HOUSEHOLD DATA HISTORICAL A-1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over, 1963 to date (Numbers in thousands) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Civilian labor force | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | Year | Civilian | | | Employed | Unemployed | Not in and |noninsti- | | | | | labor _______________________________________________ _____________________ month | tutional | | Percent | | | | | | | force |population| Number | of | | Percent | |Nonagricultu- | | Percent | | | |population| Number | of |Agricultu-| ral | Number | of | | | | | |population| re | industries | | labor | | | | | | | | | | force | | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Annual averages | _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 19721/............| 144,126 | 87,034 | 60.4 | 82,153 | 57.0 | 3,484 | 78,669 | 4,882 | 5.6 | 57,091 19731/............| 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 | 93,775 | 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 | 99,009 | 62.3 | 92,017 | 57.9 | 3,283 | 88,734 | 6,991 | 7.1 | 60,025 19781/............| 161,910 | 102,251 | 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 | 99,303 | 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 19861/............| 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 | | | | | | | | | | 19901/............| 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 19941/............| 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 | | | | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2/ | _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | 1996: | | | | | | | | | | August..........| 200,847 | 133,898 | 66.7 | 126,988 | 63.2 | 3,418 | 123,570 | 6,910 | 5.2 | 66,949 September.......| 201,061 | 134,291 | 66.8 | 127,248 | 63.3 | 3,480 | 123,768 | 7,043 | 5.2 | 66,770 October.........| 201,273 | 134,636 | 66.9 | 127,617 | 63.4 | 3,450 | 124,167 | 7,019 | 5.2 | 66,637 November........| 201,463 | 134,831 | 66.9 | 127,644 | 63.4 | 3,354 | 124,290 | 7,187 | 5.3 | 66,632 December........| 201,636 | 135,022 | 67.0 | 127,855 | 63.4 | 3,426 | 124,429 | 7,167 | 5.3 | 66,614 | | | | | | | | | | 1997: | | | | | | | | | | January3/.......| 202,285 | 135,848 | 67.2 | 128,580 | 63.6 | 3,468 | 125,112 | 7,268 | 5.4 | 66,437 February........| 202,389 | 135,634 | 67.0 | 128,430 | 63.5 | 3,292 | 125,138 | 7,205 | 5.3 | 66,754 March...........| 202,513 | 136,319 | 67.3 | 129,175 | 63.8 | 3,386 | 125,789 | 7,144 | 5.2 | 66,194 April...........| 202,674 | 136,098 | 67.2 | 129,384 | 63.8 | 3,497 | 125,887 | 6,714 | 4.9 | 66,577 May.............| 202,832 | 136,173 | 67.1 | 129,639 | 63.9 | 3,430 | 126,209 | 6,534 | 4.8 | 66,659 June............| 203,000 | 136,200 | 67.1 | 129,364 | 63.7 | 3,391 | 125,973 | 6,836 | 5.0 | 66,800 July............| 203,166 | 136,290 | 67.1 | 129,708 | 63.8 | 3,482 | 126,226 | 6,583 | 4.8 | 66,876 August..........| 203,364 | 136,480 | 67.1 | 129,804 | 63.8 | 3,383 | 126,421 | 6,677 | 4.9 | 66,884 | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Not strictly comparable with prior years. For an explanation, see "Historical Comparability" under the Household Data section of the Explanatory Notes and Estimates of Error. 2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation. 3/ Beginning in January 1997, data are not strictly comparable with data for 1996 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 1997" in the February 1997 issue of this publication.