Figure 8. Number of people employed part time for economic reasons, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted, 1969–2015 (in thousands)
Year and quarter	Total working part time for economic reasons	Working part time because of slack work	Could find only part-time work
1969 Q1	1,970	963	686
1969 Q2	2,001	989	676
1969 Q3	2,112	1,048	728
1969 Q4	2,124	1,074	668
1970 Q1	2,201	1,187	689
1970 Q2	2,490	1,295	785
1970 Q3	2,452	1,302	815
1970 Q4	2,651	1,423	908
1971 Q1	2,745	1,472	916
1971 Q2	2,652	1,391	929
1971 Q3	2,671	1,366	981
1971 Q4	2,717	1,402	999
1972 Q1	2,630	1,307	996
1972 Q2	2,699	1,303	1,064
1972 Q3	2,769	1,279	1,093
1972 Q4	2,445	1,098	1,006
1973 Q1	2,311	1,084	922
1973 Q2	2,491	1,160	938
1973 Q3	2,652	1,289	937
1973 Q4	2,729	1,348	951
1974 Q1	2,810	1,383	975
1974 Q2	2,762	1,319	1,069
1974 Q3	2,999	1,492	1,105
1974 Q4	3,418	1,883	1,146
1975 Q1	4,071	2,397	1,281
1975 Q2	3,975	2,280	1,359
1975 Q3	3,628	1,902	1,387
1975 Q4	3,566	1,846	1,398
1976 Q1	3,606	1,780	1,455
1976 Q2	3,516	1,719	1,411
1976 Q3	3,570	1,699	1,484
1976 Q4	3,759	1,822	1,618
1977 Q1	3,686	1,678	1,637
1977 Q2	3,537	1,628	1,509
1977 Q3	3,635	1,681	1,556
1977 Q4	3,552	1,585	1,590
1978 Q1	3,451	1,527	1,539
1978 Q2	3,597	1,541	1,605
1978 Q3	3,577	1,609	1,515
1978 Q4	3,416	1,512	1,496
1979 Q1	3,477	1,561	1,523
1979 Q2	3,589	1,617	1,509
1979 Q3	3,559	1,645	1,460
1979 Q4	3,670	1,802	1,449
1980 Q1	3,744	1,887	1,448
1980 Q2	4,472	2,521	1,585
1980 Q3	4,550	2,451	1,757
1980 Q4	4,484	2,306	1,801
1981 Q1	4,531	2,328	1,847
1981 Q2	4,463	2,302	1,846
1981 Q3	4,749	2,352	2,002
1981 Q4	5,357	2,792	2,184
1982 Q1	5,581	2,907	2,348
1982 Q2	6,053	3,324	2,448
1982 Q3	6,337	3,383	2,684
1982 Q4	6,739	3,484	2,916
1983 Q1	6,584	3,155	3,098
1983 Q2	6,256	2,836	3,114
1983 Q3	6,209	2,746	3,072
1983 Q4	6,011	2,556	3,149
1984 Q1	5,834	2,457	3,070
1984 Q2	5,737	2,315	3,044
1984 Q3	5,687	2,393	2,872
1984 Q4	5,711	2,545	2,838
1985 Q1	5,540	2,422	2,787
1985 Q2	5,692	2,573	2,777
1985 Q3	5,645	2,443	2,837
1985 Q4	5,488	2,300	2,879
1986 Q1	5,451	2,333	2,824
1986 Q2	5,787	2,573	2,862
1986 Q3	5,517	2,455	2,737
1986 Q4	5,631	2,486	2,799
1987 Q1	5,496	2,424	2,723
1987 Q2	5,326	2,334	2,660
1987 Q3	5,379	2,389	2,650
1987 Q4	5,420	2,391	2,671
1988 Q1	5,297	2,394	2,566
1988 Q2	5,116	2,284	2,462
1988 Q3	5,268	2,360	2,502
1988 Q4	5,136	2,363	2,401
1989 Q1	4,943	2,268	2,317
1989 Q2	4,971	2,319	2,342
1989 Q3	4,879	2,325	2,170
1989 Q4	4,787	2,325	2,109
1990 Q1	4,840	2,373	2,167
1990 Q2	5,098	2,476	2,244
1990 Q3	5,335	2,658	2,295
1990 Q4	5,555	2,865	2,343
1991 Q1	5,833	3,157	2,363
1991 Q2	6,140	3,246	2,551
1991 Q3	6,256	3,268	2,685
1991 Q4	6,445	3,366	2,753
1992 Q1	6,558	3,305	2,973
1992 Q2	6,501	3,296	2,840
1992 Q3	6,468	3,295	2,902
1992 Q4	6,554	3,244	3,034
1993 Q1	6,380	3,157	2,944
1993 Q2	6,588	3,268	2,936
1993 Q3	6,652	3,223	3,106
1993 Q4	6,306	3,163	2,918
1994 Q1	4,838	2,461	2,070
1994 Q2	4,801	2,463	1,983
1994 Q3	4,399	2,401	1,691
1994 Q4	4,460	2,409	1,754
1995 Q1	4,466	2,400	1,775
1995 Q2	4,477	2,430	1,730
1995 Q3	4,510	2,524	1,681
1995 Q4	4,462	2,556	1,618
1996 Q1	4,290	2,417	1,566
1996 Q2	4,368	2,375	1,636
1996 Q3	4,377	2,501	1,581
1996 Q4	4,254	2,267	1,651
1997 Q1	4,181	2,354	1,513
1997 Q2	4,142	2,347	1,466
1997 Q3	4,031	2,201	1,506
1997 Q4	3,928	2,235	1,392
1998 Q1	3,882	2,177	1,392
1998 Q2	3,756	2,137	1,288
1998 Q3	3,594	2,092	1,199
1998 Q4	3,397	1,951	1,148
1999 Q1	3,475	2,025	1,140
1999 Q2	3,416	1,995	1,090
1999 Q3	3,305	1,930	1,076
1999 Q4	3,220	1,909	1,007
2000 Q1	3,202	1,883	1,001
2000 Q2	3,226	1,920	1,000
2000 Q3	3,191	2,003	886
2000 Q4	3,296	2,030	906
2001 Q1	3,303	2,044	925
2001 Q2	3,507	2,256	961
2001 Q3	3,723	2,405	1,006
2001 Q4	4,382	2,925	1,138
2002 Q1	4,167	2,737	1,087
2002 Q2	4,117	2,714	1,110
2002 Q3	4,258	2,822	1,146
2002 Q4	4,321	2,872	1,158
2003 Q1	4,701	3,097	1,241
2003 Q2	4,653	3,146	1,255
2003 Q3	4,650	3,098	1,274
2003 Q4	4,808	3,123	1,345
2004 Q1	4,666	2,949	1,417
2004 Q2	4,533	2,811	1,428
2004 Q3	4,470	2,744	1,380
2004 Q4	4,598	2,849	1,404
2005 Q1	4,343	2,681	1,357
2005 Q2	4,342	2,651	1,373
2005 Q3	4,522	2,810	1,373
2005 Q4	4,201	2,604	1,254
2006 Q1	4,090	2,597	1,205
2006 Q2	4,110	2,610	1,162
2006 Q3	4,204	2,679	1,188
2006 Q4	4,243	2,753	1,200
2007 Q1	4,251	2,753	1,193
2007 Q2	4,376	2,859	1,220
2007 Q3	4,502	2,921	1,207
2007 Q4	4,479	2,980	1,220
2008 Q1	4,884	3,315	1,223
2008 Q2	5,349	3,709	1,324
2008 Q3	5,976	4,261	1,454
2008 Q4	7,343	5,422	1,559
2009 Q1	8,662	6,531	1,762
2009 Q2	9,015	6,788	1,937
2009 Q3	8,923	6,719	1,997
2009 Q4	9,064	6,561	2,155
2010 Q1	8,899	6,226	2,311
2010 Q2	8,866	6,200	2,348
2010 Q3	8,849	6,262	2,335
2010 Q4	8,881	5,990	2,477
2011 Q1	8,526	5,770	2,443
2011 Q2	8,552	5,777	2,477
2011 Q3	8,745	5,723	2,668
2011 Q4	8,425	5,559	2,454
2012 Q1	8,091	5,361	2,453
2012 Q2	8,037	5,240	2,515
2012 Q3	8,253	5,350	2,549
2012 Q4	8,101	5,056	2,644
2013 Q1	7,934	5,095	2,584
2013 Q2	7,976	5,021	2,610
2013 Q3	7,979	4,970	2,624
2013 Q4	7,833	4,909	2,590
2014 Q1	7,303	4,401	2,654
2014 Q2	7,381	4,462	2,576
2014 Q3	7,259	4,332	2,551
2014 Q4	6,898	4,111	2,433
2015 Q1	6,696	3,974	2,381
2015 Q2	6,538	3,878	2,308
2015 Q3	6,272	3,727	2,188
2015 Q4	5,956	3,458	2,194
Note: Beginning in 1994, data are affected by the redesign of the Current Population Survey and are not strictly comparable with data for previous years. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.