Figure 9. Number of people employed part time for economic reasons, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted, 1994–2017 (in thousands)
Quarter and year Total working part time for economic reasons Working part time because of slack work Could only find part-time work

Q1 1994

4,838 2,461 2,070

Q2 1994

4,801 2,463 1,983

Q3 1994

4,399 2,401 1,691

Q4 1994

4,460 2,409 1,754

Q1 1995

4,466 2,400 1,775

Q2 1995

4,477 2,430 1,730

Q3 1995

4,510 2,524 1,681

Q4 1995

4,462 2,556 1,618

Q1 1996

4,290 2,417 1,566

Q2 1996

4,368 2,375 1,636

Q3 1996

4,377 2,501 1,581

Q4 1996

4,254 2,267 1,651

Q1 1997

4,181 2,354 1,513

Q2 1997

4,142 2,347 1,466

Q3 1997

4,031 2,201 1,506

Q4 1997

3,928 2,235 1,392

Q1 1998

3,882 2,177 1,392

Q2 1998

3,756 2,137 1,288

Q3 1998

3,594 2,092 1,199

Q4 1998

3,397 1,951 1,148

Q1 1999

3,475 2,025 1,140

Q2 1999

3,416 1,995 1,090

Q3 1999

3,305 1,930 1,076

Q4 1999

3,220 1,909 1,007

Q1 2000

3,202 1,883 1,001

Q2 2000

3,226 1,920 1,000

Q3 2000

3,191 2,003 886

Q4 2000

3,296 2,030 906

Q1 2001

3,303 2,044 925

Q2 2001

3,507 2,256 961

Q3 2001

3,723 2,405 1,006

Q4 2001

4,382 2,925 1,138

Q1 2002

4,167 2,737 1,087

Q2 2002

4,117 2,714 1,110

Q3 2002

4,258 2,822 1,146

Q4 2002

4,321 2,872 1,158

Q1 2003

4,701 3,097 1,241

Q2 2003

4,653 3,146 1,255

Q3 2003

4,650 3,098 1,274

Q4 2003

4,808 3,123 1,345

Q1 2004

4,666 2,949 1,417

Q2 2004

4,533 2,811 1,428

Q3 2004

4,470 2,744 1,380

Q4 2004

4,598 2,849 1,404

Q1 2005

4,343 2,681 1,357

Q2 2005

4,342 2,651 1,373

Q3 2005

4,522 2,810 1,373

Q4 2005

4,201 2,604 1,254

Q1 2006

4,090 2,597 1,205

Q2 2006

4,110 2,610 1,162

Q3 2006

4,204 2,679 1,188

Q4 2006

4,243 2,753 1,200

Q1 2007

4,251 2,753 1,193

Q2 2007

4,376 2,859 1,220

Q3 2007

4,502 2,921 1,207

Q4 2007

4,479 2,980 1,220

Q1 2008

4,884 3,315 1,223

Q2 2008

5,349 3,709 1,324

Q3 2008

5,976 4,261 1,454

Q4 2008

7,343 5,422 1,559

Q1 2009

8,662 6,531 1,762

Q2 2009

9,015 6,788 1,937

Q3 2009

8,923 6,719 1,997

Q4 2009

9,064 6,561 2,155

Q1 2010

8,899 6,226 2,311

Q2 2010

8,866 6,200 2,348

Q3 2010

8,849 6,262 2,335

Q4 2010

8,881 5,990 2,477

Q1 2011

8,526 5,770 2,443

Q2 2011

8,552 5,777 2,477

Q3 2011

8,745 5,723 2,668

Q4 2011

8,425 5,559 2,454

Q1 2012

8,106 5,374 2,455

Q2 2012

8,029 5,231 2,508

Q3 2012

8,242 5,339 2,551

Q4 2012

8,104 5,060 2,650

Q1 2013

8,017 5,125 2,563

Q2 2013

8,002 5,010 2,597

Q3 2013

7,893 4,933 2,649

Q4 2013

7,827 4,930 2,596

Q1 2014

7,353 4,426 2,633

Q2 2014

7,400 4,447 2,570

Q3 2014

7,192 4,292 2,575

Q4 2014

6,911 4,145 2,436

Q1 2015

6,722 3,993 2,360

Q2 2015

6,550 3,859 2,304

Q3 2015

6,223 3,688 2,211

Q4 2015

5,998 3,502 2,201

Q1 2016

6,027 3,607 2,104

Q2 2016

6,090 3,689 2,040

Q3 2016

5,923 3,627 1,952

Q4 2016

5,742 3,480 1,965

Q1 2017

5,649 3,509 1,872

Q2 2017

5,281 3,168 1,754

Q3 2017

5,198 3,159 1,696

Q4 2017

4,882 3,017 1,581

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