HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, 1936 to date (Numbers in thousands) Civilian labor force Civilian Employed Unemployed Not in Year noninsti- labor tutional Percent force population Total of Nonagri- Percent population Total Agriculture cultural Number of industries labor force Persons 14 years of age and over 1936.......................... (1) 53,440 (1) 44,410 10,000 34,410 9,030 16.9 (1) 1937.......................... (1) 54,000 (1) 46,300 9,820 36,480 7,700 14.3 (1) 1938.......................... (1) 54,610 (1) 44,220 9,690 34,530 10,390 19.0 (1) 1939.......................... (1) 55,230 (1) 45,750 9,610 36,140 9,480 17.2 (1) 1940.......................... (1) 55,640 (1) 47,520 9,540 37,980 8,120 14.6 (1) 1941.......................... (1) 55,910 (1) 50,350 9,100 41,250 5,560 9.9 (1) 1942.......................... 98,640 56,410 57.2 53,750 9,250 44,500 2,660 4.7 42,230 1943.......................... 94,640 55,540 58.7 54,470 9,080 45,390 1,070 1.9 39,100 1944.......................... 93,220 54,630 58.6 53,960 8,950 45,010 670 1.2 38,590 1945.......................... 94,090 53,860 57.2 52,820 8,580 44,240 1,040 1.9 40,230 1946.......................... 103,070 57,520 55.8 55,250 8,320 46,930 2,270 3.9 45,550 1947.......................... 106,018 60,168 56.8 57,812 8,256 49,557 2,356 3.9 45,850 Persons 16 years of age and over 1947.......................... 101,827 59,350 58.3 57,038 7,890 49,148 2,311 3.9 42,477 1948.......................... 103,068 60,621 58.8 58,343 7,629 50,714 2,276 3.8 42,447 1949.......................... 103,994 61,286 58.9 57,651 7,658 49,993 3,637 5.9 42,708 1950.......................... 104,995 62,208 59.2 58,918 7,160 51,758 3,288 5.3 42,787 1951.......................... 104,621 62,017 59.2 59,961 6,726 53,235 2,055 3.3 42,604 1952.......................... 105,231 62,138 59.0 60,250 6,500 53,749 1,883 3.0 43,093 1953(2)....................... 107,056 63,015 58.9 61,179 6,260 54,919 1,834 2.9 44,041 1954.......................... 108,321 63,643 58.8 60,109 6,205 53,904 3,532 5.5 44,678 1955.......................... 109,683 65,023 59.3 62,170 6,450 55,722 2,852 4.4 44,660 1956.......................... 110,954 66,552 60.0 63,799 6,283 57,514 2,750 4.1 44,402 1957.......................... 112,265 66,929 59.6 64,071 5,947 58,123 2,859 4.3 45,336 1958.......................... 113,727 67,639 59.5 63,036 5,586 57,450 4,602 6.8 46,088 1959.......................... 115,329 68,369 59.3 64,630 5,565 59,065 3,740 5.5 46,960 1960(2)....................... 117,245 69,628 59.4 65,778 5,458 60,318 3,852 5.5 47,617 1961.......................... 118,771 70,459 59.3 65,746 5,200 60,546 4,714 6.7 48,312 1962(2)....................... 120,153 70,614 58.8 66,702 4,944 61,759 3,911 5.5 49,539 1963.......................... 122,416 71,833 58.7 67,762 4,687 63,076 4,070 5.7 50,583 1964.......................... 124,485 73,091 58.7 69,305 4,523 64,782 3,786 5.2 51,394 1965.......................... 126,513 74,455 58.9 71,088 4,361 66,726 3,366 4.5 52,058 1966.......................... 128,058 75,770 59.2 72,895 3,979 68,915 2,875 3.8 52,288 1967.......................... 129,874 77,347 59.6 74,372 3,844 70,527 2,975 3.8 52,527 1968.......................... 132,028 78,737 59.6 75,920 3,817 72,103 2,817 3.6 53,291 1969.......................... 134,335 80,734 60.1 77,902 3,606 74,296 2,832 3.5 53,602 1970.......................... 137,085 82,771 60.4 78,678 3,463 75,215 4,093 4.9 54,315 1971.......................... 140,216 84,382 60.2 79,367 3,394 75,972 5,016 5.9 55,834 1972(2)....................... 144,126 87,034 60.4 82,153 3,484 78,669 4,882 5.6 57,091 1973(2)....................... 147,096 89,429 60.8 85,064 3,470 81,594 4,365 4.9 57,667 1974.......................... 150,120 91,949 61.3 86,794 3,515 83,279 5,156 5.6 58,171 1975.......................... 153,153 93,775 61.2 85,846 3,408 82,438 7,929 8.5 59,377 1976.......................... 156,150 96,158 61.6 88,752 3,331 85,421 7,406 7.7 59,991 1977.......................... 159,033 99,009 62.3 92,017 3,283 88,734 6,991 7.1 60,025 1978(2)....................... 161,910 102,251 63.2 96,048 3,387 92,661 6,202 6.1 59,659 1979.......................... 164,863 104,962 63.7 98,824 3,347 95,477 6,137 5.8 59,900 1980.......................... 167,745 106,940 63.8 99,303 3,364 95,938 7,637 7.1 60,806 1981.......................... 170,130 108,670 63.9 100,397 3,368 97,030 8,273 7.6 61,460 1982.......................... 172,271 110,204 64.0 99,526 3,401 96,125 10,678 9.7 62,067 1983.......................... 174,215 111,550 64.0 100,834 3,383 97,450 10,717 9.6 62,665 1984.......................... 176,383 113,544 64.4 105,005 3,321 101,685 8,539 7.5 62,839 1985.......................... 178,206 115,461 64.8 107,150 3,179 103,971 8,312 7.2 62,744 1986(2)....................... 180,587 117,834 65.3 109,597 3,163 106,434 8,237 7.0 62,752 1987.......................... 182,753 119,865 65.6 112,440 3,208 109,232 7,425 6.2 62,888 1988.......................... 184,613 121,669 65.9 114,968 3,169 111,800 6,701 5.5 62,944 1989.......................... 186,393 123,869 66.5 117,342 3,199 114,142 6,528 5.3 62,523 1990(2)....................... 189,164 125,840 66.5 118,793 3,223 115,570 7,047 5.6 63,324 1991.......................... 190,925 126,346 66.2 117,718 3,269 114,449 8,628 6.8 64,578 1992.......................... 192,805 128,105 66.4 118,492 3,247 115,245 9,613 7.5 64,700 1993.......................... 194,838 129,200 66.3 120,259 3,115 117,144 8,940 6.9 65,638 1994(2)....................... 196,814 131,056 66.6 123,060 3,409 119,651 7,996 6.1 65,758 1995.......................... 198,584 132,304 66.6 124,900 3,440 121,460 7,404 5.6 66,280 1996.......................... 200,591 133,943 66.8 126,708 3,443 123,264 7,236 5.4 66,647 1997(2)....................... 203,133 136,297 67.1 129,558 3,399 126,159 6,739 4.9 66,837 1998(2)....................... 205,220 137,673 67.1 131,463 3,378 128,085 6,210 4.5 67,547 1999(3)....................... 207,753 139,368 67.1 133,488 3,281 130,207 5,880 4.2 68,385 1 Not available. 2 Not strictly comparable with data for prior years. For an explanation, see "Historical Comparability" under the Household Data section of the Explanatory Notes and Estimates of Error. 3 Beginning in January 1999, data are not strictly comparable with data for 1998 and earlier years because of revisions in the population controls used in the household survey. For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January 1999" in the February 1999 issue of this publication.