.7  

1959

47.4 65.3  

1960

47.2 64.2  

1960

47.4 65.2  

1960

46.7 64.7  

1960

48.5 65.9  

1960

48.1 65.9  

1960

49.7 65.4  

1960

47.3 65.4  

1960

46.9 65.0  

1960

47.4 65.1  

1960

47.3 64.5  

1960

47.4 65.6  

1960

46.5 65.4  

1961

47.4 66.7  

1961

46.7 66.9  

1961

47.6 66.3  

1961

46 66  

1961

45.8 64.8  

1961

47.8 63.6  

1961

47.1 64.3  

1961

48 65.2  

1961

46.4 66.9  

1961

46.4 65.6  

1961

47.4 65.8  

1961

45.6 65.6  

1962

45.6 65.2  

1962

45.9 64.2  

1962

46.8 63.9  

1962

46.5 64.5  

1962

47.4 64.9  

1962

47.8 65.1  

1962

46.5 65.5  

1962

46.4 66.2  

1962

45.8 65.6  

1962

45.3 66.3  

1962

44.9 66  

1962

44.8 65.3  

1963

45.4 65.3  

1963

45.1 65.7  

1963

44.8 65.3  

1963

45.3 65.4  

1963

46.2 64.7  

1963

44.6 64.9  

1963

45.0 65.7  

1963

44.8 65.1  

1963

45.7 65.2  

1963

45.8 65.0  

1963

44.8 64.8  

1963

43.9 64.8  

1964

44.4 65.4  

1964

45.3 65.5  

1964

45 65.6  

1964

44 66.9  

1964

44.8 66.6  

1964

44.4 65.6  

1964

44 65.9  

1964

44.2 66.7  

1964

45.5 66.8  

1964

44.1 66.8  

1964

44.1 66.5  

1964

44.3 66.5  

1965

43 66.2  

1965

43.7 66.4  

1965

44.1 66.3  

1965

45.3 66.8  

1965

45.6 66.8  

1965

44 66.3  

1965

46.3 66.7  

1965

45.5 66.3  

1965

46.5 65.5  

1965

47.8 65.7  

1965

47.1 66.6  

1965

48.1 66.3  

1966

48 66.5  

1966

46.7 66.2  

1966

46.9 66.4  

1966

47.4 67.1  

1966

46.9 67.6  

1966

48.5 67.1  

1966

49.1 65.9  

1966

49.3 66.2  

1966

47.5 65.6  

1966

48.2 66.2  

1966

49.1 66.3  

1966

49.3 67.2  

1967

48.3 67  

1967

48.2 67.1  

1967

47.5 67  

1967

47.6 67  

1967

47.2 67.1  

1967

48.8 67.3  

1967

49.0 67.1  

1967

49.5 66.8  

1967

48.3 66.9  

1967

48.7 66.7  

1967

48.3 67.5  

1967

48.3 67.9  

1968

46.6 66.7  

1968

48.5 66.7  

1968

48.2 66.6  

1968

47.9 66.4  

1968

48.2 66.8  

1968

49.3 67.3  

1968

49.1 67.4  

1968

49 67.2  

1968

47.9 67.1  

1968

48 67  

1968

47.7 67  

1968

47.8 67.4  

1969

47.7 67.1  

1969

47.8 68.1  

1969

48.3 68.2  

1969

48.7 68.3  

1969

47.5 67.7  

1969

49.6 68.9  

1969

50 68.4  

1969

50 68.5  

1969

50.5 68.4  

1969

50.9 68.1  

1969

50.9 68.1  

1969

50.4 68  

1970

50.4 68.9  

1970

50.3 69  

1970

50.4 68.8  

1970

49.9 69  

1970

49.7 69.0  

1970

49 68.5  

1970

49.4 69.4  

1970

49.7 69.3  

1970

50.4 69.8  

1970

50.1 69.5  

1970

50.1 69.5  

1970

49.8 69.7  

1971

50 69.2  

1971

49.9 68.6  

1971

49.3 68.6  

1971

49.7 69.1  

1971

49.4 69.3  

1971

47.5 68.1  

1971

50.5 69  

1971

50.5 69.6  

1971

49.3 69.8  

1971

49.7 69.7  

1971

50.5 69.8  

1971

50.6 70.7  

1972

51.1 69.7  

1972

51.4 69.8  

1972

51.9 70  

1972

51.8 70.1  

1972

51.5 70.4  

1972

51.9 70.5  

1972

51.6 70.8  

1972

52.9 71.1  

1972

51.6 71.2  

1972

51.9 71.6  

1972

52.4 71.5  

1972

52.8 71.8  

1973

50.8 71.7  

1973

52.9 72.3  

1973

53.5 72.7  

1973

53.7 72.7  

1973

53.2 72.4  

1973

54.5 72.6  

1973

53.3 72.6  

1973

53.2 72.1  

1973

54.3 72.5  

1973

54.8 72.8  

1973

55.1 73.1  

1973

55.1 73.4  

1974

55.1 73.6  

1974

55.2 74.1  

1974

55 73.8  

1974

53.8 73.7  

1974

54.3 74  

1974

55.3 73.6  

1974

54.9 73.8  

1974

53.8 73.9  

1974

55.7 74.4  

1974

55.5 74.3  

1974

55.1 74.6  

1974

54.4 74.6  

1975

54.9 74.3  

1975

54.1 74  

1975

54.1 74.1  

1975

53.6 74.2  

1975

54.7 74.6  

1975

53.8 73.5  

1975

54.1 74.2  

1975

53.8 74.2  

1975

54.1 74.2  

1975

53.5 73.7  

1975

53.2 73.1  

1975

53.8 73.7  

1976

54.2 73.8  

1976

54.2 74.0  

1976

54.4 74.1  

1976

55.2 75  

1976

55.1 74.9  

1976

53.8 74.7  

1976

55.3 75.3  

1976

55.1 74.7  

1976

53.9 74.4  

1976

54.4 74.9  

1976

54.4 75.4  

1976

54.1 75.5  

1977

54.2 75.3  

1977

55.2 75.7  

1977

55.5 75.7  

1977

55.7 75.1  

1977

55.6 75.1  

1977

57 76  

1977

56.1 75.6  

1977

57.2 76  

1977

55.9 76  

1977

56.5 75.7  

1977

57.2 75.8  

1977

56.3 76  

1978

56.7 76.4  

1978

56.6 75.9  

1978

56.5 76.1  

1978

57 76.7  

1978

57.9 76.3  

1978

58.5 77.3  

1978

58.4 76.8  

1978

59.3 77.1  

1978

58.1 77.1  

1978

58.3 77.2  

1978

58.2 77  

1978

58.2 77.3  

1979

58.5 77.3  

1979

58.6 77.9  

1979

58.4 77.9  

1979

57.9 77.6  

1979

57.3 77.2  

1979

58.0 77.4  

1979

57.7 77.5  

1979

56.8 77.4  

1979

57.8 77.8  

1979

57.5 77.3  

1979

57.7 77.1  

1979

58.3 77.3  

1980

57.7 77.4  

1980

57.2 77.3  

1980

57.2 76.9  

1980

55.9 77.2  

1980

57 77.8  

1980

57.0 76.9  

1980

57.3 77.1  

1980

55.9 77.1  

1980

56.3 77  

1980

56.6 77.6  

1980

56.2 77.4  

1980

55.9 77  

1981

56.7 77.7  

1981

56.6 77.4  

1981

56.4 77.4  

1981

57 77.6  

1981

56.3 78  

1981

54 77  

1981

54.5 77.2  

1981

55.2 77.3  

1981

54.8 76.9  

1981

55.0 77.5  

1981

55.2 76.9  

1981

53.8 77.1  

1982

54.4 76.8  

1982

54.7 77  

1982

53.8 77.3  

1982

54.3 77.2  

1982

55.3 77.1  

1982

52.5 77.3  

1982

53.2 77  

1982

54.2 77.2  

1982

54 77  

1982

54.4 77.1  

1982

54.7 77.5  

1982

53.9 77.6  

1983

53.7 77.1  

1983

52.7 77.4  

1983

52.5 76.9  

1983

52.6 76.9  

1983

52.2 76.1  

1983

55.2 77.6  

1983

53.8 77.7  

1983

55.1 77.7  

1983

53.8 77.5  

1983

53 77  

1983

53.6 77.1  

1983

53.8 76.6  

1984

53.2 77  

1984

53.3 76.9  

1984

53.3 77.2  

1984

53.9 77.5  

1984

53.8 77.6  

1984

55.2 78.2  

1984

54.8 77.8  

1984

53.3 77  

1984

54.4 77.6  

1984

53.9 77.7  

1984

53.8 78.1  

1984

54.5 77.9  

1985

55.0 78.2  

1985

54.9 78  

1985

55.3 77.9  

1985

54.7 78.1  

1985

55.0 78.0  

1985

53.0 77.9  

1985

55.5 77.6  

1985

53.4 77.8  

1985

54.1 78.6  

1985

54.5 78.9  

1985

54.3 78.8  

1985

54.1 79.1  

1986

53.3 78.5  

1986

54.6 79.2  

1986

55.1 79.1  

1986

55.6 78.6  

1986

55.2 78.5  

1986

55.4 78.6  

1986

54.7 78.8  

1986

54.6 78.6  

1986

54.8 79.3  

1986

54.9 78.9  

1986

54.2 79.4  

1986

53.4 79.6  

1987

54.0 79.6  

1987

54.8 79.6  

1987

54.4 79.3  

1987

54.4 79.0  

1987

55.3 79.1  

1987

53.7 78.5  

1987

54.1 78.9  

1987

56.2 79.0  

1987

54.3 78.9  

1987

55.1 78.4  

1987

54.6 78.8  

1987

55.4 78.2  

1988

55.6 79.4  

1988

55.0 79.4  

1988

53.8 78.8  

1988

54.4 78.8  

1988

54.2 78.2  

1988

56.4 78.2  

1988

56.4 78.4  

1988

56.6 78.7  

1988

56.1 78.7  

1988

55.1 78.7  

1988

54.8 78.4  

1988

55.1 78.6  

1989

55.6 78.7  

1989

54.8 78.7  

1989

54.5 78.8  

1989

55.5 78.8  

1989

55.5 78.2  

1989

57.0 79.4  

1989

56.1 79.5  

1989

57.4 79.4  

1989

55.6 78.4  

1989

56.3 77.9  

1989

56.5 78.4  

1989

55.8 77.1  

1990

54.9 77.9  

1990

54.3 78.2  

1990

55.0 78.0  

1990

54.6 77.8  

1990

54.2 78.1  

1990

53.5 77.9  

1990

53.5 77.8  

1990

53.5 77.8  

1990

52.6 77.7  

1990

52.7 77.6  

1990

52.4 77.4  

1990

52.6 77.1  

1991

52.6 77.8  

1991

52.2 77.3  

1991

52.5 77.1  

1991

52.0 76.6  

1991

51.7 76.7  

1991

51.4 76.4  

1991

50.8 76.5  

1991

50.6 76.3  

1991

50.8 76.7  

1991

51.5 76.6  

1991

51.4 76.5  

1991

51.2 76.4  

1992

51.6 76.4  

1992

51.3 76.8  

1992

50.5 77.4  

1992

49.8 77.1  

1992

50.8 77.2  

1992

51.6 77.0  

1992

51.2 77.7  

1992

52.0 77.2  

1992

52.1 77.1  

1992

50.4 76.3  

1992

51.7 77.0  

1992

51.9 77.2  

1993

51.2 77.4  

1993

51.9 77.4  

1993

51.7 77.3  

1993

51.2 76.9  

1993

52.2 77.7  

1993

51.0 77.2  

1993

51.7 77.4  

1993

51.8 76.9  

1993

51.3 76.4  

1993

51.1 76.6  

1993

51.5 76.4  

1993

51.1 76.4  

1994

53.2 76.3  

1994

52.8 77.2  

1994

52.4 77  

1994

53.4 76.8  

1994

52.6 77.0  

1994

53.0 77.3  

1994

52.2 76.8  

1994

53.5 77.5  

1994

51.5 76.9  

1994

52.9 77.3  

1994

52.1 77.1  

1994

53.2 76.8  

1995

53.6 77.4  

1995

53.6 77.0  

1995

54.0 77.3  

1995

54.0 77.3  

1995

53.0 76.4  

1995

54.1 76.7  

1995

53.7 76.4  

1995

54.3 76.8  

1995

53.4 76.1  

1995

53.0 76.3  

1995

52.6 76.0  

1995

52.8 76.1  

1996

52.6 76.3  

1996

52.2 76.2  

1996

52.0 77.1  

1996

52.5 76.8  

1996

52.9 77.2  

1996

52.0 76.7  

1996

52.5 76.6  

1996

51.4 76.3  

1996

52.5 77.1  

1996

52.7 77.6  

1996

52.1 77.2  

1996

52.1 77.1  

1997

51.8 77.6  

1997

52.1 77.1  

1997

52.1 77.8  

1997

52.1 77.4  

1997

52.1 78.4  

1997

51.2 77.6  

1997

51.9 77.5  

1997

51.5 77.2  

1997

51.1 77.6  

1997

50.9 77.5  

1997

52.0 77.9  

1997

51.3 77.8  

1998

53.0 78.2  

1998

52.7 77.7  

1998

53.1 77.4  

1998

51.8 77.6  

1998

52.7 77.8  

1998

52.8 77.6  

1998

52.4 77.3  

1998

52.8 77.6  

1998

54.1 77.5  

1998

52.9 77.4  

1998

52.4 77.0  

1998

52.6 77.0  

1999

52.6 77.0  

1999

52.7 77.1  

1999

52.2 77.8  

1999

52.1 76.8  

1999

52.7 77.3  

1999

51.0 77.9  

1999

51.7 78.0  

1999

51.1 78.0  

1999

51.7 77.9  

1999

52.0 77.5  

1999

51.9 77.4  

1999

51.9 77.8  

2000

52.2 78.3  

2000

52.2 78.2  

2000

52.0 78.2  

2000

52.9 78.1  

2000

52.4 77.4  

2000

52.4 77.9  

2000

51.0 77.1  

2000

52.3 77.5  

2000

51.6 78.0  

2000

51.3 78.1  

2000

51.8 77.3  

2000

52.0 77.7  

2001

51.7 78.4  

2001

51.1 78.0  

2001

50.9 78.3  

2001

50.2 77.6  

2001

49.0 76.6  

2001

50.1 76.2  

2001

49.8 76.4  

2001

47.3 76.6  

2001

49.2 77.3  

2001

49.3 76.7  

2001

49.2 76.9  

2001

48.1 76.8  

2002

47.4 76.0  

2002

47.6 76.7  

2002

48.5 77.0  

2002

47.6 76.4  

2002

47.4 77.0  

2002

47.8 76.4  

2002

47.5 76.4  

2002

46.8 76.9  

2002

48.1 76.1  

2002

47.2 75.7  

2002

47.0 75.9  

2002

46.4 76.0  

2003

45.9 75.8  

2003

45.7 75.8  

2003

44.5 75.2  

2003

45.0 75.6  

2003

45.0 75.7  

2003

45.2 76.0  

2003

44.4 75.4  

2003

43.7 75.3  

2003

44.1 75.5  

2003

43.7 74.9  

2003

44.0.0 74.9  

2003

43.1 74.5  

2004

44.5 75.2  

2004

43.8 74.9  

2004

42.8 75.0  

2004

43.8 75.4  

2004

44.0 74.9  

2004

43.2 75.0  

2004

44.2 75.1  

2004

43.9 74.9  

2004

43.4 74.3  

2004

44.2 75.6  

2004

44.3 74.9  

2004

44.2 74.9  

2005

43.4 74.8  

2005

43.3 74.5  

2005

44.0 74.4  

2005

44.0 74.2  

2005

44.0 74.4  

2005

43.6 74.7  

2005

43.6 74.5  

2005

44.1 74.3  

2005

43.4 74.6  

2005

43.3 75.2  

2005

44.1 74.9  

2005

43.2 74.4  

2006

43.6 73.9  

2006

44.1 74.6  

2006

44.3 73.9  

2006

43.3 74.2  

2006

43.4 74.6  

2006

44.4 74.0  

2006

43.9 74.2  

2006

43.4 75.5  

2006

43.0 74.5  

2006

43.4 74.8  

2006

43.6 75.0  

2006

43.3 75.6  

2007

42.9 75.4  

2007

42.2 75.1  

2007

41.7 75.2  

2007

41.2 74.2  

2007

40.6 73.7  

2007

41.9 74.3  

2007

40.9 74.1  

2007

39.5 73.8  

2007

41.1 74.8  

2007

41.3 74.1  

2007

41.5 74.6  

2007

41.2 74.1  

2008

41.2 74.7  

2008

40.1 73.6  

2008

40.0 73.8  

2008

40.7 73.9  

2008

42.1 74.8  

2008

40.6 74.8  

2008

40.4 74.7  

2008

39.8 74.7  

2008

40.1 74.6  

2008

39.7 74.3  

2008

38.6 73.9  

2008

38.5 74.7  

2009

38.5 73.2  

2009

39.0 74.0  

2009

38.0 74.1  

2009

37.9 74.5  

2009

38.5 73.4  

2009

38.5 73.3  

2009

37.7 73.4  

2009

37.2 72.9  

2009

36.8 72.0  

2009

35.9 71.6  

2009

36.0 71.7  

2009

35.8 71.3  

2010

35.2 71.0  

2010

35.5 71.2  

2010

35.9 71.1  

2010

35.8 72.1  

2010

35.6 71.4  

2010

33.9 71.4  

2010

34.5 71.6  

2010

35.1 71.9  

2010

34.1 71.3  

2010

35.1 71.3  

2010

34.7 71.8  

2010

34.3 70.8  

2011

34.6 71.7  

2011

33.8 71.6  

2011

34.2 71.5  

2011

33.9 71.3  

2011

33.3 71.1  

2011

33.8 70.5  

2011

33.5 70.4  

2011

34.8 71.0  

2011

34.6 71.4  

2011

34.5 72.0  

2011

34.6 71.5  

2011

34.3 71.3  

2012

33.6 71.1  

2012

33.8 71.6  

2012

34.1 71.0  

2012

34.1 70.8  

2012

34.1 71.0  

2012

34.6 70.9  

2012

35.0 70.8  

2012

34.3 69.9  

2012

34.2 70.5  

2012

34.6 71.1  

2012

34.7 71.0  

2012

34.2 71.5  

2013

35.1 71.3  

2013

34.7 70.7  

2013

34.0 70.0  

2013

34.1 71.1  

2013

34.8 70.1  

2013

34.6 71.2  

2013

34.9 70.6  

2013

34.4 70.8  

2013

34.8 71.2  

2013

34.0 70.5  

2013

34.2 70.3  

2013

33.7 70.7  

2014

33.1 70.7  

2014

32.7 70.5  

2014

34.0 71.8  

2014

33.2 70.4  

2014

33.7 70.8  

2014

33.8 70.3  

2014

34.2 71.1  

2014

33.8 70.4  

2014

34.1 71.0  

2014

35.5 71.4  

2014

34.9 71.0  

2014

34.4 70.4  

2015

34.8 70.3  

2015

34.7 71.0  

2015

34.9 69.9  

2015

34.6 69.5  

2015

34.9 71.0  

2015

34.2 70.9  

2015

33.6 71.0  

2015

33.8 71.6  

2015

33.8 70.2  

2015

33.7 70.8  

2015

33.7 70.5  

2015

35.1 71.1  

2016

35.0 70.1  

2016

35.5 70.7  

2016

35.1 71.0  

2016

35.2 70.6  

2016

35.0 70.6  

2016

34.6 70.6  
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.