RATIO OF WORKFORCE TO POPULATION

Civilian employment as a percentage of civilian non-institutionalized 
population (16 yr. and over, seasonally adjusted)

1948  56.6%
1949  55.5
1950  56.1
1951  57.3
1952  57.3
1953  57.2
1954  55.5
1955  56.6
1956  57.5
1957  57.1
1958  55.4
1959  56.0
1960  56.1
1961  55.4
1962  55.5
1963  55.4
1964  55.7
1965  56.2
1966  56.9
1967  57.3
1968  57.5
1969  58.0
1970  57.4
1971  56.6
1972  57.0
1973  57.8
1974  57.8
1975  56.1
1976  56.8
1977  57.9
1978  59.3
1979  59.9
1980  59.2
1981  59.0
1982  57.8
1983  57.9
1984  59.5
1985  60.1
1986  60.7
1987  61.5
1988  62.3
1989  63.0
1990  62.7
1991  61.6
1992  61.4
1993  61.6
1994  62.5
1995  62.9

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey,
Series ID: lfs1600000

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