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- Civilian Labor Force & Participation Rates, by Race, Hispanic Origin, Sex, & Age, 1970 - 1989, & Projection, 2000[In millions, except percent.]Race, Sex, & Age 1970 1975 1980 1985 1988 1989 2000
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- Civilian Labor
- Force
- Total(1) 82.8 93.8 106.9 115.5 121.7 123.9 141.1
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- White 73.6 82.8 93.6 99.9 104.8 106.4 119.0
- Male 46.0 50.3 54.5 56.5 58.3 59.0 63.3
- Female 27.5 32.5 39.1 43.5 46.4 47.4 55.7
- Black 9.2 9.3 10.9 12.4 13.2 13.5 16.5
- Male 5.2 5.0 5.6 6.2 6.6 6.7 8.0
- Female 4.0 4.2 5.3 6.1 6.6 6.8 8.5
- Hispanic(2) (NA) (NA) 6.1 7.7 9.0 9.3 14.3
- Male (NA) (NA) 3.8 4.7 5.4 5.6 8.3
- Female (NA) (NA) 2.3 3.0 3.6 3.7 6.0
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- Male 51.2 56.3 61.5 64.4 66.9 67.8 74.3
- 16-19 years 4.0 4.8 5.0 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.4
- 16 & 17 years 1.8 2.1 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.9
- 18 & 19 years 2.2 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5
- 20-24 years 5.7 7.6 8.6 8.3 7.6 7.5 6.9
- 25-34 years 11.3 14.2 17.0 18.8 19.7 19.9 16.6
- 35-44 years 10.5 10.4 11.8 14.5 16.1 16.6 20.2
- 45-54 years 10.4 10.4 9.9 9.9 10.6 10.9 16.4
- 55-64 years 7.1 7.0 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.8 7.8
- 65 years and over 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0
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- Female 31.5 37.5 45.5 51.1 54.7 56.0 66.8
- 16-19 years 3.2 4.1 4.4 3.8 3.9 3.8 4.4
- 16 & 17 years 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.8
- 18 & 19 years 1.9 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.6
- 20-24 years 4.9 6.2 7.3 7.4 6.9 6.7 6.7
- 25-34 years 5.7 8.7 12.3 14.7 15.8 16.0 15.1
- 35-44 years 6.0 6.5 8.6 11.6 13.4 14.0 18.6
- 45-54 years 6.5 6.7 7.0 7.5 8.5 9.0 14.4
- 55-64 years 4.2 4.3 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.1 6.1
- 65 years and over 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4
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- Participation
- Rate (percent)
- Total(1) 60.4 61.2 63.8 64.8 65.9 66.5 69.0
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- White 60.2 61.5 64.1 65.0 66.2 66.7 69.5
- Male 80.0 78.7 78.2 77.0 76.9 77.1 76.6
- Female 42.6 45.9 51.2 54.1 56.4 57.2 62.9
- Black 61.8 58.8 61.0 62.9 63.8 64.2 66.5
- Male 76.5 71.0 70.6 70.8 71.0 71.0 71.4
- Female 49.5 48.9 53.2 56.5 58.0 58.7 62.5
- Hispanic(2) (NA) (NA) 64.0 64.6 67.4 67.6 69.9
- Male (NA) (NA) 81.4 80.3 81.9 82.0 80.3
- Female (NA) (NA) 47.4 49.3 53.2 53.5 59.4
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- Male 79.7 77.9 77.4 76.3 76.2 76.4 75.9
- 16-19 years 56.1 59.1 60.5 56.8 56.9 57.9 59.0
- 16 & 17 years 47.0 48.6 50.1 45.1 46.1 46.3 48.9
- 18 & 19 years 66.7 70.6 71.3 68.9 68.1 69.2 69.7
- 20-24 years 83.3 84.5 85.9 85.0 85.0 85.3 86.5
- 25-34 years 96.4 95.2 95.2 94.7 94.3 94.4 94.1
- 35-44 years 96.9 95.6 95.5 95.0 94.5 94.5 94.3
- 45-54 years 94.3 92.1 91.2 91.0 90.9 91.1 90.5
- 55-64 years 83.0 75.6 72.1 67.9 67.0 67.2 68.1
- 65 years and over 26.8 21.6 19.0 15.8 16.5 16.6 14.7
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- Female 43.3 46.3 51.5 54.5 56.6 57.4 62.6
- 16-19 years 44.0 49.1 52.9 52.1 53.6 53.9 59.5
- 16 & 17 years 34.9 40.2 43.6 42.1 44.0 44.5 49.8
- 18 & 19 years 53.5 58.1 61.9 61.7 62.9 62.5 69.0
- 20-24 years 57.7 64.1 68.9 71.8 72.7 72.4 77.9
- 25-34 years 45.0 54.9 65.5 70.9 72.7 73.5 82.4
- 35-44 years 51.1 55.8 65.5 71.8 75.2 76.0 84.9
- 45-54 years 54.4 54.6 59.9 64.4 69.0 70.5 76.5
- 55-64 years 43.0 40.9 41.3 42.0 43.5 45.0 49.0
- 65 years and over 9.7 8.2 8.1 7.3 7.9 8.4 7.6
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- NA=Not available.
- 1. Includes other persons not shown separately.
- 2. Person of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
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- Source:U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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