Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online

		Ba984	Ba985	Ba986	Ba987
		Total	As percentage of labor force	Female
		Total	As percentage of female labor force
Row	Year	Thousand	Percent	Thousand	Percent
1	1948	1,701	2.81	----	----
2	1949	1,700	2.77	----	----
3	1950	1,573	2.53	----	----
4	1951	1,546	2.49	----	----
5	1952	1,546	2.49	----	----

6	1953	1,478	2.35	----	----
7	1954	1,475	2.32	----	----
8	1955	1,634	2.51	----	----
9	1956	1,701	2.56	----	----
10	1957	1,667	2.49	----	----

11	1958	1,528	2.26	----	----
12	1959	1,542	2.26	----	----
13	1960	1,499	2.15	----	----
14	1961	1,472	2.09	----	----
15	1962	1,376	1.95	----	----

16	1963	1,269	1.77	----	----
17	1964	1,272	1.74	----	----
18	1965	1,278	1.72	----	----
19	1966	1,142	1.51	----	----
20	1967	1,052	1.36	----	----

21	1968	1,035	1.31	----	----
22	1969	1,048	1.30	----	----
23	1970	1,001	1.21	----	----
24	1971	1,001	1.19	----	----
25	1972	986	1.13	----	----

26	1973	962	1.08	----	----
27	1974	880	0.96	----	----
28	1975	869	0.93	----	----
29	1976	806	0.84	638	1.64
30	1977	841	0.85	678	1.67

31	1978	795	0.78	660	1.55
32	1979	767	0.73	625	1.41
33	1980	711	0.66	553	1.22
34	1981	656	0.60	518	1.11
35	1982	661	0.60	514	1.08

36	1983	616	0.55	480	0.99
37	1984	548	0.48	431	0.87
38	1985	474	0.41	376	0.74
39	1986	423	0.36	335	0.64
40	1987	413	0.34	316	0.59

41	1988	409	0.34	320	0.58
42	1989	410	0.33	328	0.59
43	1990	358	0.28	271	0.48
44	1991	343	0.27	264	0.46
45	1992	345	0.27	264	0.45

46	1993	324	0.25	235	0.40
47	1994	180	0.14	117	0.19
48	1995	156	0.12	105	0.17
49	1996	178	0.13	112	0.18
50	1997	171	0.13	111	0.18

51	1998	141	0.10	89	0.14
52	1999	135	0.10	90	0.14
53	2000	139	0.10	87	0.13