HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, 1940 to date (Numbers in thousands) Civilian labor force Civilian Employed Unemployed Not in Year noninsti- labor tutional Percent force population Total of Percent Nonagri- Percent population Total of Agri- cultural Number of population culture industries labor force Persons 14 years of age and over 1940.......................... 99,840 55,640 55.7 47,520 47.6 9,540 37,980 8,120 14.6 44,200 1941.......................... 99,900 55,910 56.0 50,350 50.4 9,100 41,250 5,560 9.9 43,990 1942.......................... 98,640 56,410 57.2 53,750 54.5 9,250 44,500 2,660 4.7 42,230 1943.......................... 94,640 55,540 58.7 54,470 57.6 9,080 45,390 1,070 1.9 39,100 1944.......................... 93,220 54,630 58.6 53,960 57.9 8,950 45,010 670 1.2 38,590 1945.......................... 94,090 53,860 57.2 52,820 56.1 8,580 44,240 1,040 1.9 40,230 1946.......................... 103,070 57,520 55.8 55,250 53.6 8,320 46,930 2,270 3.9 45,550 1947.......................... 106,018 60,168 56.8 57,812 54.5 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 56.0 7,890 49,148 2,311 3.9 42,477 1948.......................... 103,068 60,621 58.8 58,343 56.6 7,629 50,714 2,276 3.8 42,447 1949.......................... 103,994 61,286 58.9 57,651 55.4 7,658 49,993 3,637 5.9 42,708 1950.......................... 104,995 62,208 59.2 58,918 56.1 7,160 51,758 3,288 5.3 42,787 1951.......................... 104,621 62,017 59.2 59,961 57.3 6,726 53,235 2,055 3.3 42,604 1952.......................... 105,231 62,138 59.0 60,250 57.3 6,500 53,749 1,883 3.0 43,093 1953 (1)...................... 107,056 63,015 58.9 61,179 57.1 6,260 54,919 1,834 2.9 44,041 1954.......................... 108,321 63,643 58.8 60,109 55.5 6,205 53,904 3,532 5.5 44,678 1955.......................... 109,683 65,023 59.3 62,170 56.7 6,450 55,722 2,852 4.4 44,660 1956.......................... 110,954 66,552 60.0 63,799 57.5 6,283 57,514 2,750 4.1 44,402 1957.......................... 112,265 66,929 59.6 64,071 57.1 5,947 58,123 2,859 4.3 45,336 1958.......................... 113,727 67,639 59.5 63,036 55.4 5,586 57,450 4,602 6.8 46,088 1959.......................... 115,329 68,369 59.3 64,630 56.0 5,565 59,065 3,740 5.5 46,960 1960 (1)...................... 117,245 69,628 59.4 65,778 56.1 5,458 60,318 3,852 5.5 47,617 1961.......................... 118,771 70,459 59.3 65,746 55.4 5,200 60,546 4,714 6.7 48,312 1962 (1)...................... 120,153 70,614 58.8 66,702 55.5 4,944 61,759 3,911 5.5 49,539 1963.......................... 122,416 71,833 58.7 67,762 55.4 4,687 63,076 4,070 5.7 50,583 1964.......................... 124,485 73,091 58.7 69,305 55.7 4,523 64,782 3,786 5.2 51,394 1965.......................... 126,513 74,455 58.9 71,088 56.2 4,361 66,726 3,366 4.5 52,058 1966.......................... 128,058 75,770 59.2 72,895 56.9 3,979 68,915 2,875 3.8 52,288 1967.......................... 129,874 77,347 59.6 74,372 57.3 3,844 70,527 2,975 3.8 52,527 1968.......................... 132,028 78,737 59.6 75,920 57.5 3,817 72,103 2,817 3.6 53,291 1969.......................... 134,335 80,734 60.1 77,902 58.0 3,606 74,296 2,832 3.5 53,602 1970.......................... 137,085 82,771 60.4 78,678 57.4 3,463 75,215 4,093 4.9 54,315 1971.......................... 140,216 84,382 60.2 79,367 56.6 3,394 75,972 5,016 5.9 55,834 1972 (1)...................... 144,126 87,034 60.4 82,153 57.0 3,484 78,669 4,882 5.6 57,091 1973 (1)...................... 147,096 89,429 60.8 85,064 57.8 3,470 81,594 4,365 4.9 57,667 1974.......................... 150,120 91,949 61.3 86,794 57.8 3,515 83,279 5,156 5.6 58,171 1975.......................... 153,153 93,774 61.2 85,846 56.1 3,408 82,438 7,929 8.5 59,377 1976.......................... 156,150 96,158 61.6 88,752 56.8 3,331 85,421 7,406 7.7 59,991 1977.......................... 159,033 99,008 62.3 92,017 57.9 3,283 88,734 6,991 7.1 60,025 1978 (1)...................... 161,910 102,250 63.2 96,048 59.3 3,387 92,661 6,202 6.1 59,659 1979.......................... 164,863 104,962 63.7 98,824 59.9 3,347 95,477 6,137 5.8 59,900 1980.......................... 167,745 106,940 63.8 99,302 59.2 3,364 95,938 7,637 7.1 60,806 1981.......................... 170,130 108,670 63.9 100,397 59.0 3,368 97,030 8,273 7.6 61,460 1982.......................... 172,271 110,204 64.0 99,526 57.8 3,401 96,125 10,678 9.7 62,067 1983.......................... 174,215 111,550 64.0 100,834 57.9 3,383 97,450 10,717 9.6 62,665 1984.......................... 176,383 113,544 64.4 105,005 59.5 3,321 101,685 8,539 7.5 62,839 1985.......................... 178,206 115,461 64.8 107,150 60.1 3,179 103,971 8,312 7.2 62,744 1986 (1)...................... 180,587 117,834 65.3 109,597 60.7 3,163 106,434 8,237 7.0 62,752 1987.......................... 182,753 119,865 65.6 112,440 61.5 3,208 109,232 7,425 6.2 62,888 1988.......................... 184,613 121,669 65.9 114,968 62.3 3,169 111,800 6,701 5.5 62,944 1989.......................... 186,393 123,869 66.5 117,342 63.0 3,199 114,142 6,528 5.3 62,523 1990 (1)...................... 189,164 125,840 66.5 118,793 62.8 3,223 115,570 7,047 5.6 63,324 1991.......................... 190,925 126,346 66.2 117,718 61.7 3,269 114,449 8,628 6.8 64,578 1992.......................... 192,805 128,105 66.4 118,492 61.5 3,247 115,245 9,613 7.5 64,700 1993.......................... 194,838 129,200 66.3 120,259 61.7 3,115 117,144 8,940 6.9 65,638 1994 (1)...................... 196,814 131,056 66.6 123,060 62.5 3,409 119,651 7,996 6.1 65,758 1995.......................... 198,584 132,304 66.6 124,900 62.9 3,440 121,460 7,404 5.6 66,280 1996.......................... 200,591 133,943 66.8 126,708 63.2 3,443 123,264 7,236 5.4 66,647 1997 (1)...................... 203,133 136,297 67.1 129,558 63.8 3,399 126,159 6,739 4.9 66,836 1998 (1)...................... 205,220 137,673 67.1 131,463 64.1 3,378 128,085 6,210 4.5 67,547 1999 (1)...................... 207,753 139,368 67.1 133,488 64.3 3,281 130,207 5,880 4.2 68,385 2000 (1)...................... 212,577 142,583 67.1 136,891 64.4 2,464 134,427 5,692 4.0 69,994 2001.......................... 215,092 143,734 66.8 136,933 63.7 2,299 134,635 6,801 4.7 71,359 2002.......................... 217,570 144,863 66.6 136,485 62.7 2,311 134,174 8,378 5.8 72,707 2003 (1)...................... 221,168 146,510 66.2 137,736 62.3 2,275 135,461 8,774 6.0 74,658 2004 (1)...................... 223,357 147,401 66.0 139,252 62.3 2,232 137,020 8,149 5.5 75,956 2005 (1)...................... 226,082 149,320 66.0 141,730 62.7 2,197 139,532 7,591 5.1 76,762 2006 (1)...................... 228,815 151,428 66.2 144,427 63.1 2,206 142,221 7,001 4.6 77,387 2007 (1)...................... 231,867 153,124 66.0 146,047 63.0 2,095 143,952 7,078 4.6 78,743 2008 (1)...................... 233,788 154,287 66.0 145,362 62.2 2,168 143,194 8,924 5.8 79,501 2009 (1)...................... 235,801 154,142 65.4 139,877 59.3 2,103 137,775 14,265 9.3 81,659 2010 (1)...................... 237,830 153,889 64.7 139,064 58.5 2,206 136,858 14,825 9.6 83,941 1 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 at www.bls.gov/cps/eetech_methods.pdf.