Bureau of Labor Statistics - Data from the Payroll Survey
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TOTAL NONFARM EMPLOYEES (in thousands, seasonally adjusted)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1939 29923 30100 30280 30094 30300 30502 30419 30662 31032 31408 31469 31539
1940 31603 31715 31826 31699 31880 31978 31942 32352 32810 33265 33668 34172
1941 34480 34844 35094 35468 36182 36651 37137 37544 37836 37948 38024 38104
1942 38348 38513 38936 39351 39772 40028 40470 40988 41254 41514 41673 41915
1943 42174 42395 42553 42646 42596 42781 42701 42546 42484 42675 42819 42747
1944 42661 42543 42291 42062 41985 41947 41904 41848 41671 41708 41711 41861
1945 41903 41903 41795 41443 41304 41148 40873 40466 38500 38598 38996 39111
1946 39839 39250 40192 40908 41348 41732 42153 42642 42908 43094 43396 43379
1947 43545 43563 43605 43491 43637 43808 43742 43958 44201 44415 44486 44578
1948 44686 44537 44680 44369 44795 45032 45160 45175 45294 45250 45194 45028
1949 44675 44500 44238 44230 43982 43739 43530 43621 43784 42950 43244 43516
1950 43530 43298 43952 44376 44717 45084 45453 46187 46442 46712 46778 46855
1951 47289 47577 47871 47856 47952 48067 48061 48008 47955 48009 48149 48308
1952 48299 48522 48504 48616 48645 48286 48144 48922 49319 49598 49816 50164
1953 50145 50339 50474 50432 50491 50522 50536 50487 50365 50242 49906 49702
1954 49467 49381 49158 49177 48965 48896 48834 48825 48881 48944 49179 49331
1955 49497 49644 49963 50246 50512 50790 50985 51112 51262 51431 51592 51805
1956 51975 52167 52295 52375 52506 52583 51954 52632 52600 52781 52822 52930
1957 52888 53098 53156 53238 53149 53066 53122 53128 52932 52765 52557 52385
1958 52077 51576 51300 51026 50913 50912 51037 51233 51506 51485 51943 52088
1959 52481 52687 53016 53320 53549 53678 53803 53337 53428 53359 53635 54175
1960 54274 54513 54458 54812 54472 54347 54303 54272 54228 54144 53962 53743
1961 53683 53556 53662 53626 53783 53977 54124 54299 54387 54521 54743 54871
1962 54891 55187 55276 55601 55626 55644 55746 55838 55977 56041 56055 56027
1963 56116 56231 56322 56580 56616 56658 56795 56910 57078 57284 57255 57360
1964 57487 57752 57898 57923 58089 58221 58412 58620 58903 58794 59217 59420
1965 59583 59800 60003 60258 60492 60690 60963 61228 61490 61718 61997 62321
1966 62528 62796 63191 63436 63711 64110 64301 64507 64645 64854 65019 65199
1967 65407 65427 65530 65467 65618 65750 65887 66142 66163 66225 66703 66900
1968 66805 67214 67296 67555 67652 67904 68126 68328 68487 68720 68985 69245
1969 69438 69698 69906 70072 70328 70636 70730 71005 70918 71119 71088 71240
1970 71176 71302 71453 71348 71122 71028 71055 70932 70949 70519 70409 70790
1971 70866 70805 70859 71037 71247 71253 71316 71368 71620 71642 71844 72108
1972 72445 72652 72945 73163 73467 73760 73709 74137 74268 74672 74965 75270
1973 75620 76017 76286 76456 76646 76886 76911 77166 77281 77605 77909 78035
1974 78104 78253 78295 78384 78547 78602 78634 78619 78614 78627 78259 77657
1975 77297 76919 76649 76463 76623 76519 76768 77154 77232 77535 77679 78017
1976 78506 78817 79049 79293 79311 79376 79546 79704 79892 79905 80237 80448
1977 80692 80987 81391 81730 82089 82488 82836 83074 83532 83794 84173 84408
1978 84595 84948 85461 86163 86509 86951 87205 87481 87618 87954 88391 88674
1979 88811 89054 89480 89418 89790 90108 90214 90296 90323 90480 90574 90669
1980 90800 90879 90991 90846 90415 90095 89832 90092 90205 90485 90741 90936
1981 91031 91098 91202 91276 91286 91482 91594 91558 91471 91371 91162 90884
1982 90557 90551 90422 90141 90096 89853 89510 89352 89171 88894 88770 88756
1983 88981 88903 89076 89352 89629 90007 90425 90117 91231 91502 91854 92210
1984 92657 93136 93411 93774 94082 94461 94773 95014 95325 95611 95960 96087
1985 96353 96477 96823 97018 97292 97437 97626 97819 98023 98210 98419 98587
1986 98710 98817 98910 99098 99223 99130 99448 99561 99907 100094 100280 100484
1987 100655 100887 101136 101474 101701 101872 102218 102388 102617 103109 103340 103634
1988 103728 104180 104456 104701 104928 105291 105514 105635 105975 106243 106582 106871
1989 107133 107391 107583 107756 107874 107991 108030 108077 108326 108437 108714 108809
1990 109144 109397 109618 109652 109801 109820 109773 109569 109485 109321 109175 109118
1991 108998 108698 108542 108325 108203 108283 108233 108252 108285 108293 108235 108261
1992 108313 108242 108301 108457 108584 108640 108714 108851 108888 109061 109205 109418
1993 109725 109962 109916 110223 110496 110660 110960 111119 111359 111638 111901 112203
1994 112473 112665 113133 113490 113829 114139 114498 114801 115155 115361 115786 116056
1995 116377 116588 116808 116971 116962 117189 117260 117538 117777 117926 118070 118210
1996 118192 118627 118882 119047 119376 119647 119875 120078 120296 120534 120826 121003
1997 121232 121526 121843 122134 122396 122642 122918 122911 123417 123756 124063 124361
1998 124629 124814 124962 125240 125641 125846 125967 126322 126543 126735 127020 127364
1999 127477 127873 127997 128379 128593 128850 129145 129338 129525 129947 130242 130536
2000 130730 130876 131369 131677 131908 131883 132043 132015 132104 132134 132317 132441
2001 132388 132492 132507 132236 132237 132087 131972 131831 131564 131203 130871 130659
2002 130494 130404 130447 130379 130381 130406 130295 130306 130259 130342 130305 130096
2003 130190 130031 129921 129901 129873 129859 129814 129789 129856 129944 130027 130035
2004 130194 130277 130630 130954 131162 131258 131343 131471* 131567*
* preliminary
Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ce , Series CES0000000001
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AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS OF PRODUCTION WORKERS (private, seasonally adjusted)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1964 38.2 38.5 38.5 38.6 38.6 38.6 38.5 38.5 38.5 38.5 38.6 38.7
1965 38.7 38.7 38.7 38.7 38.8 38.6 38.6 38.5 38.6 38.5 38.6 38.6
1966 38.6 38.7 38.7 38.7 38.5 38.5 38.4 38.4 38.3 38.4 38.3 38.2
1967 38.3 37.9 37.9 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.9 37.7
1968 37.6 37.8 37.7 37.6 37.7 37.8 37.7 37.7 37.7 37.7 37.5 37.5
1969 37.7 37.5 37.6 37.7 37.6 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.4 37.5 37.5
1970 37.3 37.3 37.2 37.0 37.0 36.9 37.0 37.0 36.8 36.8 36.7 36.8
1971 36.8 36.7 36.7 36.8 36.7 36.8 36.7 36.7 36.7 36.8 36.9 36.9
1972 36.9 36.9 36.9 36.9 36.8 36.9 36.8 36.8 36.9 37.0 36.9 36.8
1973 36.8 36.9 37.0 36.9 36.9 36.9 36.9 36.9 36.8 36.7 36.9 36.7
1974 36.6 36.6 36.6 36.4 36.5 36.5 36.5 36.5 36.4 36.3 36.1 36.1
1975 36.1 35.9 35.7 35.8 35.9 35.9 35.9 36.1 36.1 36.1 36.1 36.2
1976 36.3 36.3 36.0 36.0 36.1 36.1 36.1 36.0 36.0 35.9 35.9 35.9
1977 35.6 36.0 35.9 36.0 36.0 36.0 35.9 35.9 35.9 36.0 35.9 35.8
1978 35.3 35.6 35.8 35.8 35.8 35.9 35.9 35.8 35.8 35.8 35.7 35.7
1979 35.6 35.7 35.8 35.3 35.6 35.6 35.6 35.6 35.6 35.6 35.6 35.5
1980 35.4 35.4 35.3 35.2 35.1 35.0 34.9 35.1 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.3
1981 35.4 35.2 35.3 35.3 35.3 35.2 35.2 35.2 35.0 35.1 35.1 34.9
1982 34.1 35.1 34.9 34.8 34.8 34.8 34.8 34.7 34.8 34.6 34.6 34.7
1983 34.8 34.5 34.7 34.8 34.9 34.9 34.9 34.9 35.0 35.2 35.1 35.1
1984 35.1 35.3 35.1 35.2 35.1 35.1 35.1 35.0 35.1 34.9 35.0 35.1
1985 34.9 34.8 34.9 34.9 34.9 34.9 34.8 34.8 34.8 34.8 34.8 34.9
1986 35.0 34.8 34.8 34.7 34.8 34.7 34.6 34.7 34.6 34.6 34.7 34.6
1987 34.7 34.9 34.7 34.7 34.8 34.7 34.7 34.9 34.7 34.8 34.8 34.6
1988 34.6 34.7 34.5 34.6 34.6 34.6 34.7 34.5 34.5 34.7 34.5 34.6
1989 34.7 34.5 34.5 34.6 34.4 34.4 34.5 34.5 34.4 34.6 34.4 34.3
1990 34.4 34.3 34.4 34.3 34.3 34.4 34.3 34.2 34.2 34.1 34.2 34.2
1991 34.1 34.1 34.0 34.0 34.0 34.1 34.1 34.1 34.1 34.2 34.1 34.1
1992 34.1 34.1 34.1 34.3 34.2 34.1 34.2 34.2 34.3 34.2 34.2 34.2
1993 34.3 34.3 34.1 34.4 34.3 34.3 34.4 34.3 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4
1994 34.4 34.2 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.6 34.5 34.4 34.5 34.5 34.5
1995 34.5 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.2 34.3 34.3 34.3 34.3 34.3 34.3 34.2
1996 33.8 34.3 34.3 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.3 34.3 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4
1997 34.3 34.5 34.5 34.6 34.5 34.4 34.5 34.6 34.6 34.5 34.6 34.6
1998 34.6 34.6 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.4 34.5 34.5 34.4 34.5 34.5 34.5
1999 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4
2000 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.4 34.3 34.3 34.3 34.2 34.2 34.3 34.2 34.0
2001 34.2 34.0 34.1 34.0 34.0 34.0 34.0 33.9 33.8 33.7 33.8 33.9
2002 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.9 33.8 34.0 33.8 33.9 33.9 33.8 33.8 33.8
2003 33.8 33.7 33.8 33.6 33.7 33.7 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.6
2004 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.7 33.8 33.6 33.8 33.8* 33.8*
* preliminary
Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ce , Series CES0500000005
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AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS IN 1982 DOLLARS (private, seasonally adjusted)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1964 7.79 7.79 7.79 7.85 7.83 7.86 7.86 7.92 7.89 7.89 7.90 7.96
1965 7.94 7.97 8.00 7.98 8.01 7.99 8.02 8.07 8.08 8.11 8.12 8.12
1966 8.10 8.08 8.08 8.09 8.12 8.10 8.15 8.11 8.12 8.12 8.13 8.13
1967 8.16 8.19 8.19 8.20 8.23 8.21 8.24 8.25 8.25 8.26 8.29 8.30
1968 8.31 8.31 8.34 8.35 8.38 8.36 8.39 8.35 8.41 8.39 8.42 8.43
1969 8.43 8.44 8.40 8.41 8.44 8.42 8.43 8.46 8.47 8.48 8.46 8.44
1970 8.42 8.43 8.44 8.42 8.45 8.43 8.44 8.47 8.48 8.46 8.44 8.47
1971 8.50 8.53 8.58 8.56 8.61 8.62 8.60 8.65 8.68 8.68 8.68 8.74
1972 8.88 8.90 8.93 8.98 8.98 8.98 8.99 9.01 9.02 9.04 9.05 9.07
1973 9.08 9.06 9.02 9.01 8.99 9.00 9.04 8.89 8.93 8.90 8.87 8.85
1974 8.78 8.74 8.69 8.71 8.71 8.72 8.69 8.67 8.63 8.62 8.54 8.53
1975 8.49 8.48 8.50 8.47 8.49 8.50 8.45 8.49 8.45 8.44 8.45 8.44
1976 8.43 8.50 8.52 8.52 8.56 8.55 8.56 8.60 8.60 8.59 8.62 8.61
1977 8.61 8.60 8.61 8.62 8.62 8.62 8.62 8.63 8.63 8.69 8.68 8.67
1978 8.69 8.70 8.69 8.72 8.68 8.69 8.67 8.67 8.66 8.65 8.64 8.64
1979 8.63 8.59 8.57 8.46 8.45 8.41 8.37 8.34 8.32 8.27 8.24 8.22
1980 8.10 8.08 8.04 7.99 7.96 7.95 7.98 7.99 7.97 7.97 7.96 7.93
1981 7.93 7.90 7.92 7.91 7.91 7.90 7.85 7.86 7.83 7.83 7.85 7.83
1982 7.88 7.87 7.91 7.89 7.88 7.81 7.81 7.84 7.84 7.82 7.85 7.92
1983 7.95 7.99 7.96 7.94 7.95 7.95 7.97 7.90 7.94 7.97 7.96 7.96
1984 7.96 7.94 7.98 8.00 7.97 7.99 7.99 7.92 7.92 7.90 7.92 7.94
1985 7.92 7.91 7.91 7.91 7.90 7.91 7.91 7.93 7.94 7.90 7.89 7.90
1986 7.85 7.90 7.96 7.99 7.99 7.96 7.97 7.98 7.95 7.96 7.98 7.96
1987 7.92 7.92 7.90 7.87 7.88 7.84 7.83 7.85 7.83 7.83 7.85 7.85
1988 7.84 7.82 7.82 7.82 7.84 7.82 7.80 7.78 7.79 7.80 7.80 7.79
1989 7.79 7.79 7.76 7.74 7.69 7.70 7.72 7.73 7.74 7.76 7.73 7.73
1990 7.69 7.70 7.70 7.70 7.71 7.70 7.68 7.63 7.60 7.57 7.56 7.56
1991 7.56 7.57 7.57 7.59 7.58 7.59 7.60 7.59 7.59 7.58 7.57 7.57
1992 7.56 7.57 7.57 7.56 7.56 7.55 7.54 7.55 7.53 7.53 7.53 7.52
1993 7.53 7.52 7.55 7.53 7.53 7.52 7.53 7.53 7.54 7.52 7.53 7.53
1994 7.54 7.56 7.54 7.55 7.55 7.53 7.52 7.50 7.50 7.53 7.52 7.52
1995 7.51 7.52 7.52 7.51 7.50 7.52 7.54 7.54 7.55 7.55 7.56 7.55
1996 7.55 7.54 7.53 7.54 7.54 7.56 7.56 7.58 7.58 7.57 7.58 7.58
1997 7.59 7.60 7.63 7.64 7.67 7.67 7.68 7.71 7.70 7.74 7.76 7.78
1998 7.79 7.83 7.86 7.88 7.88 7.88 7.88 7.92 7.93 7.93 7.94 7.94
1999 7.95 7.98 8.00 7.98 8.00 8.02 8.01 8.01 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00
2000 8.02 8.01 7.98 8.03 8.03 8.01 8.02 8.04 8.03 8.05 8.06 8.07
2001 8.03 8.06 8.09 8.09 8.06 8.07 8.11 8.13 8.11 8.16 8.20 8.24
2002 8.22 8.23 8.22 8.18 8.21 8.23 8.23 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.29
2003 8.25 8.25 8.21 8.23 8.28 8.29 8.31 8.28 8.25 8.28 8.32 8.30
2004 8.27 8.27 8.24 8.25 8.21 8.20 8.23 8.25*
* preliminary
Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ce , Series CES0500000049
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AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS IN 1982 DOLLARS (private, seasonally adjusted)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1964 297.51 299.84 299.84 303.02 302.08 303.29 302.52 304.91 303.96 303.96 305.00 308.18
1965 307.23 308.40 309.60 308.65 310.89 308.32 309.51 310.83 311.86 312.23 313.25 313.48
1966 312.54 312.61 312.84 313.07 312.60 311.67 313.15 311.50 310.91 311.94 311.32 310.53
1967 312.46 310.50 310.50 309.88 310.96 310.26 311.56 311.75 311.92 312.11 314.22 312.73
1968 312.26 314.11 314.52 313.87 315.92 316.06 316.43 314.68 316.92 316.23 315.75 316.07
1969 317.89 316.53 315.84 317.00 317.30 315.79 316.10 317.23 317.53 316.98 317.17 316.50
1970 314.15 314.46 313.90 311.58 312.65 311.17 312.30 313.36 311.94 311.32 309.85 311.86
1971 312.90 313.06 314.82 315.06 316.08 317.19 315.69 317.54 318.42 319.39 320.38 322.34
1972 327.62 328.58 329.53 331.23 330.44 331.41 330.69 331.63 332.70 334.60 333.77 333.87
1973 334.01 334.26 333.82 332.34 331.78 331.94 333.64 327.99 328.76 326.66 327.23 324.96
1974 321.48 319.78 318.04 317.23 317.94 318.31 317.25 316.39 314.08 312.91 308.37 308.09
1975 306.48 304.43 303.58 303.33 304.92 305.32 303.23 306.41 304.97 304.63 305.03 305.53
1976 306.05 308.55 306.71 306.90 309.16 308.81 309.09 309.70 309.43 308.22 309.59 309.24
1977 306.39 309.66 309.05 310.23 310.46 310.21 309.59 309.73 309.97 312.68 311.54 310.34
1978 306.85 309.66 311.22 312.10 310.91 312.12 311.41 310.31 310.13 309.66 308.56 308.38
1979 307.37 306.78 306.65 298.65 300.82 299.52 297.84 296.97 296.20 294.47 293.28 291.83
1980 286.69 286.14 283.85 281.18 279.40 278.12 278.64 280.31 279.67 280.40 280.81 279.89
1981 280.85 278.05 279.63 279.35 279.07 278.07 276.33 276.59 274.20 274.86 275.52 273.12
1982 268.82 276.22 276.00 274.72 274.33 271.74 271.77 271.91 272.69 270.47 271.68 274.65
1983 276.54 275.53 276.30 276.23 277.29 277.43 277.98 275.63 277.91 280.38 279.39 279.45
1984 279.53 280.26 280.00 281.60 279.67 280.47 280.47 277.33 278.14 275.72 277.15 278.73
1985 276.37 275.27 276.01 275.89 275.71 276.23 275.18 275.88 276.32 274.77 274.48 275.59
1986 274.78 274.87 276.90 277.35 277.96 276.23 275.75 276.92 275.14 275.51 276.80 275.58
1987 274.98 276.27 274.09 273.20 274.18 272.22 271.81 274.00 271.80 272.54 273.32 271.58
1988 271.19 271.52 269.85 270.72 271.26 270.65 270.72 268.34 268.65 270.74 269.09 269.55
1989 270.42 268.83 267.88 267.89 264.53 264.99 266.29 266.55 266.23 268.36 265.77 265.30
1990 264.41 264.21 265.02 264.17 264.29 264.96 263.51 260.90 259.98 258.20 258.69 258.44
1991 257.68 258.18 257.54 257.97 257.77 258.95 259.07 258.75 258.75 259.38 258.00 257.99
1992 257.81 257.99 257.98 259.43 258.61 257.43 257.93 258.35 258.38 257.45 257.39 257.33
1993 258.32 258.02 257.33 258.88 258.13 258.01 259.06 258.30 259.35 258.58 258.93 259.10
1994 259.39 258.46 260.20 260.54 260.48 259.90 260.31 258.75 258.17 259.89 259.43 259.60
1995 259.15 258.84 258.79 257.47 256.67 257.81 258.53 258.46 258.80 259.02 259.29 258.31
1996 255.06 258.78 258.23 257.96 258.49 260.22 259.40 259.94 260.74 260.36 260.62 260.82
1997 260.43 262.11 263.17 264.20 264.50 263.88 265.12 266.73 266.55 266.93 268.43 269.07
1998 269.58 270.80 271.07 271.75 271.76 271.06 271.78 273.12 272.78 273.54 273.84 273.80
1999 273.59 274.37 274.24 274.42 275.12 275.73 275.61 275.61 275.36 275.28 275.36 275.36
2000 275.93 275.60 273.89 276.20 275.51 274.75 274.95 275.05 274.49 276.00 275.50 274.39
2001 274.64 274.10 275.87 274.89 274.12 274.42 275.75 275.51 274.08 274.86 277.27 279.28
2002 277.83 278.28 277.76 277.38 277.34 279.99 278.29 279.09 279.41 278.90 279.30 280.07
2003 279.00 278.16 277.49 276.67 279.19 279.29 279.24 278.08 277.33 278.96 281.09 278.80
2004 279.68 279.48 278.53 277.98 277.61 275.63 278.30 278.86*
* preliminary
Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ce , Series CES0500000051
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Data from the Household Survey
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HOUSEHOLD SURVEY EMPLOYEES (in thousands, 16 years and over, seasonally adjusted)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1948 58061 58196 57671 58291 57854 58743 58968 58456 58513 58387 58417 58740
1949 58175 58208 58043 57747 57552 57172 57190 57397 57584 57269 58009 57845
1950 57635 57751 57728 58583 58649 59052 59001 59797 59575 59803 59697 59429
1951 59636 59661 60401 59889 60188 59620 60156 59994 59713 60010 59836 60497
1952 60460 60462 59908 59909 60195 60219 59971 59790 60521 60132 60748 60954
1953 61600 61884 62010 61444 61019 61456 61397 61151 60906 60893 60738 59977
1954 60024 60663 60186 60185 59908 59792 59643 59853 60282 60270 60357 60116
1955 60753 60727 60964 61515 61634 61781 62513 62797 62950 62991 63257 63684
1956 63753 63518 63411 63614 63861 63820 63800 63972 64079 63975 63796 63910
1957 63632 64257 64404 64047 63985 64196 64540 63959 64121 64046 63669 63922
1958 63220 62898 62731 62631 62874 62730 62745 63012 63181 63475 63470 63549
1959 63868 63684 64267 64768 64699 64849 65011 64844 64770 64911 64530 65341
1960 65347 65620 64673 65959 66057 66168 65909 65895 66267 65632 66109 65778
1961 65776 65588 65850 65374 65449 65993 65608 65852 65541 65919 66081 65900
1962 66108 66538 66493 66372 66688 66670 66483 66968 67192 67114 66847 66947
1963 67072 67024 67351 67642 67615 67649 67905 67908 68174 68294 68267 68213
1964 68327 68751 68763 69356 69631 69218 69399 69463 69578 69582 69735 69814
1965 69997 70127 70439 70633 71034 71025 71460 71362 71286 71695 71724 72062
1966 72198 72134 72188 72510 72497 72775 72860 73146 73258 73401 73840 73729
1967 73671 73606 73439 73882 73844 74278 74520 74767 74854 75051 75125 75473
1968 74700 75229 75379 75561 76107 76182 76087 76043 76172 76224 76494 76778
1969 76805 77327 77367 77523 77412 77880 77959 78250 78250 78445 78541 78740
1970 78780 78698 78863 78930 78564 78413 78726 78624 78498 78685 78650 78594
1971 78864 78700 78588 78987 79139 78757 79305 79539 79689 79918 80297 80471
1972 80959 81108 81573 81655 81887 82083 82230 82578 82543 82616 82990 83400
1973 83161 83912 84452 84559 84648 85185 85299 85204 85488 85987 86320 86401
1974 86555 86754 86819 86669 86891 86941 87149 87037 87051 86995 86626 86144
1975 85627 85256 85187 85189 85451 85355 85894 86234 86279 86370 86456 86665
1976 87400 87672 87985 88416 88794 88563 89093 89223 89173 89274 89634 89803
1977 89928 90342 90808 91271 91754 91959 92084 92441 92702 93052 93761 94105
1978 94384 94519 94755 95394 95769 96343 96090 96431 96670 97133 97485 97581
1979 97948 98329 98480 98103 98331 98679 99006 98776 99340 99404 99574 99933
1980 99879 99995 99713 99233 98945 98682 98796 98824 99077 99317 99545 99634
1981 99955 100191 100571 101056 101048 100298 100693 100689 100064 100378 100207 99645
1982 99692 99762 99672 99576 100116 99543 99493 99633 99504 99215 99112 99032
1983 99161 99089 99179 99560 99642 100633 101208 101608 102016 102039 102729 102996
1984 103201 103824 103967 104336 105193 105591 105435 105163 105490 105638 105972 106223
1985 106302 106555 106989 106936 106932 106505 106807 107095 107657 107847 108007 108216
1986 108887 108480 108837 108952 109089 109576 109810 110015 110085 110273 110475 110728
1987 110953 111257 111408 111794 112434 112246 112634 113057 112909 113282 113505 113793
1988 114016 114227 114037 114650 114292 114927 115060 115282 115356 115638 116100 116104
1989 116708 116776 117022 117097 117099 117418 117472 117655 117354 117581 117912 117830
1990 119081 119059 119203 118852 119151 118983 118810 118802 118524 118536 118306 118241
1991 117940 117755 117652 118109 117440 117639 117568 117484 117928 117800 117770 117466
1992 117978 117753 118144 118426 118375 118419 118713 118826 118720 118628 118876 118997
1993 119075 119275 119542 119474 120115 120290 120467 120856 120554 120823 121169 121464
1994 121966 122086 121930 122290 122864 122634 122706 123342 123687 124112 124516 124721
1995 124663 124928 124955 124945 124421 124522 124816 124852 125133 125388 125188 125088
1996 125125 125639 125862 125994 126244 126602 126947 127172 127536 127890 127771 127860
1997 128298 128298 128891 129143 129464 129412 129822 130010 130019 130179 130653 130679
1998 130726 130807 130814 131209 131325 131244 131329 131390 131986 131999 132280 132602
1999 133027 132856 132947 132955 133311 133378 133414 133591 133707 133993 134309 134523
2000 136561^ 136599 136668 137264 136611 136923 136516 136701 136908 137124 137316 137632
2001 137790 137581 137738 137275 137063 136842 137091 136314 136869 136447 136234 136078
2002 135715 136362 136106 136096 136505 136353 136478 136811 137337 137079 136545 136459
2003 137447^ 137318 137300 137578 137505 137673 137604 137693 137644 138095 138533 138479
2004 138566^ 138301 138298 138576 138772 139031 139660 139681 139480
^ Data affected by changes in population controls in January 2000 January 2003 and January 2004.
Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln , Series LNS12000000
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CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE (in thousands, 16 years and over, seasonally adjusted)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1948 60095 60524 60070 60677 59972 60957 61181 60806 60815 60646 60702 61169
1949 60771 61057 61073 61007 61259 60948 61301 61590 61633 62185 62005 61908
1950 61661 61687 61604 62158 62083 62419 62121 62596 62349 62428 62286 62068
1951 61941 61778 62526 61808 62044 61615 62106 61927 61780 62204 62014 62457
1952 62432 62419 61721 61720 62058 62103 61962 61877 62457 61971 62491 62621
1953 63439 63520 63657 63167 62615 63063 63057 62816 62727 62867 62949 62795
1954 63101 63994 63793 63934 63675 63343 63302 63707 64209 63936 63759 63312
1955 63910 63696 63882 64564 64381 64482 65145 65581 65628 65821 66037 66445
1956 66419 66124 66175 66264 66722 66702 66752 66673 66714 66546 66657 66700
1957 66428 66879 66913 66647 66695 67052 67336 66706 67064 67066 67123 67398
1958 67095 67201 67223 67647 67895 67674 67824 68037 68002 68045 67658 67740
1959 67936 67649 68068 68339 68178 68278 68539 68432 68545 68821 68533 68994
1960 68962 68949 68399 69579 69626 69934 69745 69841 70151 69884 70439 70395
1961 70447 70420 70703 70267 70452 70878 70536 70534 70217 70492 70376 70077
1962 70189 70409 70414 70278 70551 70514 70302 70981 71153 70917 70871 70854
1963 71146 71262 71423 71697 71832 71626 71956 71786 72131 72281 72418 72188
1964 72356 72683 72713 73274 73395 73032 73007 73118 73290 73308 73286 73465
1965 73569 73857 73949 74228 74466 74412 74761 74616 74502 74838 74797 75093
1966 75186 74954 75075 75338 75447 75647 75736 76046 76056 76199 76610 76641
1967 76639 76521 76328 76777 76773 77270 77464 77712 77812 78194 78191 78491
1968 77578 78230 78256 78270 78847 79120 78970 78811 78858 78913 79209 79463
1969 79523 80019 80079 80281 80125 80696 80827 81106 81290 81494 81397 81624
1970 81981 82151 82498 82727 82483 82484 82901 82880 82954 83276 83548 83670
1971 83850 83603 83575 83946 84135 83706 84340 84673 84731 84872 85458 85625
1972 85978 86036 86611 86614 86809 87006 87143 87517 87392 87491 87592 87943
1973 87487 88364 88846 89018 88977 89548 89604 89509 89838 90131 90716 90890
1974 91199 91485 91453 91287 91596 91868 92212 92059 92488 92518 92766 92780
1975 93128 92776 93165 93399 93884 93575 94021 94162 94202 94267 94250 94409
1976 94934 94998 95215 95746 95847 95885 96583 96741 96553 96704 97254 97348
1977 97208 97785 98115 98330 98665 99093 98913 99366 99453 99815 100576 100491
1978 100873 100837 101092 101574 101896 102371 102399 102511 102795 103080 103562 103809
1979 104057 104502 104589 104172 104171 104638 105002 105096 105530 105700 105812 106258
1980 106562 106697 106442 106591 106929 106780 107159 107105 107098 107405 107568 107352
1981 108026 108242 108553 108925 109222 108396 108556 108725 108294 109024 109236 108912
1982 109089 109467 109567 109820 110451 110081 110342 110514 110721 110744 111050 111083
1983 110695 110634 110587 110828 110796 111879 111756 112231 112298 111926 112228 112327
1984 112209 112615 112713 113098 113649 113817 113972 113682 113857 114019 114170 114581
1985 114725 114876 115328 115331 115234 114965 115320 115291 115905 116145 116135 116354
1986 116682 116882 117220 117316 117528 118084 118129 118150 118395 118516 118634 118611
1987 118845 119122 119270 119336 120008 119644 119902 120318 120011 120509 120540 120729
1988 120969 121156 120913 121251 121071 121473 121665 122125 121960 122206 122637 122622
1989 123390 123135 123227 123565 123474 123995 123967 124166 123944 124211 124637 124497
1990 125833 125710 125801 125649 125893 125573 125732 125990 125892 125995 126070 126142
1991 125955 126020 126238 126548 126176 126331 126154 126150 126650 126642 126701 126664
1992 127261 127207 127604 127841 128119 128459 128563 128613 128501 128026 128441 128554
1993 128400 128458 128598 128584 129264 129411 129397 129619 129268 129573 129711 129941
1994 130596 130669 130400 130621 130779 130561 130652 131275 131421 131744 131891 131951
1995 132038 132115 132108 132590 131851 131949 132343 132336 132611 132716 132614 132511
1996 132616 132952 133180 133409 133667 133697 134284 134054 134515 134921 135007 135113
1997 135456 135400 135891 136016 136119 136211 136477 136618 136675 136633 136961 137155
1998 137095 137112 137236 137150 137372 137455 137588 137570 138286 138279 138381 138634
1999 139003 138967 138730 138959 139107 139329 139439 139430 139622 139771 140025 140177
2000 142258^ 142452 142398 142747 142369 142571 142265 142562 142539 142663 142959 143273
2001 143787 143652 143873 143549 143290 143323 143674 143372 144020 144171 144254 144369
2002 143842 144546 144384 144675 144902 144738 144879 145146 145606 145442 145109 145157
2003 145875^ 145898 145818 146377 146462 146917 146652 146622 146610 146892 147187 146878
2004 146863^ 146471 146650 146741 146974 147279 147856 147704 147483
^ Data affected by changes in population controls in January 2000, January 2003 and January 2004.
Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln , Series LNS11000000
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (percent, seasonally adjusted)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1948 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8 4.0
1949 4.3 4.7 5.0 5.3 6.1 6.2 6.7 6.8 6.6 7.9 6.4 6.6
1950 6.5 6.4 6.3 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.3
1951 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.1
1952 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.7
1953 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.5 4.5
1954 4.9 5.2 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.1 5.7 5.3 5.0
1955 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.2
1956 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.2
1957 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.5 5.1 5.2
1958 5.8 6.4 6.7 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.7 6.2 6.2
1959 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.3
1960 5.2 4.8 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.5 6.1 6.1 6.6
1961 6.6 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.1 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.1 6.0
1962 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.7 5.5
1963 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.5
1964 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.2 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.1 4.8 5.0
1965 4.9 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0
1966 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.8
1967 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.8
1968 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4
1969 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.5
1970 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.9 6.1
1971 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.0
1972 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.2
1973 4.9 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.9
1974 5.1 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.9 6.0 6.6 7.2
1975 8.1 8.1 8.6 8.8 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.2
1976 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.4 7.6 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.8
1977 7.5 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.0 7.2 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.4
1978 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.2 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.9 6.0
1979 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.0
1980 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.9 7.5 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.2
1981 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.5 7.5 7.2 7.4 7.6 7.9 8.3 8.5
1982 8.6 8.9 9.0 9.3 9.4 9.6 9.8 9.8 10.1 10.4 10.8 10.8
1983 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.1 9.4 9.5 9.2 8.8 8.5 8.3
1984 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.2 7.5 7.5 7.3 7.4 7.2 7.3
1985 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.0
1986 6.7 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.0 6.9 6.6
1987 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.7
1988 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3
1989 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.4
1990 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.7 5.9 5.9 6.2 6.3
1991 6.4 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.3
1992 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.3 7.4 7.4
1993 7.3 7.1 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.5
1994 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.5
1995 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.6
1996 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.4
1997 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.7
1998 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4
1999 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0
2000 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9
2001 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.7
2002 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.0
2003 5.8 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.7
2004 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4
Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln , Series LNS14000000
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CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE (percent, seasonally adjusted)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1948 58.6 58.9 58.5 59.0 58.3 59.2 59.3 58.9 58.9 58.7 58.7 59.1
1949 58.7 59.0 58.9 58.8 59.0 58.6 58.9 59.2 59.1 59.6 59.4 59.2
1950 58.9 58.9 58.8 59.2 59.1 59.4 59.1 59.5 59.2 59.4 59.3 59.2
1951 59.1 59.1 59.8 59.1 59.4 59.0 59.4 59.2 59.1 59.4 59.2 59.6
1952 59.5 59.5 58.9 58.8 59.1 59.1 58.9 58.7 59.2 58.7 59.1 59.2
1953 59.5 59.5 59.6 59.1 58.6 58.9 58.9 58.6 58.5 58.5 58.6 58.3
1954 58.6 59.3 59.1 59.2 58.9 58.5 58.4 58.7 59.2 58.8 58.6 58.1
1955 58.6 58.4 58.5 59.0 58.8 58.8 59.3 59.7 59.7 59.8 59.9 60.2
1956 60.2 59.9 59.8 59.9 60.2 60.1 60.1 60.0 60.0 59.8 59.8 59.8
1957 59.5 59.9 59.8 59.5 59.5 59.8 60.0 59.3 59.6 59.5 59.5 59.6
1958 59.3 59.3 59.3 59.6 59.8 59.5 59.6 59.8 59.7 59.6 59.2 59.2
1959 59.3 59.0 59.3 59.4 59.2 59.2 59.4 59.2 59.3 59.4 59.1 59.5
1960 59.1 59.1 58.5 59.5 59.5 59.7 59.5 59.5 59.7 59.4 59.8 59.7
1961 59.6 59.6 59.7 59.3 59.4 59.7 59.3 59.3 59.0 59.1 59.1 58.8
1962 58.8 59.0 58.9 58.7 58.9 58.8 58.5 59.0 59.0 58.7 58.5 58.4
1963 58.6 58.6 58.6 58.8 58.8 58.5 58.7 58.5 58.7 58.8 58.8 58.5
1964 58.6 58.8 58.7 59.1 59.1 58.7 58.6 58.6 58.7 58.6 58.5 58.6
1965 58.6 58.7 58.7 58.8 59.0 58.8 59.1 58.9 58.7 58.9 58.8 59.0
1966 59.0 58.8 58.8 59.0 59.0 59.1 59.1 59.3 59.3 59.3 59.6 59.5
1967 59.5 59.3 59.1 59.4 59.3 59.6 59.6 59.7 59.7 59.9 59.8 59.9
1968 59.2 59.6 59.6 59.5 59.9 60.0 59.8 59.6 59.5 59.5 59.6 59.7
1969 59.6 60.0 59.9 60.0 59.8 60.1 60.1 60.3 60.3 60.4 60.2 60.2
1970 60.4 60.4 60.6 60.6 60.3 60.2 60.4 60.3 60.2 60.4 60.4 60.4
1971 60.4 60.1 60.0 60.1 60.2 59.8 60.1 60.2 60.1 60.1 60.4 60.4
1972 60.2 60.2 60.5 60.4 60.4 60.4 60.4 60.6 60.4 60.3 60.3 60.5
1973 60.0 60.5 60.8 60.8 60.6 60.9 60.9 60.7 60.8 60.9 61.2 61.2
1974 61.3 61.4 61.3 61.1 61.2 61.2 61.4 61.2 61.4 61.3 61.3 61.2
1975 61.4 61.0 61.2 61.3 61.5 61.2 61.3 61.3 61.2 61.2 61.1 61.1
1976 61.3 61.3 61.3 61.6 61.5 61.5 61.8 61.8 61.6 61.6 61.9 61.8
1977 61.6 61.9 62.0 62.1 62.2 62.4 62.1 62.3 62.3 62.4 62.8 62.7
1978 62.8 62.7 62.8 63.0 63.1 63.3 63.2 63.2 63.3 63.3 63.5 63.6
1979 63.6 63.8 63.8 63.5 63.3 63.5 63.6 63.6 63.8 63.7 63.7 63.9
1980 64.0 64.0 63.7 63.8 63.9 63.7 63.8 63.7 63.6 63.7 63.8 63.6
1981 63.9 63.9 64.1 64.2 64.3 63.7 63.8 63.8 63.5 63.8 63.9 63.6
1982 63.7 63.8 63.8 63.9 64.2 63.9 64.0 64.1 64.1 64.1 64.2 64.1
1983 63.9 63.8 63.7 63.8 63.7 64.3 64.1 64.3 64.3 64.0 64.1 64.1
1984 63.9 64.1 64.1 64.3 64.5 64.6 64.6 64.4 64.4 64.4 64.5 64.6
1985 64.7 64.7 64.9 64.9 64.8 64.6 64.7 64.6 64.9 65.0 64.9 65.0
1986 64.9 65.0 65.1 65.1 65.2 65.4 65.4 65.3 65.4 65.4 65.4 65.3
1987 65.4 65.5 65.5 65.4 65.7 65.5 65.6 65.7 65.5 65.7 65.7 65.7
1988 65.8 65.9 65.7 65.8 65.7 65.8 65.9 66.1 65.9 66.0 66.2 66.1
1989 66.5 66.3 66.3 66.4 66.3 66.5 66.5 66.5 66.4 66.5 66.6 66.5
1990 66.8 66.7 66.7 66.6 66.6 66.4 66.5 66.5 66.4 66.4 66.4 66.4
1991 66.2 66.2 66.3 66.4 66.2 66.2 66.1 66.0 66.2 66.1 66.1 66.0
1992 66.3 66.2 66.4 66.5 66.6 66.7 66.7 66.6 66.5 66.2 66.3 66.3
1993 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.1 66.4 66.5 66.4 66.4 66.2 66.3 66.3 66.4
1994 66.6 66.6 66.5 66.5 66.6 66.4 66.4 66.6 66.6 66.7 66.7 66.7
1995 66.8 66.8 66.7 66.9 66.5 66.5 66.6 66.6 66.6 66.6 66.5 66.4
1996 66.4 66.6 66.6 66.7 66.7 66.7 66.9 66.7 66.9 67.0 67.0 67.0
1997 67.0 66.9 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.2 67.2 67.1 67.1 67.2 67.2
1998 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.0 67.0 67.0 67.0 67.0 67.2 67.2 67.1 67.2
1999 67.2 67.2 67.0 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.0 67.0 67.0 67.1 67.1
2000 67.3 67.3 67.2 67.3 67.1 67.1 66.9 67.0 66.9 66.9 66.9 67.0
2001 67.2 67.1 67.1 66.9 66.7 66.7 66.8 66.6 66.8 66.8 66.7 66.7
2002 66.4 66.7 66.6 66.7 66.7 66.6 66.6 66.6 66.8 66.6 66.4 66.4
2003 66.3 66.3 66.2 66.4 66.3 66.5 66.3 66.2 66.1 66.2 66.2 66.0
2004 66.1 65.9 65.9 65.9 65.9 66.0 66.2 66.0 65.9
Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln , Series LNS11300000
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EMPLOYMENT-POPULATION RATIO (percent, seasonally adjusted)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1948 56.6 56.7 56.1 56.7 56.2 57.0 57.1 56.6 56.6 56.5 56.5 56.8
1949 56.2 56.2 56.0 55.7 55.4 55.0 55.0 55.1 55.3 54.9 55.6 55.3
1950 55.1 55.1 55.1 55.8 55.8 56.2 56.1 56.8 56.6 56.9 56.9 56.7
1951 56.9 57.0 57.7 57.3 57.6 57.1 57.6 57.4 57.1 57.3 57.1 57.7
1952 57.7 57.7 57.1 57.1 57.3 57.3 57.0 56.8 57.4 56.9 57.5 57.6
1953 57.8 58.0 58.1 57.5 57.1 57.4 57.4 57.1 56.8 56.7 56.5 55.7
1954 55.7 56.2 55.7 55.7 55.4 55.2 55.0 55.2 55.5 55.5 55.5 55.2
1955 55.7 55.7 55.8 56.2 56.3 56.3 56.9 57.1 57.2 57.2 57.4 57.7
1956 57.8 57.5 57.3 57.5 57.6 57.5 57.5 57.6 57.6 57.5 57.3 57.3
1957 57.0 57.5 57.6 57.2 57.1 57.2 57.5 56.9 57.0 56.8 56.4 56.6
1958 55.9 55.5 55.3 55.2 55.4 55.2 55.2 55.4 55.4 55.6 55.5 55.5
1959 55.7 55.5 56.0 56.3 56.2 56.3 56.3 56.1 56.0 56.1 55.7 56.3
1960 56.0 56.2 55.4 56.4 56.4 56.5 56.2 56.1 56.4 55.8 56.1 55.7
1961 55.7 55.5 55.6 55.2 55.2 55.6 55.2 55.3 55.0 55.3 55.5 55.3
1962 55.4 55.7 55.7 55.4 55.7 55.6 55.3 55.7 55.7 55.5 55.2 55.2
1963 55.2 55.1 55.3 55.5 55.3 55.3 55.4 55.4 55.5 55.5 55.4 55.3
1964 55.3 55.6 55.5 55.9 56.1 55.6 55.7 55.7 55.7 55.6 55.7 55.6
1965 55.7 55.7 55.9 56.0 56.2 56.1 56.5 56.3 56.2 56.4 56.4 56.6
1966 56.7 56.6 56.6 56.8 56.7 56.9 56.9 57.0 57.1 57.1 57.4 57.3
1967 57.1 57.0 56.8 57.1 57.0 57.3 57.4 57.4 57.4 57.5 57.5 57.6
1968 57.0 57.3 57.4 57.4 57.8 57.8 57.6 57.5 57.5 57.5 57.6 57.7
1969 57.6 57.9 57.9 57.9 57.8 58.0 58.0 58.1 58.1 58.1 58.1 58.1
1970 58.0 57.9 57.9 57.9 57.5 57.3 57.4 57.2 57.0 57.0 56.9 56.7
1971 56.8 56.6 56.4 56.6 56.6 56.2 56.5 56.6 56.6 56.6 56.8 56.8
1972 56.7 56.7 56.9 56.9 57.0 57.0 57.0 57.1 57.0 57.0 57.2 57.3
1973 57.1 57.5 57.8 57.7 57.7 58.0 57.9 57.8 57.9 58.1 58.2 58.2
1974 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 57.8 57.7 57.6 57.3 56.9
1975 56.4 56.1 56.0 55.9 56.0 55.8 56.0 56.1 56.1 56.1 56.0 56.1
1976 56.4 56.5 56.7 56.8 57.0 56.8 57.0 57.0 56.9 56.9 57.0 57.0
1977 57.0 57.2 57.4 57.6 57.8 57.9 57.8 58.0 58.1 58.2 58.6 58.7
1978 58.8 58.8 58.8 59.2 59.3 59.5 59.3 59.4 59.5 59.7 59.8 59.8
1979 59.9 60.1 60.0 59.8 59.8 59.9 60.0 59.8 60.0 59.9 60.0 60.1
1980 60.0 60.0 59.7 59.4 59.1 58.9 58.8 58.8 58.9 58.9 59.0 59.0
1981 59.1 59.2 59.4 59.6 59.5 59.0 59.1 59.1 58.7 58.8 58.6 58.2
1982 58.2 58.2 58.1 57.9 58.2 57.8 57.7 57.8 57.6 57.4 57.3 57.2
1983 57.2 57.1 57.1 57.3 57.3 57.8 58.1 58.2 58.4 58.4 58.7 58.8
1984 58.8 59.1 59.1 59.3 59.7 59.9 59.8 59.6 59.7 59.7 59.8 59.9
1985 59.9 60.0 60.2 60.1 60.1 59.8 59.9 60.0 60.3 60.3 60.4 60.4
1986 60.6 60.3 60.5 60.5 60.5 60.7 60.8 60.8 60.8 60.9 60.9 61.0
1987 61.0 61.1 61.2 61.3 61.6 61.4 61.6 61.8 61.6 61.8 61.9 62.0
1988 62.0 62.1 61.9 62.2 62.0 62.3 62.3 62.4 62.4 62.5 62.7 62.6
1989 62.9 62.9 62.9 62.9 62.9 63.0 63.0 63.1 62.8 62.9 63.0 63.0
1990 63.2 63.2 63.2 63.0 63.1 62.9 62.8 62.7 62.5 62.5 62.3 62.2
1991 62.0 61.9 61.8 62.0 61.6 61.7 61.6 61.5 61.6 61.5 61.4 61.2
1992 61.5 61.3 61.5 61.6 61.5 61.5 61.6 61.6 61.4 61.3 61.4 61.4
1993 61.4 61.4 61.5 61.5 61.7 61.8 61.8 62.0 61.7 61.8 61.9 62.0
1994 62.2 62.3 62.1 62.3 62.5 62.3 62.3 62.6 62.7 62.9 63.0 63.1
1995 63.0 63.1 63.1 63.1 62.7 62.7 62.8 62.8 62.9 62.9 62.8 62.7
1996 62.7 62.9 63.0 63.0 63.0 63.2 63.3 63.3 63.4 63.5 63.4 63.4
1997 63.4 63.4 63.6 63.7 63.8 63.7 63.9 63.9 63.9 63.9 64.1 64.0
1998 64.0 64.0 64.0 64.1 64.1 64.0 64.0 63.9 64.2 64.1 64.2 64.3
1999 64.4 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.3 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.3 64.4 64.4
2000 64.6 64.6 64.5 64.7 64.4 64.4 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.3 64.3 64.4
2001 64.4 64.3 64.3 64.0 63.8 63.7 63.7 63.3 63.5 63.2 63.0 62.9
2002 62.7 62.9 62.8 62.7 62.8 62.7 62.7 62.8 63.0 62.8 62.5 62.4
2003 62.5 62.4 62.3 62.4 62.3 62.3 62.2 62.2 62.1 62.2 62.3 62.2
2004 62.4 62.2 62.1 62.2 62.2 62.3 62.5 62.4 62.3
Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln , Series LNS12300000
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AVERAGE NUMBER OF WEEKS UNEMPLOYED (16 years and over, seasonally adjusted)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1948 8.9 8.4 8.7 8.5 9.1 8.8 8.6 8.8 8.5 9.5 7.8 8.1
1949 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.8 9.1 10.0 10.8 11.0 11.7 10.9 11.6 11.8
1950 11.3 11.8 12.4 12.6 12.7 13.1 12.5 12.2 12.2 12.3 10.7 10.7
1951 10.6 10.8 10.1 10.6 9.9 8.7 9.2 9.1 9.1 8.9 9.7 9.3
1952 9.3 8.8 8.4 9.0 7.8 7.3 7.5 7.6 8.1 9.1 9.5 8.8
1953 9.3 8.4 8.5 7.8 7.9 8.2 7.9 8.0 7.1 7.2 7.9 8.0
1954 8.7 9.5 10.6 10.9 11.6 12.3 12.5 12.8 12.9 13.3 13.2 13.4
1955 13.4 14.2 13.4 14.3 14.4 13.4 13.8 12.3 11.7 11.5 11.3 12.0
1956 11.7 12.5 11.6 11.0 10.4 10.1 10.5 12.0 11.8 11.6 10.9 11.4
1957 10.4 10.7 10.8 10.6 10.4 10.2 10.1 10.5 9.8 11.1 10.4 10.4
1958 10.5 11.0 11.2 12.1 13.1 14.4 14.6 15.7 16.5 16.5 16.4 15.7
1959 16.3 15.5 15.3 14.9 14.7 14.9 14.3 13.7 13.7 12.9 13.1 13.1
1960 13.5 13.1 13.0 12.6 11.9 11.9 12.6 12.2 12.9 13.5 13.9 12.4
1961 13.7 13.6 14.1 15.5 15.6 16.2 17.3 17.0 16.1 15.9 17.0 15.8
1962 15.3 16.0 15.0 14.9 15.5 15.1 14.6 14.5 14.1 14.1 13.3 13.6
1963 13.8 14.1 14.5 14.5 14.5 14.0 14.0 13.9 14.2 13.9 13.3 13.3
1964 13.5 13.2 13.5 12.4 13.6 13.6 14.7 13.0 12.7 12.6 14.0 12.7
1965 12.2 12.6 12.0 11.4 11.1 11.6 11.6 11.9 11.9 12.1 11.7 11.4
1966 11.9 11.2 11.1 10.8 10.2 9.7 9.7 9.8 10.1 10.3 9.7 9.5
1967 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.3 8.3 8.9 8.4 8.7 8.9 8.6
1968 9.4 8.7 8.5 8.7 8.2 7.9 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.1 8.2
1969 8.1 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.9 8.0 7.6 8.0 8.0
1970 7.9 8.0 8.3 8.2 8.6 8.6 8.9 8.8 8.9 8.7 9.3 9.8
1971 10.5 10.4 10.6 10.9 11.2 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.9 12.6 12.0 11.5
1972 12.1 12.4 12.3 12.4 12.3 12.4 11.8 11.8 12.1 11.7 11.4 11.4
1973 11.0 10.5 10.6 10.0 10.1 9.6 9.6 9.8 9.4 10.2 9.9 9.5
1974 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.6 9.7 9.9 9.8 9.6 9.9 9.6 10.1
1975 10.7 11.7 11.8 12.9 13.4 15.3 15.0 15.6 16.1 15.4 16.6 16.5
1976 16.6 16.3 16.5 15.9 15.0 16.9 15.7 15.6 15.2 15.2 15.3 15.1
1977 15.2 14.7 14.5 14.4 14.9 14.4 14.3 13.9 14.0 13.7 13.6 13.6
1978 12.9 12.5 12.4 12.3 12.1 12.1 12.0 11.4 11.4 11.7 11.1 10.6
1979 11.1 11.2 11.7 11.0 11.1 10.4 10.3 10.6 10.5 10.5 10.6 10.8
1980 10.4 10.6 11.0 11.4 10.9 11.3 11.8 12.4 12.9 13.1 13.6 13.7
1981 14.3 14.1 14.0 13.9 13.6 13.7 13.8 14.4 13.6 13.5 13.1 13.1
1982 13.4 14.1 14.1 14.5 14.9 15.7 15.4 16.2 16.6 17.2 17.1 18.1
1983 19.4 19.2 19.4 19.5 20.5 20.8 21.2 20.0 20.2 20.2 19.7 19.2
1984 20.4 19.0 19.1 18.9 18.8 18.1 18.0 17.3 17.0 16.7 17.0 16.8
1985 15.9 15.9 16.1 16.4 15.3 15.5 15.5 15.3 15.3 15.3 15.7 15.1
1986 14.8 15.2 14.6 14.7 14.7 15.2 15.2 15.5 15.4 15.2 15.0 15.0
1987 14.9 14.7 14.9 14.8 14.9 14.9 14.2 14.4 14.2 14.0 14.0 14.2
1988 14.2 14.4 13.7 13.3 13.8 13.1 13.4 13.6 13.6 13.4 12.6 12.9
1989 12.6 12.4 12.3 12.5 12.0 11.1 11.8 11.4 11.5 11.9 11.7 11.6
1990 11.8 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.7 11.6 11.9 12.2 12.4 12.2 12.4 12.5
1991 12.2 12.7 12.9 13.5 12.9 13.7 13.8 13.9 14.0 14.4 14.8 15.4
1992 16.1 16.7 17.1 17.4 17.8 18.2 18.1 18.0 18.1 18.9 17.9 19.0
1993 18.3 18.2 17.6 17.6 17.5 17.8 17.7 18.0 18.1 18.1 18.6 18.3
1994 18.6 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.5 18.8 19.0 18.8 18.7 19.3 18.0 17.8
1995 17.1 17.0 17.3 17.6 17.0 15.9 16.5 16.2 16.2 16.0 16.4 16.3
1996 16.1 16.4 17.3 17.6 17.0 17.6 16.7 17.3 16.8 16.3 15.9 15.6
1997 16.0 15.8 15.5 15.6 15.4 15.5 16.4 16.0 15.9 16.1 15.4 15.9
1998 15.6 15.4 14.5 14.7 14.7 14.1 14.1 13.7 14.4 14.1 14.5 14.0
1999 13.4 13.8 13.4 13.3 13.4 14.3 13.6 13.1 13.1 13.3 12.9 12.9
2000 13.1 12.6 12.7 12.4 12.6 12.3 13.4 12.9 12.2 12.6 12.4 12.5
2001 12.7 12.8 12.9 12.4 12.2 12.7 12.9 13.2 13.2 13.3 14.4 14.5
2002 14.6 15.1 15.5 16.2 16.9 16.9 16.7 16.4 17.7 17.8 17.7 18.5
2003 18.5 18.7 18.1 19.4 19.2 19.6 19.3 19.2 19.6 19.4 20.0 19.6
2004 19.8 20.3 20.1 19.7 20.0 19.9 18.6 19.0 19.6
Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln , Series LNS13008275
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NUMBER UNEMPLOYED FOR 27 WEEKS & OVER (thousands, 16 years and over, seasonally adjusted)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1948 128 121 110 109 109 118 107 128 127 136 95 99
1949 104 130 116 158 192 250 309 339 355 368 430 409
1950 398 406 422 470 415 423 338 298 298 279 260 217
1951 179 198 153 140 130 115 127 117 118 99 155 103
1952 104 88 87 118 83 68 67 62 64 88 67 104
1953 87 81 84 70 48 93 72 66 68 66 96 112
1954 146 152 232 278 317 317 329 420 432 454 429 393
1955 421 439 384 400 354 335 297 275 250 244 275 286
1956 251 276 241 205 201 186 206 235 242 247 237 259
1957 178 225 218 233 239 260 254 232 221 293 277 260
1958 298 348 352 511 571 707 838 962 1017 930 825 827
1959 802 732 680 631 575 548 495 482 446 447 477 467
1960 465 429 440 431 389 396 400 410 466 566 550 554
1961 640 665 694 802 859 928 991 900 845 822 766 738
1962 674 683 639 623 627 573 565 596 529 506 440 510
1963 544 597 599 591 605 500 548 521 559 530 521 490
1964 504 487 505 470 504 508 523 508 460 433 438 429
1965 389 412 359 368 351 369 324 327 356 336 311 293
1966 290 270 268 251 285 230 209 205 202 221 200 210
1967 203 201 180 174 153 150 151 200 162 178 182 195
1968 190 179 179 149 136 162 159 153 132 134 131 160
1969 130 115 119 133 126 124 160 132 148 136 146 132
1970 143 161 181 202 231 224 234 251 281 259 332 383
1971 430 448 453 454 508 541 567 550 563 591 581 583
1972 593 651 632 673 580 550 519 537 548 522 470 455
1973 410 372 388 340 349 325 282 334 295 336 350 328
1974 332 334 330 354 356 367 387 388 391 398 430 538
1975 625 717 769 964 1089 1305 1401 1472 1598 1448 1645 1586
1976 1581 1533 1460 1409 1219 1353 1250 1280 1204 1231 1278 1334
1977 1211 1205 1163 1120 1069 1026 973 898 939 913 896 858
1978 813 667 714 680 692 640 658 612 624 596 533 510
1979 533 552 592 549 520 521 470 534 532 530 551 544
1980 548 508 622 691 719 773 884 930 966 1060 1133 1147
1981 1263 1245 1217 1132 1149 1123 1086 1164 1114 1134 1143 1171
1982 1186 1279 1358 1501 1617 1784 1816 1866 2018 2246 2338 2564
1983 2667 2716 2746 2710 2750 2885 2594 2530 2441 2277 2167 2061
1984 2040 1834 1780 1764 1691 1576 1590 1515 1451 1427 1422 1393
1985 1315 1344 1349 1378 1235 1281 1267 1222 1233 1199 1297 1205
1986 1087 1183 1173 1174 1168 1280 1213 1192 1237 1214 1165 1150
1987 1140 1113 1121 1079 1112 1075 983 1045 989 956 926 900
1988 869 888 848 810 846 805 796 795 813 768 703 739
1989 732 635 670 717 634 613 621 560 599 646 655 635
1990 646 624 637 649 644 640 688 730 781 778 833 831
1991 868 904 951 979 1044 1109 1108 1168 1191 1235 1376 1504
1992 1623 1704 1771 1750 1984 2150 2124 2073 2111 2194 1992 2056
1993 1966 1907 1806 1633 1776 1786 1770 1770 1756 1809 1800 1782
1994 1733 1759 1780 1746 1696 1580 1562 1569 1543 1591 1470 1367
1995 1340 1226 1338 1413 1316 1235 1250 1235 1261 1220 1254 1214
1996 1209 1201 1330 1347 1359 1370 1336 1265 1214 1184 1146 1154
1997 1150 1109 1098 1105 1051 1076 1078 1075 1074 1034 938 984
1998 995 957 918 883 839 789 821 818 916 858 875 803
1999 714 801 714 698 718 812 732 706 709 724 682 680
2000 721 630 646 599 642 624 697 707 647 628 597 643
2001 675 717 697 711 623 706 697 853 823 916 1119 1124
2002 1182 1215 1342 1459 1573 1608 1579 1566 1623 1695 1765 1891
2003 1731 1884 1829 1919 1914 2010 1961 2001 2073 2018 2036 1890
2004 1898 1871 1988 1800 1789 1759 1667 1664 1747
Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln , Series LNS13008636
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