LABOR FORCE D 127-141
Series D 85-86. Unemployment: 1890 to 1970
[In thousands of persons 16 years old and over except, prior to 1947, 14 years old and'over. Annual averages]
P e r c e n t of Percent of Percent of P e r c e n t of
Un- civilian Un- civilian Un- civilian Un- civilian Un-
employed labor employed labor employed labor employed labor employed
force Year force Year force Year force Year
85 86 86
4,088 4.9 1954.. 3,532 5.5 1938. 10,390 19.0 1922 2,859 6.7 1906 574
2,832 3.5 1953 i 1,834 2.9 1937 7,700 14.3 1921 4,918 11.7 1905 1,381
2,817 3.6 1952.. 1,883 3.0 1936 9,030 16.9 1904 1,691
2,975 3.8 1951.. 2,055 1920 2,132 5.2 1903. 1.204
2,875 3.8 1935. 10,610 20.1 1919 546 1.4 1902 1,097
1950.. 3,288 5.3 1934 11,340 21.7 1918 536 1.4 1901 1.205
3,366 4.5 1949.. 3,637 5.9 1933. 12,830 24.9 1917 1,848 4.6
3,786 5.2 1948._ 2,276 3.8 1932. 12,060 23.6 1916 2,043 5.1 1900 1,420
4,070 5.7 1947.. 2,311 3.9 1931. 8,020 15.9 1899. 1,819
3,911 5.5 1946-. 2,270 3.9 1915 3,377 8.5 1898 3,351
4,714 6.7 1930. 4,340 8.7 1914 3,120 7.9 1897. 3,890
1945__ 1,040 1.9 1929. 1,550 3.2 1913 1,671 4.3 1896. 3,782
3,852 5.5 1944_. 670 1.2 1928 1,982 4.2 1912 1,759 4.6 1895. 3,510
3,740 5.5 1943-. 1,070 1.9 1927. 1,519 3.3 1911 2,518 6.7
4,602 6.8 1942.. 2,660 4.7 1926. 801 1.8 1894 4,612
2,859 4.3 1941-. 5,560 9.9 1910 2,150 5.9 1893. 2,860
2,750 4.1 1925. 1,453 3.2 1909 1,824 5.1 1892. 728
1940-_ 8,120 14.6 1924. 2,190 5.0 1908 2,780 8.0 1891. 1,265
2,852 4.4 1939._ 9,480 17.2 1923. 1,049 2.4 1907 945 2.8 1890. 904
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* D e n o t es first year for which figures include Alaska a n d Hawaii. See headnote for series D 11-25.
Series D 87-101. Unemployment Rates for Selected Groups in the Labor Force: 1947 to 1970
[Percent of each group specified of persons 16 years old and over in the civilian labor force]
All civilian workers White N e g r o a n d other races Both Unem- Average State
sexes, Men, Women, ployed duration insured
16-19 20 years 20 years 15 weeks of u n e m - unemploy-
Year Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female years old a n d over a n d over a n d over, p l o y m e n t , ment
total •weeks
87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101
1970 4.9 4.4 5.9 4.5 4.0 5.4 8.2 7.3 9.3 15.2 3.5 4.8 0.8 8.8 3.4
1969 . . 3.5 2.8 4.7 3.1 2.5 4.2 6.4 5.3 7.8 12.2 2.1 3.7 .5 8.0 2.2
1968. . _ . 3.6 2.9 4.8 3.2 2.6 4.3 6.7 5.6 8.3 12.7 2.2 3.8 .5 8.5 2.2
1967 3.8 3.1 5.2 3.4 2.7 4.6 7.4 6.0 9.1 12.9 2.3 4.2 .6 8.8 2.5
1966 3.8 3.2 4.8 3.3 2.8 4.3 7.3 6.3 8.6 12.8 2.5 3.8 .7 10.4 2.4
1965 4.5 4.0 5.5 4.1 3.6 5.0 8.1 7.4 9.2 14.8 3.2 4.5 1.0 11.8 3.0
1964 5.2 4.6 6.2 4.6 4.1 5.5 9.6 8.9 10.6 16.2 3.9 5.2 1.3 13.3 3.7
1963. 5.7 5.2 6.5 5.0 4.7 5.8 10.8 10.5 11.2 17.2 4.5 5.4 1.5 14.0 4.3
1962 5.5 5.2 6.2 4.9 4.6 5.5 10.9 10.9 11.0 14.7 4.6 5.4 1.6 14.7 4.4
1961 6.7 6.4 7.2 6.0 5.7 6.5 12.4 12.8 11.8 16.8 5.7 6.3 2.2 15.6 5.7
1960 5.5 5.4 5.9 4.9 4.8 5.3 10.2 10.7 9.4 14.7 4.7 5.1 1.4 12.8 4.8
1959._ _ _ 5.5 5.3 5.9 4.8 4.6 5.3 10.7 11.5 9.4 14.6 4.7 5.2 1.5 14.4 4.4
1958 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.1 6.1 6.2 12.6 13.8 10.8 15.9 6.2 6.1 2.1 13.9 6.3
1957 4.3 4.1 4.7 3.8 3.6 4.3 7.9 8.3 7.3 11.6 3.6 4.1 .8 10.5 3.7
1956 4.1 3.8 4.8 3.6 3.4 4.2 8.3 7.9 8.9 11.1 3.4 4.2 .8 11.3 3.4
1955 4.4 4.2 4.9 3.9 3.7 4.3 8.7 8.8 8.4 11.0 3.8 4.4 1.1 13.0 3.5
1954 . . . . 5.5 5.3 6.0 5.0 4.8 5.6 9.9 10.3 9.3 12.6 4.9 5.5 1.3 11.8 5.1
1953 . . . 2.9 2.8 3.3 2.7 2.5 3.1 4.5 4.8 4.1 7.6 2.5 2.9 .3 8.0 2.8
1952 _ ..- 3.0 2.8 3.6 2.8 2.5 3.3 5.4 5.2 5.7 8.5 2.4 3.2 .4 8.4 3.0
1951 3.3 2.8 4.4 3.1 2.6 4.2 5.3 4.9 6.1 8.2 2.5 4.0 .5 9.7 3.0
1950 5.3 5.1 5.7 4.9 4.7 5.3 9.0 9.4 8.4 12.2 4.7 5.1 1.3 12.1 4.8
1949 . .. 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.6 5.6 5.7 8.9 9.6 7.9 13.4 5.4 5.3 1.1 10.0 6.0
1948 .. . 3.8 3.6 4.1 3.5 3.4 3.8 5.9 5.8 6.1 9.2 3.2 3.6 .5 8.6 3.1
1947 3.9 4.0 3.7
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