Employment-to-population ratio of total population age 16 and older, 1948–2014

 Date Employment-to-population ratio
Jan-1948 56.6%
Feb-1948 56.7%
Mar-1948 56.1%
Apr-1948 56.7%
May-1948 56.2%
Jun-1948 57.0%
Jul-1948 57.1%
Aug-1948 56.6%
Sep-1948 56.6%
Oct-1948 56.5%
Nov-1948 56.5%
Dec-1948 56.8%
Jan-1949 56.2%
Feb-1949 56.2%
Mar-1949 56.0%
Apr-1949 55.7%
May-1949 55.4%
Jun-1949 55.0%
Jul-1949 55.0%
Aug-1949 55.1%
Sep-1949 55.3%
Oct-1949 54.9%
Nov-1949 55.6%
Dec-1949 55.3%
Jan-1950 55.1%
Feb-1950 55.1%
Mar-1950 55.1%
Apr-1950 55.8%
May-1950 55.8%
Jun-1950 56.2%
Jul-1950 56.1%
Aug-1950 56.8%
Sep-1950 56.6%
Oct-1950 56.9%
Nov-1950 56.9%
Dec-1950 56.7%
Jan-1951 56.9%
Feb-1951 57.0%
Mar-1951 57.7%
Apr-1951 57.3%
May-1951 57.6%
Jun-1951 57.1%
Jul-1951 57.6%
Aug-1951 57.4%
Sep-1951 57.1%
Oct-1951 57.3%
Nov-1951 57.1%
Dec-1951 57.7%
Jan-1952 57.7%
Feb-1952 57.7%
Mar-1952 57.1%
Apr-1952 57.1%
May-1952 57.3%
Jun-1952 57.3%
Jul-1952 57.0%
Aug-1952 56.8%
Sep-1952 57.4%
Oct-1952 56.9%
Nov-1952 57.5%
Dec-1952 57.6%
Jan-1953 57.8%
Feb-1953 58.0%
Mar-1953 58.1%
Apr-1953 57.5%
May-1953 57.1%
Jun-1953 57.4%
Jul-1953 57.4%
Aug-1953 57.1%
Sep-1953 56.8%
Oct-1953 56.7%
Nov-1953 56.5%
Dec-1953 55.7%
Jan-1954 55.7%
Feb-1954 56.2%
Mar-1954 55.7%
Apr-1954 55.7%
May-1954 55.4%
Jun-1954 55.2%
Jul-1954 55.0%
Aug-1954 55.2%
Sep-1954 55.5%
Oct-1954 55.5%
Nov-1954 55.5%
Dec-1954 55.2%
Jan-1955 55.7%
Feb-1955 55.7%
Mar-1955 55.8%
Apr-1955 56.2%
May-1955 56.3%
Jun-1955 56.3%
Jul-1955 56.9%
Aug-1955 57.1%
Sep-1955 57.2%
Oct-1955 57.2%
Nov-1955 57.4%
Dec-1955 57.7%
Jan-1956 57.8%
Feb-1956 57.5%
Mar-1956 57.3%
Apr-1956 57.5%
May-1956 57.6%
Jun-1956 57.5%
Jul-1956 57.5%
Aug-1956 57.6%
Sep-1956 57.6%
Oct-1956 57.5%
Nov-1956 57.3%
Dec-1956 57.3%
Jan-1957 57.0%
Feb-1957 57.5%
Mar-1957 57.6%
Apr-1957 57.2%
May-1957 57.1%
Jun-1957 57.2%
Jul-1957 57.5%
Aug-1957 56.9%
Sep-1957 57.0%
Oct-1957 56.8%
Nov-1957 56.4%
Dec-1957 56.6%
Jan-1958 55.9%
Feb-1958 55.5%
Mar-1958 55.3%
Apr-1958 55.2%
May-1958 55.4%
Jun-1958 55.2%
Jul-1958 55.2%
Aug-1958 55.4%
Sep-1958 55.4%
Oct-1958 55.6%
Nov-1958 55.5%
Dec-1958 55.5%
Jan-1959 55.7%
Feb-1959 55.5%
Mar-1959 56.0%
Apr-1959 56.3%
May-1959 56.2%
Jun-1959 56.3%
Jul-1959 56.3%
Aug-1959 56.1%
Sep-1959 56.0%
Oct-1959 56.1%
Nov-1959 55.7%
Dec-1959 56.3%
Jan-1960 56.0%
Feb-1960 56.2%
Mar-1960 55.4%
Apr-1960 56.4%
May-1960 56.4%
Jun-1960 56.5%
Jul-1960 56.2%
Aug-1960 56.1%
Sep-1960 56.4%
Oct-1960 55.8%
Nov-1960 56.1%
Dec-1960 55.7%
Jan-1961 55.7%
Feb-1961 55.5%
Mar-1961 55.6%
Apr-1961 55.2%
May-1961 55.2%
Jun-1961 55.6%
Jul-1961 55.2%
Aug-1961 55.3%
Sep-1961 55.0%
Oct-1961 55.3%
Nov-1961 55.5%
Dec-1961 55.3%
Jan-1962 55.4%
Feb-1962 55.7%
Mar-1962 55.7%
Apr-1962 55.4%
May-1962 55.7%
Jun-1962 55.6%
Jul-1962 55.3%
Aug-1962 55.7%
Sep-1962 55.7%
Oct-1962 55.5%
Nov-1962 55.2%
Dec-1962 55.2%
Jan-1963 55.2%
Feb-1963 55.1%
Mar-1963 55.3%
Apr-1963 55.5%
May-1963 55.3%
Jun-1963 55.3%
Jul-1963 55.4%
Aug-1963 55.4%
Sep-1963 55.5%
Oct-1963 55.5%
Nov-1963 55.4%
Dec-1963 55.3%
Jan-1964 55.3%
Feb-1964 55.6%
Mar-1964 55.5%
Apr-1964 55.9%
May-1964 56.1%
Jun-1964 55.6%
Jul-1964 55.7%
Aug-1964 55.7%
Sep-1964 55.7%
Oct-1964 55.6%
Nov-1964 55.7%
Dec-1964 55.6%
Jan-1965 55.7%
Feb-1965 55.7%
Mar-1965 55.9%
Apr-1965 56.0%
May-1965 56.2%
Jun-1965 56.1%
Jul-1965 56.5%
Aug-1965 56.3%
Sep-1965 56.2%
Oct-1965 56.4%
Nov-1965 56.4%
Dec-1965 56.6%
Jan-1966 56.7%
Feb-1966 56.6%
Mar-1966 56.6%
Apr-1966 56.8%
May-1966 56.7%
Jun-1966 56.9%
Jul-1966 56.9%
Aug-1966 57.0%
Sep-1966 57.1%
Oct-1966 57.1%
Nov-1966 57.4%
Dec-1966 57.3%
Jan-1967 57.1%
Feb-1967 57.0%
Mar-1967 56.8%
Apr-1967 57.1%
May-1967 57.0%
Jun-1967 57.3%
Jul-1967 57.4%
Aug-1967 57.4%
Sep-1967 57.4%
Oct-1967 57.5%
Nov-1967 57.5%
Dec-1967 57.6%
Jan-1968 57.0%
Feb-1968 57.3%
Mar-1968 57.4%
Apr-1968 57.4%
May-1968 57.8%
Jun-1968 57.8%
Jul-1968 57.6%
Aug-1968 57.5%
Sep-1968 57.5%
Oct-1968 57.5%
Nov-1968 57.6%
Dec-1968 57.7%
Jan-1969 57.6%
Feb-1969 57.9%
Mar-1969 57.9%
Apr-1969 57.9%
May-1969 57.8%
Jun-1969 58.0%
Jul-1969 58.0%
Aug-1969 58.1%
Sep-1969 58.1%
Oct-1969 58.1%
Nov-1969 58.1%
Dec-1969 58.1%
Jan-1970 58.0%
Feb-1970 57.9%
Mar-1970 57.9%
Apr-1970 57.9%
May-1970 57.5%
Jun-1970 57.3%
Jul-1970 57.4%
Aug-1970 57.2%
Sep-1970 57.0%
Oct-1970 57.0%
Nov-1970 56.9%
Dec-1970 56.7%
Jan-1971 56.8%
Feb-1971 56.6%
Mar-1971 56.4%
Apr-1971 56.6%
May-1971 56.6%
Jun-1971 56.2%
Jul-1971 56.5%
Aug-1971 56.6%
Sep-1971 56.6%
Oct-1971 56.6%
Nov-1971 56.8%
Dec-1971 56.8%
Jan-1972 56.7%
Feb-1972 56.7%
Mar-1972 56.9%
Apr-1972 56.9%
May-1972 57.0%
Jun-1972 57.0%
Jul-1972 57.0%
Aug-1972 57.1%
Sep-1972 57.0%
Oct-1972 57.0%
Nov-1972 57.2%
Dec-1972 57.3%
Jan-1973 57.1%
Feb-1973 57.5%
Mar-1973 57.8%
Apr-1973 57.7%
May-1973 57.7%
Jun-1973 58.0%
Jul-1973 57.9%
Aug-1973 57.8%
Sep-1973 57.9%
Oct-1973 58.1%
Nov-1973 58.2%
Dec-1973 58.2%
Jan-1974 58.2%
Feb-1974 58.2%
Mar-1974 58.2%
Apr-1974 58.0%
May-1974 58.0%
Jun-1974 58.0%
Jul-1974 58.0%
Aug-1974 57.8%
Sep-1974 57.7%
Oct-1974 57.6%
Nov-1974 57.3%
Dec-1974 56.9%
Jan-1975 56.4%
Feb-1975 56.1%
Mar-1975 56.0%
Apr-1975 55.9%
May-1975 56.0%
Jun-1975 55.8%
Jul-1975 56.0%
Aug-1975 56.1%
Sep-1975 56.1%
Oct-1975 56.1%
Nov-1975 56.0%
Dec-1975 56.1%
Jan-1976 56.4%
Feb-1976 56.5%
Mar-1976 56.7%
Apr-1976 56.8%
May-1976 57.0%
Jun-1976 56.8%
Jul-1976 57.0%
Aug-1976 57.0%
Sep-1976 56.9%
Oct-1976 56.9%
Nov-1976 57.0%
Dec-1976 57.0%
Jan-1977 57.0%
Feb-1977 57.2%
Mar-1977 57.4%
Apr-1977 57.6%
May-1977 57.8%
Jun-1977 57.9%
Jul-1977 57.8%
Aug-1977 58.0%
Sep-1977 58.1%
Oct-1977 58.2%
Nov-1977 58.6%
Dec-1977 58.7%
Jan-1978 58.8%
Feb-1978 58.8%
Mar-1978 58.8%
Apr-1978 59.2%
May-1978 59.3%
Jun-1978 59.5%
Jul-1978 59.3%
Aug-1978 59.4%
Sep-1978 59.5%
Oct-1978 59.7%
Nov-1978 59.8%
Dec-1978 59.8%
Jan-1979 59.9%
Feb-1979 60.1%
Mar-1979 60.0%
Apr-1979 59.8%
May-1979 59.8%
Jun-1979 59.9%
Jul-1979 60.0%
Aug-1979 59.8%
Sep-1979 60.0%
Oct-1979 59.9%
Nov-1979 60.0%
Dec-1979 60.1%
Jan-1980 60.0%
Feb-1980 60.0%
Mar-1980 59.7%
Apr-1980 59.4%
May-1980 59.1%
Jun-1980 58.9%
Jul-1980 58.8%
Aug-1980 58.8%
Sep-1980 58.9%
Oct-1980 58.9%
Nov-1980 59.0%
Dec-1980 59.0%
Jan-1981 59.1%
Feb-1981 59.2%
Mar-1981 59.4%
Apr-1981 59.6%
May-1981 59.5%
Jun-1981 59.0%
Jul-1981 59.1%
Aug-1981 59.1%
Sep-1981 58.7%
Oct-1981 58.8%
Nov-1981 58.6%
Dec-1981 58.2%
Jan-1982 58.2%
Feb-1982 58.2%
Mar-1982 58.1%
Apr-1982 57.9%
May-1982 58.2%
Jun-1982 57.8%
Jul-1982 57.7%
Aug-1982 57.8%
Sep-1982 57.6%
Oct-1982 57.4%
Nov-1982 57.3%
Dec-1982 57.2%
Jan-1983 57.2%
Feb-1983 57.1%
Mar-1983 57.1%
Apr-1983 57.3%
May-1983 57.3%
Jun-1983 57.8%
Jul-1983 58.1%
Aug-1983 58.2%
Sep-1983 58.4%
Oct-1983 58.4%
Nov-1983 58.7%
Dec-1983 58.8%
Jan-1984 58.8%
Feb-1984 59.1%
Mar-1984 59.1%
Apr-1984 59.3%
May-1984 59.7%
Jun-1984 59.9%
Jul-1984 59.8%
Aug-1984 59.6%
Sep-1984 59.7%
Oct-1984 59.7%
Nov-1984 59.8%
Dec-1984 59.9%
Jan-1985 59.9%
Feb-1985 60.0%
Mar-1985 60.2%
Apr-1985 60.1%
May-1985 60.1%
Jun-1985 59.8%
Jul-1985 59.9%
Aug-1985 60.0%
Sep-1985 60.3%
Oct-1985 60.3%
Nov-1985 60.4%
Dec-1985 60.4%
Jan-1986 60.6%
Feb-1986 60.3%
Mar-1986 60.5%
Apr-1986 60.5%
May-1986 60.5%
Jun-1986 60.7%
Jul-1986 60.8%
Aug-1986 60.8%
Sep-1986 60.8%
Oct-1986 60.9%
Nov-1986 60.9%
Dec-1986 61.0%
Jan-1987 61.0%
Feb-1987 61.1%
Mar-1987 61.2%
Apr-1987 61.3%
May-1987 61.6%
Jun-1987 61.4%
Jul-1987 61.6%
Aug-1987 61.8%
Sep-1987 61.6%
Oct-1987 61.8%
Nov-1987 61.9%
Dec-1987 62.0%
Jan-1988 62.0%
Feb-1988 62.1%
Mar-1988 61.9%
Apr-1988 62.2%
May-1988 62.0%
Jun-1988 62.3%
Jul-1988 62.3%
Aug-1988 62.4%
Sep-1988 62.4%
Oct-1988 62.5%
Nov-1988 62.7%
Dec-1988 62.6%
Jan-1989 62.9%
Feb-1989 62.9%
Mar-1989 62.9%
Apr-1989 62.9%
May-1989 62.9%
Jun-1989 63.0%
Jul-1989 63.0%
Aug-1989 63.1%
Sep-1989 62.8%
Oct-1989 62.9%
Nov-1989 63.0%
Dec-1989 63.0%
Jan-1990 63.2%
Feb-1990 63.2%
Mar-1990 63.2%
Apr-1990 63.0%
May-1990 63.1%
Jun-1990 62.9%
Jul-1990 62.8%
Aug-1990 62.7%
Sep-1990 62.5%
Oct-1990 62.5%
Nov-1990 62.3%
Dec-1990 62.2%
Jan-1991 62.0%
Feb-1991 61.9%
Mar-1991 61.8%
Apr-1991 62.0%
May-1991 61.6%
Jun-1991 61.7%
Jul-1991 61.6%
Aug-1991 61.5%
Sep-1991 61.6%
Oct-1991 61.5%
Nov-1991 61.4%
Dec-1991 61.2%
Jan-1992 61.5%
Feb-1992 61.3%
Mar-1992 61.5%
Apr-1992 61.6%
May-1992 61.5%
Jun-1992 61.5%
Jul-1992 61.6%
Aug-1992 61.6%
Sep-1992 61.4%
Oct-1992 61.3%
Nov-1992 61.4%
Dec-1992 61.4%
Jan-1993 61.4%
Feb-1993 61.4%
Mar-1993 61.5%
Apr-1993 61.5%
May-1993 61.7%
Jun-1993 61.8%
Jul-1993 61.8%
Aug-1993 62.0%
Sep-1993 61.7%
Oct-1993 61.8%
Nov-1993 61.9%
Dec-1993 62.0%
Jan-1994 62.2%
Feb-1994 62.3%
Mar-1994 62.1%
Apr-1994 62.3%
May-1994 62.5%
Jun-1994 62.3%
Jul-1994 62.3%
Aug-1994 62.6%
Sep-1994 62.7%
Oct-1994 62.9%
Nov-1994 63.0%
Dec-1994 63.1%
Jan-1995 63.0%
Feb-1995 63.1%
Mar-1995 63.1%
Apr-1995 63.1%
May-1995 62.7%
Jun-1995 62.7%
Jul-1995 62.8%
Aug-1995 62.8%
Sep-1995 62.9%
Oct-1995 62.9%
Nov-1995 62.8%
Dec-1995 62.7%
Jan-1996 62.7%
Feb-1996 62.9%
Mar-1996 63.0%
Apr-1996 63.0%
May-1996 63.0%
Jun-1996 63.2%
Jul-1996 63.3%
Aug-1996 63.3%
Sep-1996 63.4%
Oct-1996 63.5%
Nov-1996 63.4%
Dec-1996 63.4%
Jan-1997 63.4%
Feb-1997 63.4%
Mar-1997 63.6%
Apr-1997 63.7%
May-1997 63.8%
Jun-1997 63.7%
Jul-1997 63.9%
Aug-1997 63.9%
Sep-1997 63.9%
Oct-1997 63.9%
Nov-1997 64.1%
Dec-1997 64.0%
Jan-1998 64.0%
Feb-1998 64.0%
Mar-1998 64.0%
Apr-1998 64.1%
May-1998 64.1%
Jun-1998 64.0%
Jul-1998 64.0%
Aug-1998 63.9%
Sep-1998 64.2%
Oct-1998 64.1%
Nov-1998 64.2%
Dec-1998 64.3%
Jan-1999 64.4%
Feb-1999 64.2%
Mar-1999 64.2%
Apr-1999 64.2%
May-1999 64.3%
Jun-1999 64.2%
Jul-1999 64.2%
Aug-1999 64.2%
Sep-1999 64.2%
Oct-1999 64.3%
Nov-1999 64.4%
Dec-1999 64.4%
Jan-2000 64.6%
Feb-2000 64.6%
Mar-2000 64.6%
Apr-2000 64.7%
May-2000 64.4%
Jun-2000 64.5%
Jul-2000 64.2%
Aug-2000 64.2%
Sep-2000 64.2%
Oct-2000 64.2%
Nov-2000 64.3%
Dec-2000 64.4%
Jan-2001 64.4%
Feb-2001 64.3%
Mar-2001 64.3%
Apr-2001 64.0%
May-2001 63.8%
Jun-2001 63.7%
Jul-2001 63.7%
Aug-2001 63.2%
Sep-2001 63.5%
Oct-2001 63.2%
Nov-2001 63.0%
Dec-2001 62.9%
Jan-2002 62.7%
Feb-2002 63.0%
Mar-2002 62.8%
Apr-2002 62.7%
May-2002 62.9%
Jun-2002 62.7%
Jul-2002 62.7%
Aug-2002 62.7%
Sep-2002 63.0%
Oct-2002 62.7%
Nov-2002 62.5%
Dec-2002 62.4%
Jan-2003 62.5%
Feb-2003 62.5%
Mar-2003 62.4%
Apr-2003 62.4%
May-2003 62.3%
Jun-2003 62.3%
Jul-2003 62.1%
Aug-2003 62.1%
Sep-2003 62.0%
Oct-2003 62.1%
Nov-2003 62.3%
Dec-2003 62.2%
Jan-2004 62.3%
Feb-2004 62.3%
Mar-2004 62.2%
Apr-2004 62.3%
May-2004 62.3%
Jun-2004 62.4%
Jul-2004 62.5%
Aug-2004 62.4%
Sep-2004 62.3%
Oct-2004 62.3%
Nov-2004 62.5%
Dec-2004 62.4%
Jan-2005 62.4%
Feb-2005 62.4%
Mar-2005 62.4%
Apr-2005 62.7%
May-2005 62.8%
Jun-2005 62.7%
Jul-2005 62.8%
Aug-2005 62.9%
Sep-2005 62.8%
Oct-2005 62.8%
Nov-2005 62.7%
Dec-2005 62.8%
Jan-2006 62.9%
Feb-2006 63.0%
Mar-2006 63.1%
Apr-2006 63.0%
May-2006 63.1%
Jun-2006 63.1%
Jul-2006 63.0%
Aug-2006 63.1%
Sep-2006 63.1%
Oct-2006 63.3%
Nov-2006 63.3%
Dec-2006 63.4%
Jan-2007 63.3%
Feb-2007 63.3%
Mar-2007 63.3%
Apr-2007 63.0%
May-2007 63.0%
Jun-2007 63.0%
Jul-2007 62.9%
Aug-2007 62.7%
Sep-2007 62.9%
Oct-2007 62.7%
Nov-2007 62.9%
Dec-2007 62.7%
Jan-2008 62.9%
Feb-2008 62.8%
Mar-2008 62.7%
Apr-2008 62.7%
May-2008 62.5%
Jun-2008 62.4%
Jul-2008 62.2%
Aug-2008 62.0%
Sep-2008 61.9%
Oct-2008 61.7%
Nov-2008 61.4%
Dec-2008 61.0%
Jan-2009 60.6%
Feb-2009 60.3%
Mar-2009 59.9%
Apr-2009 59.8%
May-2009 59.6%
Jun-2009 59.4%
Jul-2009 59.3%
Aug-2009 59.1%
Sep-2009 58.7%
Oct-2009 58.5%
Nov-2009 58.6%
Dec-2009 58.3%
Jan-2010 58.5%
Feb-2010 58.5%
Mar-2010 58.5%
Apr-2010 58.7%
May-2010 58.6%
Jun-2010 58.5%
Jul-2010 58.5%
Aug-2010 58.6%
Sep-2010 58.5%
Oct-2010 58.3%
Nov-2010 58.2%
Dec-2010 58.3%
Jan-2011 58.4%
Feb-2011 58.4%
Mar-2011 58.4%
Apr-2011 58.4%
May-2011 58.4%
Jun-2011 58.2%
Jul-2011 58.2%
Aug-2011 58.3%
Sep-2011 58.4%
Oct-2011 58.4%
Nov-2011 58.5%
Dec-2011 58.5%
Jan-2012 58.5%
Feb-2012 58.5%
Mar-2012 58.6%
Apr-2012 58.5%
May-2012 58.6%
Jun-2012 58.6%
Jul-2012 58.5%
Aug-2012 58.4%
Sep-2012 58.6%
Oct-2012 58.8%
Nov-2012 58.7%
Dec-2012 58.6%
Jan-2013 58.6%
Feb-2013 58.6%
Mar-2013 58.5%
Apr-2013 58.6%
May-2013 58.7%
Jun-2013 58.7%
Jul-2013 58.7%
Aug-2013 58.6%
Sep-2013 58.6%
Oct-2013 58.2%
Nov-2013 58.6%
Dec-2013 58.6%
Jan-2014 58.8%
Feb-2014 58.8%
Mar-2014 58.9%
Apr-2014 58.9%
May-2014 58.9%

Source: Authors' analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population Survey public data series

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