[Economic Report of the President (2007)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-39.--Civilian labor force participation rate and employment/population ratio, 1959-2006 [Percent;\1\ monthly data seasonally adjusted] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labor force participation rate Employment/population ratio --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Black Year or month All Both Black or All Both Black or civilian Males Fe- sexes White\2\ and African civilian Males Fe- sexes White\2\ and African work- males 16-19 other\2\ Ameri- work- males 16-19 other\2\ Ameri- ers years can\2\ ers years can\2\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1959.......................................................... 59.3 83.7 37.1 46.7 58.7 64.3 ....... 56.0 79.3 35.0 39.9 55.9 57.5 ....... 1960.......................................................... 59.4 83.3 37.7 47.5 58.8 64.5 ....... 56.1 78.9 35.5 40.5 55.9 57.9 ....... 1961.......................................................... 59.3 82.9 38.1 46.9 58.8 64.1 ....... 55.4 77.6 35.4 39.1 55.3 56.2 ....... 1962.......................................................... 58.8 82.0 37.9 46.1 58.3 63.2 ....... 55.5 77.7 35.6 39.4 55.4 56.3 ....... 1963.......................................................... 58.7 81.4 38.3 45.2 58.2 63.0 ....... 55.4 77.1 35.8 37.4 55.3 56.2 ....... 1964.......................................................... 58.7 81.0 38.7 44.5 58.2 63.1 ....... 55.7 77.3 36.3 37.3 55.5 57.0 ....... 1965.......................................................... 58.9 80.7 39.3 45.7 58.4 62.9 ....... 56.2 77.5 37.1 38.9 56.0 57.8 ....... 1966.......................................................... 59.2 80.4 40.3 48.2 58.7 63.0 ....... 56.9 77.9 38.3 42.1 56.8 58.4 ....... 1967.......................................................... 59.6 80.4 41.1 48.4 59.2 62.8 ....... 57.3 78.0 39.0 42.2 57.2 58.2 ....... 1968.......................................................... 59.6 80.1 41.6 48.3 59.3 62.2 ....... 57.5 77.8 39.6 42.2 57.4 58.0 ....... 1969.......................................................... 60.1 79.8 42.7 49.4 59.9 62.1 ....... 58.0 77.6 40.7 43.4 58.0 58.1 ....... 1970.......................................................... 60.4 79.7 43.3 49.9 60.2 61.8 ....... 57.4 76.2 40.8 42.3 57.5 56.8 ....... 1971.......................................................... 60.2 79.1 43.4 49.7 60.1 60.9 ....... 56.6 74.9 40.4 41.3 56.8 54.9 ....... 1972.......................................................... 60.4 78.9 43.9 51.9 60.4 60.2 59.9 57.0 75.0 41.0 43.5 57.4 54.1 53.7 1973.......................................................... 60.8 78.8 44.7 53.7 60.8 60.5 60.2 57.8 75.5 42.0 45.9 58.2 55.0 54.5 1974.......................................................... 61.3 78.7 45.7 54.8 61.4 60.3 59.8 57.8 74.9 42.6 46.0 58.3 54.3 53.5 1975.......................................................... 61.2 77.9 46.3 54.0 61.5 59.6 58.8 56.1 71.7 42.0 43.3 56.7 51.4 50.1 1976.......................................................... 61.6 77.5 47.3 54.5 61.8 59.8 59.0 56.8 72.0 43.2 44.2 57.5 52.0 50.8 1977.......................................................... 62.3 77.7 48.4 56.0 62.5 60.4 59.8 57.9 72.8 44.5 46.1 58.6 52.5 51.4 1978.......................................................... 63.2 77.9 50.0 57.8 63.3 62.2 61.5 59.3 73.8 46.4 48.3 60.0 54.7 53.6 1979.......................................................... 63.7 77.8 50.9 57.9 63.9 62.2 61.4 59.9 73.8 47.5 48.5 60.6 55.2 53.8 1980.......................................................... 63.8 77.4 51.5 56.7 64.1 61.7 61.0 59.2 72.0 47.7 46.6 60.0 53.6 52.3 1981.......................................................... 63.9 77.0 52.1 55.4 64.3 61.3 60.8 59.0 71.3 48.0 44.6 60.0 52.6 51.3 1982.......................................................... 64.0 76.6 52.6 54.1 64.3 61.6 61.0 57.8 69.0 47.7 41.5 58.8 50.9 49.4 1983.......................................................... 64.0 76.4 52.9 53.5 64.3 62.1 61.5 57.9 68.8 48.0 41.5 58.9 51.0 49.5 1984.......................................................... 64.4 76.4 53.6 53.9 64.6 62.6 62.2 59.5 70.7 49.5 43.7 60.5 53.6 52.3 1985.......................................................... 64.8 76.3 54.5 54.5 65.0 63.3 62.9 60.1 70.9 50.4 44.4 61.0 54.7 53.4 1986.......................................................... 65.3 76.3 55.3 54.7 65.5 63.7 63.3 60.7 71.0 51.4 44.6 61.5 55.4 54.1 1987.......................................................... 65.6 76.2 56.0 54.7 65.8 64.3 63.8 61.5 71.5 52.5 45.5 62.3 56.8 55.6 1988.......................................................... 65.9 76.2 56.6 55.3 66.2 64.0 63.8 62.3 72.0 53.4 46.8 63.1 57.4 56.3 1989.......................................................... 66.5 76.4 57.4 55.9 66.7 64.7 64.2 63.0 72.5 54.3 47.5 63.8 58.2 56.9 1990.......................................................... 66.5 76.4 57.5 53.7 66.9 64.4 64.0 62.8 72.0 54.3 45.3 63.7 57.9 56.7 1991.......................................................... 66.2 75.8 57.4 51.6 66.6 63.8 63.3 61.7 70.4 53.7 42.0 62.6 56.7 55.4 1992.......................................................... 66.4 75.8 57.8 51.3 66.8 64.6 63.9 61.5 69.8 53.8 41.0 62.4 56.4 54.9 1993.......................................................... 66.3 75.4 57.9 51.5 66.8 63.8 63.2 61.7 70.0 54.1 41.7 62.7 56.3 55.0 1994.......................................................... 66.6 75.1 58.8 52.7 67.1 63.9 63.4 62.5 70.4 55.3 43.4 63.5 57.2 56.1 1995.......................................................... 66.6 75.0 58.9 53.5 67.1 64.3 63.7 62.9 70.8 55.6 44.2 63.8 58.1 57.1 1996.......................................................... 66.8 74.9 59.3 52.3 67.2 64.6 64.1 63.2 70.9 56.0 43.5 64.1 58.6 57.4 1997.......................................................... 67.1 75.0 59.8 51.6 67.5 65.2 64.7 63.8 71.3 56.8 43.4 64.6 59.4 58.2 1998.......................................................... 67.1 74.9 59.8 52.8 67.3 66.0 65.6 64.1 71.6 57.1 45.1 64.7 60.9 59.7 1999.......................................................... 67.1 74.7 60.0 52.0 67.3 65.9 65.8 64.3 71.6 57.4 44.7 64.8 61.3 60.6 2000.......................................................... 67.1 74.8 59.9 52.0 67.3 ........ 65.8 64.4 71.9 57.5 45.2 64.9 ........ 60.9 2001.......................................................... 66.8 74.4 59.8 49.6 67.0 ........ 65.3 63.7 70.9 57.0 42.3 64.2 ........ 59.7 2002.......................................................... 66.6 74.1 59.6 47.4 66.8 ........ 64.8 62.7 69.7 56.3 39.6 63.4 ........ 58.1 2003.......................................................... 66.2 73.5 59.5 44.5 66.5 ........ 64.3 62.3 68.9 56.1 36.8 63.0 ........ 57.4 2004.......................................................... 66.0 73.3 59.2 43.9 66.3 ........ 63.8 62.3 69.2 56.0 36.4 63.1 ........ 57.2 2005.......................................................... 66.0 73.3 59.3 43.7 66.3 ........ 64.2 62.7 69.6 56.2 36.5 63.4 ........ 57.7 2006.......................................................... 66.2 73.5 59.4 43.7 66.5 ........ 64.1 63.1 70.1 56.6 36.9 63.8 ........ 58.4 2005: Jan..................................................... 65.8 73.0 59.1 43.3 66.1 ........ 63.6 62.4 69.1 56.1 36.3 63.2 ........ 56.9 Feb..................................................... 65.9 73.2 59.1 43.2 66.2 ........ 63.4 62.4 69.1 56.0 35.6 63.2 ........ 56.6 Mar..................................................... 65.8 73.2 59.0 43.8 66.1 ........ 63.6 62.4 69.3 56.0 36.4 63.2 ........ 57.0 Apr..................................................... 66.0 73.4 59.2 44.0 66.3 ........ 64.1 62.6 69.6 56.1 36.2 63.4 ........ 57.5 May..................................................... 66.1 73.5 59.3 44.1 66.4 ........ 64.5 62.7 69.8 56.2 36.2 63.5 ........ 57.9 June.................................................... 66.0 73.4 59.2 43.6 66.2 ........ 64.9 62.7 69.8 56.1 36.6 63.4 ........ 58.2 July.................................................... 66.1 73.5 59.3 43.6 66.3 ........ 64.7 62.8 69.9 56.2 36.7 63.5 ........ 58.8 Aug..................................................... 66.2 73.5 59.3 44.1 66.4 ........ 64.5 62.9 69.9 56.3 36.9 63.6 ........ 58.3 Sept.................................................... 66.2 73.4 59.5 43.6 66.4 ........ 64.2 62.8 69.7 56.5 36.8 63.5 ........ 58.2 Oct..................................................... 66.1 73.2 59.4 43.2 66.4 ........ 64.4 62.8 69.7 56.4 36.3 63.4 ........ 58.5 Nov..................................................... 66.1 73.3 59.4 44.0 66.3 ........ 64.2 62.8 69.6 56.3 36.5 63.5 ........ 57.4 Dec..................................................... 66.0 73.2 59.3 43.4 66.3 ........ 63.5 62.8 69.7 56.3 36.8 63.5 ........ 57.6 2006: Jan..................................................... 66.0 73.3 59.2 43.5 66.4 ........ 63.4 62.9 69.9 56.3 36.9 63.7 ........ 57.8 Feb..................................................... 66.1 73.4 59.2 43.9 66.3 ........ 64.4 62.9 69.9 56.4 37.2 63.6 ........ 58.4 Mar..................................................... 66.1 73.5 59.1 44.0 66.3 ........ 64.5 63.0 70.1 56.4 37.1 63.7 ........ 58.5 Apr..................................................... 66.1 73.5 59.2 43.5 66.4 ........ 64.4 63.0 70.0 56.4 37.1 63.7 ........ 58.3 May..................................................... 66.1 73.5 59.2 43.5 66.4 ........ 64.2 63.1 70.0 56.5 37.4 63.7 ........ 58.5 June.................................................... 66.2 73.4 59.5 44.4 66.5 ........ 63.9 63.1 70.0 56.7 37.5 63.8 ........ 58.2 July.................................................... 66.2 73.2 59.6 44.0 66.5 ........ 64.3 63.1 69.7 56.8 37.1 63.8 ........ 58.2 Aug..................................................... 66.2 73.4 59.5 43.4 66.6 ........ 64.1 63.1 69.9 56.7 36.3 63.8 ........ 58.5 Sept.................................................... 66.2 73.5 59.3 43.2 66.5 ........ 63.5 63.2 70.2 56.5 36.2 63.8 ........ 57.8 Oct..................................................... 66.2 73.5 59.4 43.3 66.6 ........ 64.0 63.3 70.2 56.8 36.7 64.0 ........ 58.6 Nov..................................................... 66.3 73.6 59.5 43.5 66.6 ........ 64.2 63.3 70.3 56.8 36.9 64.0 ........ 58.7 Dec..................................................... 66.4 73.7 59.5 43.4 66.7 ........ 64.3 63.4 70.4 56.9 36.8 64.0 ........ 58.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Civilian labor force or civilian employment as percent of civilian noninstitutional population in group specified. \2\ See footnote 1, Table B-37. Note.--Data relate to persons 16 years of age and over. See footnote 5 and Note, Table B-35. Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.