[Economic Indicators May, 2000]
[Page Number 11]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES

STATUS OF THE LABOR FORCE

In May, employment fell by 991,000, and unemployment rose by 250,000.
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                                    [Thousands of persons 16 years of age and over, except as noted; monthly data seasonally adjusted except as noted by NSA]
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                                                                                                   Civilian employment                 Unemployment                         Percent \2\
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                                                               Civilian                                          Nonagricultural
                                                             noninstitu-   Civilian                          -----------------------             15      Not in                   Employ-  Unem-
                           Period                               tional      labor                                        Part time             weeks      labor     Labor force    ment/   ploy-
                                                              population    force      Total    Agricultural                for       Total     and       force    participation    pop-    ment
                                                                 NSA                                            Total     economic              over                    rate      ulation   rate
                                                                                                                        reasons \1\                                                ratio
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1990 \3\...................................................     189,164     125,840    118,793       3,223     115,570       4,950     7,047    1,525     63,324         66.5        62.8    5.6
1991.......................................................     190,925     126,346    117,718       3,269     114,449       5,874     8,628    2,357     64,578         66.2        61.7    6.8
1992.......................................................     192,805     128,105    118,492       3,247     115,245       6,240     9,613    3,408     64,700         66.4        61.5    7.5
1993.......................................................     194,838     129,200    120,259       3,115     117,144       6,230     8,940    3,094     65,638         66.3        61.7    6.9
1994 \4\...................................................     196,814     131,056    123,060       3,409     119,651       4,414     7,996    2,860     65,758         66.6        62.5    6.1
1995.......................................................     198,584     132,304    124,900       3,440     121,460       4,279     7,404    2,363     66,280         66.6        62.9    5.6
1996.......................................................     200,591     133,943    126,708       3,443     123,264       4,123     7,236    2,316     66,647         66.8        63.2    5.4
1997 \3\...................................................     203,133     136,297    129,558       3,399     126,159       3,879     6,739    2,062     66,837         67.1        63.8    4.9
1998 \3\...................................................     205,220     137,673    131,463       3,378     128,025       3,501     6,210    1,637     67,547         67.1        64.1    4.5
1999 \3\...................................................     207,753     139,368    133,488       3,281     130,207       3,189     5,880    1,480     68,385         67.1        64.3    4.2
 
1999:May ..................................................     207,427     139,013    133,190       3,290     129,900       3,229     5,823    1,519     68,414         67.0        64.2    4.2
      June ................................................     207,632     139,332    133,398       3,330     130,068       3,209     5,934    1,634     68,300         67.1        64.2    4.3
      July ................................................     207,828     139,336    133,399       3,278     130,121       3,142     5,937    1,511     68,492         67.0        64.2    4.3
      Aug .................................................     208,038     139,372    133,530       3,234     130,296       3,127     5,842    1,463     68,666         67.0        64.2    4.2
      Sept ................................................     208,265     139,475    133,650       3,179     130,471       3,112     5,825    1,412     68,790         67.0        64.2    4.2
      Oct .................................................     208,483     139,697    133,940       3,238     130,702       2,983     5,757    1,434     68,786         67.0        64.2    4.1
      Nov .................................................     208,666     139,834    134,098       3,310     130,788       3,105     5,736    1,401     68,832         67.0        64.3    4.1
      Dec..................................................     208,832     140,108    134,420       3,279     131,141       3,157     5,688    1,388     68,724         67.1        64.4    4.1
 
2000:Jan \3\...............................................     208,782     140,910    135,221       3,371     131,850       3,066     5,689    1,372     67,872         67.5        64.8    4.0
      Feb..................................................     208,907     141,165    135,362       3,408     131,954       2,985     5,804    1,277     67,742         67.6        64.8    4.1
      Mar..................................................     209,053     140,867    135,159       3,359     131,801       3,003     5,708    1,295     68,187         67.4        64.7    4.1
      Apr..................................................     209,216     141,230    135,706       3,355     132,351       3,021     5,524    1,250     67,986         67.5        64.9    3.9
      May..................................................     209,371     140,489    134,715       3,298     131,417       3,096     5,774    1,337     68,882         67.1        64.3    4.1
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    \1\ Persons at work. Economic 
reasons include slack work, material 
shortages, inability to find 
fulltime work, etc.
    \2\ Civilian labor force (or 
employment) as percent of civilian 
noninstitutional population; and 
unemployment as percent of civilian 
labor force.
    \3\ Not strictly comparable with 
earlier data.
    \4\ Data beginning January 1994 
are not directly comparable with 
data for earlier periods because of 
a major redesign of the household 
survey questionnaire.
    Note.--Data beginning January 
1998, 1999, and 2000 reflect revised 
population controls. For details, 
see February issues, Employment and 
Earnings.
    Source: Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics.