Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online

		Df89
		Employees
Row	Year	Thousand
1	1924	1,754
2	1925	1,746
3	1926	1,782
4	1927	1,737
5	1928	1,656

6	1929	1,662
7	1930	1,488
8	1931	1,259
9	1932	1,032
10	1933	971

11	1934	1,009
12	1935	994
13	1936	1,066
14	1937	1,115
15	1938	940

16	1939	988
17	1940	1,027
18	1941	1,140
19	1942	1,271
20	1943	1,355

21	1944	1,414
22	1945	1,420
23	1946	1,359
24	1947	1,352
25	1948	1,327

26	1949	1,192
27	1950	1,221
28	1951	1,276
29	1952	1,226
30	1953	1,207

31	1954	1,065
32	1955	1,057
33	1956	1,043
34	1957	985
35	1958	841

36	1959	815
37	1960	781
38	1961	718
39	1962	700
40	1963	679

41	1964	665
42	1965	640
43	1966	632
44	1967	610
45	1968	590

46	1969	578
47	1970	566
48	1971	546
49	1972	526
50	1973	524

51	1974	539
52	1975	498
53	1976	494
54	1977	502
55	1978	490

56	1979	503
57	1980	482
58	1981	457
59	1982	398
60	1983	348

61	1984	345
62	1985	323
63	1986	294
64	1987	271
65	1988	259

66	1989	252
67	1990	241
68	1991	231
69	1992	222
70	1993	218

71	1994	214
72	1995	212
73	1996	206
74	1997	202
75	1998	205

76	1999	204