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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1983 to date
[Numbers in thousands]
Sex and year Civilian
noninsti-
tutional
population
Civilian labor force Not
in
labor
force
Total Percent
of
population
Employed Unemployed
Total Percent
of
population
Agri-
culture
Nonagri-
cultural
industries
Number Percent
of
labor
force

Men

1983

82,531 63,047 76.4 56,787 68.8 2,704 54,083 6,260 9.9 19,484

1984

83,605 63,835 76.4 59,091 70.7 2,668 56,423 4,744 7.4 19,771

1985

84,469 64,411 76.3 59,891 70.9 2,535 57,356 4,521 7.0 20,058

1986

85,798 65,422 76.3 60,892 71.0 2,511 58,381 4,530 6.9 20,376

1987

86,899 66,207 76.2 62,107 71.5 2,543 59,564 4,101 6.2 20,692

1988

87,857 66,927 76.2 63,273 72.0 2,493 60,780 3,655 5.5 20,930

1989

88,762 67,840 76.4 64,315 72.5 2,513 61,802 3,525 5.2 20,923

1990

90,377 69,011 76.4 65,104 72.0 2,546 62,559 3,906 5.7 21,367

1991

91,278 69,168 75.8 64,223 70.4 2,589 61,634 4,946 7.2 22,110

1992

92,270 69,964 75.8 64,440 69.8 2,575 61,866 5,523 7.9 22,306

1993

93,332 70,404 75.4 65,349 70.0 2,478 62,871 5,055 7.2 22,927

1994

94,355 70,817 75.1 66,450 70.4 2,554 63,896 4,367 6.2 23,538

1995

95,178 71,360 75.0 67,377 70.8 2,559 64,818 3,983 5.6 23,818

1996

96,206 72,087 74.9 68,207 70.9 2,573 65,634 3,880 5.4 24,119

1997

97,715 73,261 75.0 69,685 71.3 2,552 67,133 3,577 4.9 24,454

1998

98,758 73,959 74.9 70,693 71.6 2,553 68,140 3,266 4.4 24,799

1999

99,722 74,512 74.7 71,446 71.6 2,432 69,014 3,066 4.1 25,210

2000

101,964 76,280 74.8 73,305 71.9 1,861 71,444 2,975 3.9 25,684

2001

103,282 76,886 74.4 73,196 70.9 1,708 71,488 3,690 4.8 26,396

2002

104,585 77,500 74.1 72,903 69.7 1,724 71,179 4,597 5.9 27,085

2003

106,435 78,238 73.5 73,332 68.9 1,695 71,636 4,906 6.3 28,197

2004

107,710 78,980 73.3 74,524 69.2 1,687 72,838 4,456 5.6 28,730

2005

109,151 80,033 73.3 75,973 69.6 1,654 74,319 4,059 5.1 29,119

2006

110,605 81,255 73.5 77,502 70.1 1,663 75,838 3,753 4.6 29,350

2007

112,173 82,136 73.2 78,254 69.8 1,604 76,650 3,882 4.7 30,036

2008

113,113 82,520 73.0 77,486 68.5 1,650 75,836 5,033 6.1 30,593

2009

114,136 82,123 72.0 73,670 64.5 1,607 72,062 8,453 10.3 32,013

2010

115,174 81,985 71.2 73,359 63.7 1,665 71,694 8,626 10.5 33,189

2011

116,317 81,975 70.5 74,290 63.9 1,698 72,592 7,684 9.4 34,343

2012

117,343 82,327 70.2 75,555 64.4 1,626 73,930 6,771 8.2 35,017

2013

118,555 82,667 69.7 76,353 64.4 1,611 74,742 6,314 7.6 35,889

2014

119,748 82,882 69.2 77,692 64.9 1,685 76,007 5,190 6.3 36,865

2015

121,101 83,620 69.1 79,131 65.3 1,826 77,305 4,490 5.4 37,481

2016

122,497 84,755 69.2 80,568 65.8 1,839 78,729 4,187 4.9 37,743

2017

123,275 85,145 69.1 81,402 66.0 1,843 79,559 3,743 4.4 38,130

2018

124,678 86,096 69.1 82,698 66.3 1,797 80,902 3,398 3.9 38,582

2019

125,353 86,687 69.2 83,460 66.6 1,790 81,670 3,227 3.7 38,667

2020

125,922 85,204 67.7 78,560 62.4 1,699 76,862 6,644 7.8 40,718

2021

126,487 85,505 67.6 80,829 63.9 1,649 79,180 4,676 5.5 40,983

2022

128,617 87,421 68.0 84,203 65.5 1,643 82,560 3,218 3.7 41,197

2023

130,476 88,877 68.1 85,500 65.5 1,601 83,899 3,377 3.8 41,599

Women

1983

91,684 48,503 52.9 44,047 48.0 680 43,367 4,457 9.2 43,181

1984

92,778 49,709 53.6 45,915 49.5 653 45,262 3,794 7.6 43,068

1985

93,736 51,050 54.5 47,259 50.4 644 46,615 3,791 7.4 42,686

1986

94,789 52,413 55.3 48,706 51.4 652 48,054 3,707 7.1 42,376

1987

95,853 53,658 56.0 50,334 52.5 666 49,668 3,324 6.2 42,195

1988

96,756 54,742 56.6 51,696 53.4 676 51,020 3,046 5.6 42,014

1989

97,630 56,030 57.4 53,027 54.3 687 52,341 3,003 5.4 41,601

1990

98,787 56,829 57.5 53,689 54.3 678 53,011 3,140 5.5 41,957

1991

99,646 57,178 57.4 53,496 53.7 680 52,815 3,683 6.4 42,468

1992

100,535 58,141 57.8 54,052 53.8 672 53,380 4,090 7.0 42,394

1993

101,506 58,795 57.9 54,910 54.1 637 54,273 3,885 6.6 42,711

1994

102,460 60,239 58.8 56,610 55.3 855 55,755 3,629 6.0 42,221

1995

103,406 60,944 58.9 57,523 55.6 881 56,642 3,421 5.6 42,462

1996

104,385 61,857 59.3 58,501 56.0 871 57,630 3,356 5.4 42,528

1997

105,418 63,036 59.8 59,873 56.8 847 59,026 3,162 5.0 42,382

1998

106,462 63,714 59.8 60,771 57.1 825 59,945 2,944 4.6 42,748

1999

108,031 64,855 60.0 62,042 57.4 849 61,193 2,814 4.3 43,175

2000

110,613 66,303 59.9 63,586 57.5 602 62,983 2,717 4.1 44,310

2001

111,811 66,848 59.8 63,737 57.0 591 63,147 3,111 4.7 44,962

2002

112,985 67,363 59.6 63,582 56.3 587 62,995 3,781 5.6 45,621

2003

114,733 68,272 59.5 64,404 56.1 580 63,824 3,868 5.7 46,461

2004

115,647 68,421 59.2 64,728 56.0 546 64,182 3,694 5.4 47,225

2005

116,931 69,288 59.3 65,757 56.2 544 65,213 3,531 5.1 47,643

2006

118,210 70,173 59.4 66,925 56.6 543 66,382 3,247 4.6 48,037

2007

119,694 70,988 59.3 67,792 56.6 490 67,302 3,196 4.5 48,707

2008

120,675 71,767 59.5 67,876 56.2 518 67,358 3,891 5.4 48,908

2009

121,665 72,019 59.2 66,208 54.4 496 65,712 5,811 8.1 49,646

2010

122,656 71,904 58.6 65,705 53.6 541 65,164 6,199 8.6 50,752

2011

123,300 71,642 58.1 65,579 53.2 556 65,023 6,063 8.5 51,658

2012

125,941 72,648 57.7 66,914 53.1 560 66,353 5,734 7.9 53,293

2013

127,124 72,722 57.2 67,577 53.2 519 67,058 5,146 7.1 54,401

2014

128,199 73,039 57.0 68,613 53.5 552 68,061 4,426 6.1 55,159

2015

129,700 73,510 56.7 69,703 53.7 597 69,106 3,807 5.2 56,190

2016

131,040 74,432 56.8 70,868 54.1 621 70,247 3,564 4.8 56,608

2017

131,804 75,175 57.0 71,936 54.6 611 71,324 3,239 4.3 56,629

2018

133,112 75,978 57.1 73,063 54.9 628 72,435 2,916 3.8 57,134

2019

133,822 76,852 57.4 74,078 55.4 635 73,443 2,774 3.6 56,970

2020

134,407 75,538 56.2 69,234 51.5 650 68,585 6,304 8.3 58,869

2021

134,958 75,699 56.1 71,752 53.2 642 71,109 3,948 5.2 59,259

2022

135,356 76,866 56.8 74,089 54.7 647 73,441 2,778 3.6 58,490

2023

136,466 78,239 57.3 75,537 55.4 663 74,874 2,702 3.5 58,227

NOTE: Revisions to population controls and other changes can affect the comparability of labor force levels over time. In recent years, for example, updated population controls have been introduced annually with the release of January data. Information about historical comparability is online at https://www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#comp.

 

Last Modified Date: January 26, 2024