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Series Ba425–469 Ba LABOR

TABLE Ba425–469 Female labor force participation rate, by race, marital status, and presence of children:1880–1990 [Census estimates]

Continued

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Data pertain to noninstitutionalized civilians age 16 and older.

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Thewordingofthe1910Censusoccupationquestionelicitedhighparticipationratesfor women.

Source

TabulatedfromtheIntegratedPublicUseMicrodataSeries;seetheGuidetothe Millennial Edition.

Documentation

Married women with an absent spouse are interpreted as separated prior to 1950 in order to enhance comparability with the more modern censusyears. Presence of children for purposes of this table means a woman’s ownchildren who resided with her at the time of the census.See the text for Table Ba340–354 for a discussion of labor force partici-pation.

TABLE Ba470–477 Labor force, employment, and unemployment: 1890–1990

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[Weir]

Contributed by Susan B. Carter

Civilian labor forceEmployed UnemployedAs a percentage of Civilian private FederalCivilian nonfarm labor “emergency” Total Total Farm Government Number labor force force workersBa470 Ba471 Ba472 Ba473

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Ba474 Ba475 Ba476 Ba477 Year Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Percent Percent Number

1890 22,772 21,868 10,291 812 904 3.97 7.75 —1891 23,382 22,332 10,367 840 1,050 4.49 8.62 —1892 24,038 23,003 10,443 868 1,035 4.31 8.13 —1893 24,649 22,981 10,519 897 1,668 6.77 12.60 —1894 25,168 22,834 10,595 925 2,334 9.28 17.10 —1895 25,679 23,501 10,671 953 2,178 8.48 15.50 —1896 26,220 23,788 10,746 981 2,432 9.27 16.78 —1897 26,712 24,439 10,822 1,009 2,273 8.51 15.27 —1898 27,209 25,090 10,898 1,038 2,119 7.79 13.87 —1899 27,753 26,130 10,974 1,066 1,623 5.85 10.33 —1900 28,376 26,956 11,050 1,094 1,420 5.00 8.75 —1901 29,153 27,947 10,916 1,129 1,206 4.14 7.05 —1902 29,904 28,874 10,753 1,191 1,030 3.45 5.73 —1903 30,698 29,616 10,869 1,229 1,082 3.53 5.82 —1904 31,441 29,894 11,076 1,277 1,547 4.92 8.10 —1905 32,299 31,042 11,187 1,335 1,257 3.89 6.36 —1906 33,212 32,398 11,479 1,386 814 2.45 4.00 —1907 34,183 33,135 11,493 1,448 1,048 3.07 4.93 —1908 34,916 32,310 11,238 1,507 2,606 7.46 11.75 —1909 35,721 33,704 11,163 1,564 2,017 5.65 8.77 —1910 36,709 34,559 11,260 1,630 2,150 5.86 9.03 —1911 37,478 34,845 11,107 1,672 2,633 7.02 10.66 —1912 37,932 35,708 11,136 1,717 2,224 5.86 8.87 —1913 38,675 36,454 10,974 1,757 2,221 5.74 8.56 —1914 39,401 36,055 10,945 1,809 3,346 8.49 12.56 —1915 39,600 36,020 10,953 1,861 3,580 9.04 13.37 —1916 40,057 37,461 10,802 1,916 2,596 6.48 9.50 —1917 40,023 37,951 10,788 2,000 2,072 5.18 7.61 —1918 39,076 38,590 10,674 2,461 486 1.24 1.87 —1919 39,696 38,769 10,498 2,449 927 2.34 3.47 —1920 41,340 39,208 10,440 2,371 2,132 5.16 7.47 —1921 41,979 37,221 10,443 2,397 4,758 11.33 16.33 —1922 42,496 38,860 10,561 2,455 3,636 8.56 12.33 —1923 43,444 41,569 10,621 2,524 1,875 4.32 6.19 —1924 44,235 41,894 10,599 2,636 2,341 5.29 7.55 —1925 45,169 43,054 10,662 2,765 2,115 4.68 6.66 —1926 45,629 44,308 10,690 2,853 1,321 2.90 4.12 —1927 46,375 44,567 10,529 2,945 1,808 3.90 5.50 —1928 47,105 44,870 10,497 3,039 2,235 4.74 6.66 —1929 47,757 46,374 10,541 3,065 1,383 2.89 4.05 —1930 48,523 44,183 10,340 3,148 4,340 8.94 12.39 201931 49,325 41,604 10,240 3,563 7,721 15.65 21.74 2991932 50,098 38,630 10,120 3,817 11,468 22.89 31.71 5921933 50,882 40,247 10,092 5,361 10,635 20.90 30.02 2,1951934 51,650 43,284 9,990 6,273 8,366 16.20 23.64 2,974

Notes appear at end of table

Historical Statistics of the United States,

Millennial Edition On Line, edited by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch,and Gavin Wright, © Cambridge University Press 2006.

EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT Series Ba470–477

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TABLE Ba470–477 Labor force, employment, and unemployment: 1890–1990 [Weir]

Continued

Civilian labor forceEmployed UnemployedAs a percentage of Civilian private FederalCivilian nonfarm labor “emergency” Total Total Farm Government Number labor force force workersBa470 Ba471 Ba472 Ba473

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Ba474 Ba475 Ba476 Ba477 Year Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Percent Percent Number

1935 52,283 44,760 10,110 6,568 7,523 14.39 21.13 3,0871936 53,019 47,733 10,090 7,412 5,286 9.97 14.88 3,7441937 53,768 48,831 10,000 6,519 4,937 9.18 13.25 2,7631938 54,532 47,733 9,840 7,474 6,799 12.47 18.27 3,5911939 55,218 48,993 9,710 7,250 6,225 11.27 16.27 3,2551940 55,640 50,350 9,540 7,032 5,290 9.51 13.54 2,8301941 55,910 52,559 9,100 6,869 3,351 5.99 8.39 2,2091942 56,410 54,664 9,250 6,397 1,746 3.10 4.28 9141943 55,540 54,555 9,080 6,165 985 1.77 2.44 851944 54,630 53,960 8,950 6,043 670 1.23 1.69 —1945 53,860 52,820 8,580 5,944 1,040 1.93 2.64 —1946 57,520 55,250 8,320 5,595 2,270 3.95 5.21 —1947 59,682 57,053 7,891 5,474 2,629 4.41 5.68 —1948 60,621 58,358 7,629 5,650 2,263 3.73 4.78 —1949 61,315 57,683 7,658 5,856 3,632 5.92 7.60 —1950 62,079 58,892 7,160 6,026 3,187 5.13 6.52 —1951 61,649 59,967 6,726 6,389 1,682 2.73 3.47 —1952 62,069 60,272 6,500 6,609 1,797 2.89 3.67 —1953 63,470 61,206 6,260 6,645 2,264 3.57 4.48 —1954 64,474 60,107 6,205 6,751 4,367 6.77 8.48 —1955 65,551 62,131 6,450 6,914 3,420 5.22 6.56 —1956 66,552 63,792 6,283 7,278 2,760 4.15 5.21 —1957 67,160 64,065 5,947 7,616 3,095 4.61 5.78 —1958 67,880 63,043 5,586 7,839 4,837 7.13 8.88 —1959 68,669 64,629 5,565 8,083 4,040 5.88 7.34 —1960 69,620 65,785 5,458 8,353 3,835 5.51 6.87 —1961 70,309 65,744 5,200 8,594 4,565 6.49 8.08 —1962 70,906 66,702 4,944 8,890 4,204 5.93 7.37 —1963 72,074 67,760 4,687 9,225 4,314 5.99 7.42 —1964 73,091 69,301 4,523 9,596 3,790 5.18 6.43 —1965 74,548 71,070 4,361 10,074 3,478 4.66 5.78 —1966 75,636 72,878 3,979 10,785 2,758 3.65 4.53 —1967 76,911 74,376 3,844 11,391 2,535 3.30 4.11 —1968 78,453 75,913 3,817 11,838 2,540 3.24 4.04 —1969 80,111 77,875 3,606 12,195 2,236 2.79 3.48 —1970 82,099 78,669 3,463 12,554 3,430 4.18 5.19 —1971 84,346 79,355 3,394 12,880 4,991 5.92 7.33 —1972 87,034 82,135 3,484 13,334 4,899 5.63 6.98 —1973 89,408 85,051 3,470 13,732 4,357 4.87 6.03 —1974 91,847 86,803 3,515 14,170 5,044 5.49 6.80 —1975 94,299 85,830 3,408 14,686 8,469 8.98 11.11 —1976 96,752 88,753 3,331 14,871 7,999 8.27 10.18 —1977 99,161 92,017 3,283 15,127 7,144 7.20 8.85 —1978 101,574 96,046 3,387 15,672 5,528 5.44 6.70 —1979 104,062 98,825 3,347 15,947 5,237 5.03 6.18 —1980 106,518 99,303 3,364 16,241 7,215 6.77 8.30 —1981 108,670 100,400 3,368 16,031 8,270 7.61 9.26 —1982 110,501 99,529 3,401 15,837 10,972 9.93 12.02 —1983 112,237 100,822 3,383 15,869 11,415 10.17 12.28 —1984 114,117 105,003 3,321 16,024 9,114 7.99 9.62 —1985 115,774 107,154 3,179 16,394 8,620 7.45 8.96 —1986 117,849 109,601 3,163 16,693 8,248 7.00 8.42 —1987 119,766 112,439 3,208 17,010 7,327 6.12 7.36 —1988 121,493 114,972 3,169 17,386 6,521 5.37 6.46 —1989 123,173 117,327 3,199 17,779 5,846 4.75 5.72 —1990 124,788 117,917 3,186 18,322 6,871 5.51 6.65 —

Notes appear at end of table (continued)

Historical Statistics of the United States,

Millennial Edition On Line, edited by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch,and Gavin Wright, © Cambridge University Press 2006.

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