[Economic Report of the President (1998)] [Administration of William J. Clinton] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-40.--Civilian labor force participation rate by demographic characteristic, 1954-97 [Percent;\1\ monthly data seasonally adjusted] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- White Black and other or black --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Males Females Males Females civil- ---------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Year or month ian 20 20 20 20 work- Total 16-19 years 16-19 years Total 16-19 years 16-19 years ers Total years and Total years and Total years and Total years and over over over over -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (6)Black and other ---------------------------------------------------- 1954.................................. 58.8 58.2 85.6 57.6 87.8 33.3 40.6 32.7 64.0 85.2 61.2 87.1 46.1 31.0 47.7 1955.................................. 59.3 58.7 85.4 58.6 87.5 34.5 40.7 34.0 64.2 85.1 60.8 87.8 46.1 32.7 47.5 1956.................................. 60.0 59.4 85.6 60.4 87.6 35.7 43.1 35.1 64.9 85.1 61.5 87.8 47.3 36.3 48.4 1957.................................. 59.6 59.1 84.8 59.2 86.9 35.7 42.2 35.2 64.4 84.2 58.8 87.0 47.1 33.2 48.6 1958.................................. 59.5 58.9 84.3 56.5 86.6 35.8 40.1 35.5 64.8 84.1 57.3 87.1 48.0 31.9 49.8 1959.................................. 59.3 58.7 83.8 55.9 86.3 36.0 39.6 35.6 64.3 83.4 55.5 86.7 47.7 28.2 49.8 1960.................................. 59.4 58.8 83.4 55.9 86.0 36.5 40.3 36.2 64.5 83.0 57.6 86.2 48.2 32.9 49.9 1961.................................. 59.3 58.8 83.0 54.5 85.7 36.9 40.6 36.6 64.1 82.2 55.8 85.5 48.3 32.8 50.1 1962.................................. 58.8 58.3 82.1 53.8 84.9 36.7 39.8 36.5 63.2 80.8 53.5 84.2 48.0 33.1 49.6 1963.................................. 58.7 58.2 81.5 53.1 84.4 37.2 38.7 37.0 63.0 80.2 51.5 83.9 48.1 32.6 49.9 1964.................................. 58.7 58.2 81.1 52.7 84.2 37.5 37.8 37.5 63.1 80.1 49.9 84.1 48.6 31.7 50.7 1965.................................. 58.9 58.4 80.8 54.1 83.9 38.1 39.2 38.0 62.9 79.6 51.3 83.7 48.6 29.5 51.1 1966.................................. 59.2 58.7 80.6 55.9 83.6 39.2 42.6 38.8 63.0 79.0 51.4 83.3 49.4 33.5 51.6 1967.................................. 59.6 59.2 80.6 56.3 83.5 40.1 42.5 39.8 62.8 78.5 51.1 82.9 49.5 35.2 51.6 1968.................................. 59.6 59.3 80.4 55.9 83.2 40.7 43.0 40.4 62.2 77.7 49.7 82.2 49.3 34.8 51.4 1969.................................. 60.1 59.9 80.2 56.8 83.0 41.8 44.6 41.5 62.1 76.9 49.6 81.4 49.8 34.6 52.0 1970.................................. 60.4 60.2 80.0 57.5 82.8 42.6 45.6 42.2 61.8 76.5 47.4 81.4 49.5 34.1 51.8 1971.................................. 60.2 60.1 79.6 57.9 82.3 42.6 45.4 42.3 60.9 74.9 44.7 80.0 49.2 31.2 51.8 1972.................................. 60.4 60.4 79.6 60.1 82.0 43.2 48.1 42.7 60.2 73.9 46.0 78.6 48.8 32.3 51.2 ---------------------------------------------------- (6)Black ---------------------------------------------------- 1972.................................. 60.4 60.4 79.6 60.1 82.0 43.2 48.1 42.7 59.9 73.6 46.3 78.5 48.7 32.2 51.2 1973.................................. 60.8 60.8 79.4 62.0 81.6 44.1 50.1 43.5 60.2 73.4 45.7 78.4 49.3 34.2 51.6 1974.................................. 61.3 61.4 79.4 62.9 81.4 45.2 51.7 44.4 59.8 72.9 46.7 77.6 49.0 33.4 51.4 1975.................................. 61.2 61.5 78.7 61.9 80.7 45.9 51.5 45.3 58.8 70.9 42.6 76.0 48.8 34.2 51.1 1976.................................. 61.6 61.8 78.4 62.3 80.3 46.9 52.8 46.2 59.0 70.0 41.3 75.4 49.8 32.9 52.5 1977.................................. 62.3 62.5 78.5 64.0 80.2 48.0 54.5 47.3 59.8 70.6 43.2 75.6 50.8 32.9 53.6 1978.................................. 63.2 63.3 78.6 65.0 80.1 49.4 56.7 48.7 61.5 71.5 44.9 76.2 53.1 37.3 55.5 1979.................................. 63.7 63.9 78.6 64.8 80.1 50.5 57.4 49.8 61.4 71.3 43.6 76.3 53.1 36.8 55.4 1980.................................. 63.8 64.1 78.2 63.7 79.8 51.2 56.2 50.6 61.0 70.3 43.2 75.1 53.1 34.9 55.6 1981.................................. 63.9 64.3 77.9 62.4 79.5 51.9 55.4 51.5 60.8 70.0 41.6 74.5 53.5 34.0 56.0 1982.................................. 64.0 64.3 77.4 60.0 79.2 52.4 55.0 52.2 61.0 70.1 39.8 74.7 53.7 33.5 56.2 1983.................................. 64.0 64.3 77.1 59.4 78.9 52.7 54.5 52.5 61.5 70.6 39.9 75.2 54.2 33.0 56.8 1984.................................. 64.4 64.6 77.1 59.0 78.7 53.3 55.4 53.1 62.2 70.8 41.7 74.8 55.2 35.0 57.6 1985.................................. 64.8 65.0 77.0 59.7 78.5 54.1 55.2 54.0 62.9 70.8 44.6 74.4 56.5 37.9 58.6 1986.................................. 65.3 65.5 76.9 59.3 78.5 55.0 56.3 54.9 63.3 71.2 43.7 74.8 56.9 39.1 58.9 1987.................................. 65.6 65.8 76.8 59.0 78.4 55.7 56.5 55.6 63.8 71.1 43.6 74.7 58.0 39.6 60.0 1988.................................. 65.9 66.2 76.9 60.0 78.3 56.4 57.2 56.3 63.8 71.0 43.8 74.6 58.0 37.9 60.1 1989.................................. 66.5 66.7 77.1 61.0 78.5 57.2 57.1 57.2 64.2 71.0 44.6 74.4 58.7 40.4 60.6 1990.................................. 66.5 66.9 77.1 59.6 78.5 57.4 55.3 57.6 64.0 71.0 40.7 75.0 58.3 36.8 60.6 1991.................................. 66.2 66.6 76.5 57.3 78.0 57.4 54.1 57.6 63.3 70.4 37.3 74.6 57.5 33.5 60.0 1992.................................. 66.4 66.8 76.5 56.9 78.0 57.7 52.5 58.1 63.9 70.7 40.6 74.3 58.5 35.2 60.8 1993.................................. 66.3 66.8 76.2 56.6 77.7 58.0 53.5 58.3 63.2 69.6 39.5 73.2 57.9 34.6 60.2 1994.................................. 66.6 67.1 75.9 57.7 77.3 58.9 55.1 59.2 63.4 69.1 40.8 72.5 58.7 36.3 60.9 1995.................................. 66.6 67.1 75.7 58.5 77.1 59.0 55.5 59.2 63.7 69.0 40.1 72.5 59.5 39.8 61.4 1996.................................. 66.8 67.2 75.8 57.1 77.3 59.1 54.7 59.4 64.1 68.7 39.5 72.3 60.4 38.9 62.6 1997.................................. 67.1 67.5 75.9 56.1 77.5 59.5 54.1 59.9 64.7 68.3 37.4 72.2 61.7 39.9 64.0 1996: Jan............................. 66.5 66.9 75.6 58.1 77.0 58.7 54.8 59.0 64.0 68.6 38.8 72.2 60.3 39.6 62.3 Feb............................. 66.6 67.2 75.9 58.0 77.3 59.0 54.9 59.3 63.4 68.4 37.3 72.2 59.3 36.9 61.5 Mar............................. 66.7 67.1 75.8 57.1 77.3 59.0 54.5 59.4 63.9 68.9 40.3 72.4 59.9 39.3 61.9 Apr............................. 66.7 67.1 75.8 57.9 77.2 58.9 53.7 59.3 63.9 68.6 42.2 71.8 60.1 40.3 62.0 May............................. 66.7 67.2 75.9 58.1 77.3 59.1 54.3 59.4 64.3 69.1 41.9 72.4 60.3 40.7 62.3 June............................ 66.7 67.1 75.9 57.3 77.4 58.9 54.3 59.2 63.8 68.1 37.5 71.8 60.2 38.6 62.4 July............................ 66.9 67.2 76.0 57.4 77.5 59.0 54.1 59.4 64.5 69.4 43.3 72.6 60.5 35.3 63.1 Aug............................. 66.7 67.0 75.6 54.6 77.3 59.0 53.7 59.4 64.5 69.1 39.9 72.8 60.8 39.3 63.0 Sept............................ 66.8 67.3 75.8 57.1 77.3 59.2 55.5 59.5 63.9 68.3 37.6 72.2 60.2 38.6 62.4 Oct............................. 67.0 67.4 75.9 57.0 77.5 59.3 55.5 59.6 64.5 68.7 40.1 72.3 61.0 39.7 63.2 Nov............................. 67.0 67.4 75.8 56.0 77.4 59.6 55.8 59.9 64.5 68.9 37.4 72.8 60.9 37.6 63.3 Dec............................. 67.0 67.4 75.8 56.4 77.4 59.6 54.9 59.9 64.3 68.1 37.6 71.8 61.2 40.2 63.4 1997: Jan............................. 67.1 67.5 75.9 55.8 77.6 59.5 54.5 59.8 64.5 68.4 39.7 71.9 61.4 40.5 63.5 Feb............................. 67.0 67.5 75.9 56.1 77.5 59.5 55.1 59.8 64.6 68.1 42.0 71.3 61.7 40.8 63.9 Mar............................. 67.2 67.6 76.0 56.5 77.6 59.6 54.3 60.0 64.6 68.0 38.0 71.8 61.9 42.7 63.8 Apr............................. 67.1 67.5 76.0 56.0 77.6 59.5 55.4 59.8 64.3 67.9 37.4 71.7 61.4 38.5 63.8 May............................. 67.1 67.5 75.8 56.4 77.4 59.6 54.1 60.0 64.4 68.0 37.6 71.7 61.5 37.5 63.9 June............................ 67.1 67.5 75.8 55.6 77.5 59.6 54.4 60.0 64.3 68.5 37.0 72.4 61.0 36.0 63.5 July............................ 67.1 67.4 75.8 55.5 77.4 59.5 55.0 59.9 64.7 68.4 34.9 72.5 61.7 38.4 64.1 Aug............................. 67.1 67.4 75.7 55.2 77.4 59.5 53.6 60.0 65.4 69.3 36.6 73.3 62.3 39.8 64.6 Sept............................ 67.0 67.4 75.7 55.7 77.3 59.6 53.8 60.0 65.2 68.6 36.0 72.6 62.4 40.6 64.6 Oct............................. 66.9 67.4 75.7 56.8 77.2 59.5 52.8 60.0 64.5 68.3 37.0 72.3 61.4 39.4 63.6 Nov............................. 67.1 67.5 76.0 58.1 77.5 59.4 53.1 59.9 64.8 68.3 36.6 72.1 61.9 41.7 63.9 Dec............................. 67.2 67.5 75.9 56.3 77.5 59.7 53.6 60.1 65.0 68.1 35.8 72.0 62.4 43.6 64.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Civilian labor force as percent of civilian noninstitutional population in group specified. Note.--See Note, Table B-39. Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.