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______________________________________________________________________________________ | Men | Women |_______________________________________|_______________________________________ Year |16 years |16 to 19 | | |16 years |16 to 19 | | | old and | years |20 to 24 |25 to 34 | old and | years |20 to 24 |25 to 34 | over | old |years old|years old| over | old |years old|years old ______|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ Civilian labor force,1/ in thousands 1950 .. 43,817 2,504 4,632 10,527 18,389 1,712 2,675 4,092 1955 .. 44,475 2,369 3,221 10,806 20,548 1,723 2,445 4,252 1960 .. 46,388 2,787 4,123 10,251 23,240 2,054 2,580 4,131 1965 .. 48,255 3,397 5,926 10,653 26,200 2,513 3,375 4,336 1970 .. 51,228 4,008 5,709 11,311 31,543 3,241 4,874 5,698 1975 .. 56,299 4,805 7,398 13,854 37,475 4,065 6,069 8,456 1980 .. 61,453 4,998 8,287 16,327 45,487 4,380 7,093 11,842 1985 .. 64,411 4,134 8,283 18,808 51,050 3,767 7,434 14,742 1988 .. 66,927 4,159 7,594 19,742 54,742 3,872 6,910 15,761 1989 .. 67,840 4,135 7,459 19,905 56,030 3,818 6,721 15,990 1990 .. 68,234 3,866 7,291 19,813 56,554 3,544 6,552 15,990 1991 .. 68,411 3,588 7,270 19,548 56,893 3,330 6,440 15,782 1992 .. 69,184 3,547 7,242 19,355 57,798 3,204 6,461 15,748 Percent in labor force2/ 1950 .. 86.4 63.2 89.0 96.2 33.9 41.0 46.1 34.0 1955 .. 85.4 58.9 90.8 97.7 35.7 39.7 46.0 34.9 1960 .. 83.3 56.1 88.1 97.5 37.7 39.3 46.1 36.0 1965 .. 80.7 53.8 88.0 97.4 39.3 38.0 50.0 38.6 1970 .. 79.7 56.1 83.3 96.4 43.3 44.0 57.7 45.0 1975 .. 77.9 59.1 84.5 95.2 46.3 49.1 64.1 54.9 1980 .. 77.4 60.5 85.9 95.2 51.5 52.9 68.9 65.5 1985 .. 76.3 56.8 85.0 94.7 54.5 52.1 71.8 70.9 1988 .. 76.2 56.9 85.0 94.3 56.6 53.6 72.7 72.7 1989 .. 76.4 57.9 85.3 94.4 57.4 53.9 72.4 73.5 1990 .. 76.1 55.7 84.3 94.2 57.5 51.8 71.6 73.6 1991 .. 75.5 53.2 83.4 93.7 57.3 50.2 70.4 73.3 1992 .. 75.6 53.3 83.3 93.8 57.8 49.2 71.2 74.1 Percent unemployed3/ 1950 .. 5.1 12.7 7.7 4.2 5.7 11.4 6.3 5.3 1955 .. 4.2 11.6 7.0 3.0 4.9 10.2 5.4 4.7 1960 .. 5.4 15.3 8.9 4.8 5.9 13.9 8.3 6.3 1965 .. 4.0 14.1 6.3 3.0 5.5 15.7 7.3 5.5 1970 .. 4.4 15.0 8.4 3.4 5.9 15.6 7.9 5.7 1975 .. 7.9 20.1 14.3 7.0 9.3 19.7 12.7 9.1 1980 .. 6.9 18.2 12.5 6.7 7.4 17.2 10.3 7.2 1985 .. 7.0 19.5 11.4 6.6 7.4 17.6 10.7 7.4 1988 .. 5.5 16.0 8.9 5.3 5.6 14.4 8.5 5.6 1989 .. 5.2 15.9 8.8 4.8 5.4 14.0 8.3 5.6 1990 .. 5.8 16.3 9.1 5.5 5.4 14.7 8.5 5.6 1991 .. 7.0 19.8 11.7 7.0 6.3 17.4 9.8 6.7 1992 .. 7.8 21.5 12.2 7.8 6.9 18.5 10.2 7.3 _____________________________________________________________________________________1/The civilian labor force includes all employed persons, plus those seeking employment; it excludes persons in the military.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Earnings, (January issues); Handbook of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 2217. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1956 and 1987; and Current Population Reports, Series P-50, nos. 31 and 72. Council of Economic Advisers, Economic Report of the President, 1987.