Title: Not in Labor Force Black or African American Series ID: LNS15000006 Source: U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: Employment Situation Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Thousands of Persons Date Range: 1972-01-01 to 2013-04-01 Last Updated: 2013-05-03 9:41 AM CDT Notes: DATE VALUE 1972-01-01 5778 1972-02-01 5774 1972-03-01 5750 1972-04-01 5816 1972-05-01 5786 1972-06-01 5719 1972-07-01 5853 1972-08-01 5848 1972-09-01 5884 1972-10-01 5931 1972-11-01 5853 1972-12-01 5868 1973-01-01 6021 1973-02-01 5859 1973-03-01 5862 1973-04-01 5884 1973-05-01 5997 1973-06-01 6004 1973-07-01 5861 1973-08-01 5945 1973-09-01 5974 1973-10-01 5961 1973-11-01 5960 1973-12-01 5995 1974-01-01 5927 1974-02-01 6007 1974-03-01 6202 1974-04-01 6155 1974-05-01 6135 1974-06-01 6185 1974-07-01 6199 1974-08-01 6257 1974-09-01 6166 1974-10-01 6150 1974-11-01 6270 1974-12-01 6330 1975-01-01 6327 1975-02-01 6418 1975-03-01 6394 1975-04-01 6486 1975-05-01 6451 1975-06-01 6456 1975-07-01 6539 1975-08-01 6477 1975-09-01 6477 1975-10-01 6572 1975-11-01 6617 1975-12-01 6624 1976-01-01 6579 1976-02-01 6584 1976-03-01 6571 1976-04-01 6535 1976-05-01 6652 1976-06-01 6659 1976-07-01 6699 1976-08-01 6601 1976-09-01 6727 1976-10-01 6747 1976-11-01 6624 1976-12-01 6663 1977-01-01 6702 1977-02-01 6629 1977-03-01 6669 1977-04-01 6726 1977-05-01 6707 1977-06-01 6633 1977-07-01 6780 1977-08-01 6613 1977-09-01 6705 1977-10-01 6725 1977-11-01 6650 1977-12-01 6512 1978-01-01 6514 1978-02-01 6529 1978-03-01 6496 1978-04-01 6522 1978-05-01 6508 1978-06-01 6484 1978-07-01 6541 1978-08-01 6588 1978-09-01 6546 1978-10-01 6594 1978-11-01 6573 1978-12-01 6618 1979-01-01 6687 1979-02-01 6623 1979-03-01 6615 1979-04-01 6679 1979-05-01 6764 1979-06-01 6714 1979-07-01 6690 1979-08-01 6746 1979-09-01 6760 1979-10-01 6713 1979-11-01 6839 1979-12-01 6830 1980-01-01 6828 1980-02-01 6887 1980-03-01 6991 1980-04-01 6950 1980-05-01 6920 1980-06-01 7002 1980-07-01 6886 1980-08-01 6977 1980-09-01 7024 1980-10-01 6973 1980-11-01 6987 1980-12-01 7045 1981-01-01 7019 1981-02-01 7127 1981-03-01 7043 1981-04-01 6969 1981-05-01 7071 1981-06-01 7188 1981-07-01 7283 1981-08-01 7248 1981-09-01 7212 1981-10-01 7115 1981-11-01 7130 1981-12-01 7175 1982-01-01 7178 1982-02-01 7201 1982-03-01 7243 1982-04-01 7325 1982-05-01 7271 1982-06-01 7353 1982-07-01 7290 1982-08-01 7259 1982-09-01 7236 1982-10-01 7247 1982-11-01 7220 1982-12-01 7179 1983-01-01 7145 1983-02-01 7220 1983-03-01 7257 1983-04-01 7268 1983-05-01 7276 1983-06-01 7172 1983-07-01 7214 1983-08-01 7244 1983-09-01 7270 1983-10-01 7453 1983-11-01 7429 1983-12-01 7406 1984-01-01 7479 1984-02-01 7345 1984-03-01 7401 1984-04-01 7424 1984-05-01 7365 1984-06-01 7317 1984-07-01 7268 1984-08-01 7193 1984-09-01 7316 1984-10-01 7250 1984-11-01 7212 1984-12-01 7225 1985-01-01 7217 1985-02-01 7264 1985-03-01 7285 1985-04-01 7248 1985-05-01 7281 1985-06-01 7317 1985-07-01 7312 1985-08-01 7370 1985-09-01 7322 1985-10-01 7344 1985-11-01 7332 1985-12-01 7275 1986-01-01 7320 1986-02-01 7362 1986-03-01 7250 1986-04-01 7187 1986-05-01 7188 1986-06-01 7198 1986-07-01 7382 1986-08-01 7508 1986-09-01 7381 1986-10-01 7356 1986-11-01 7404 1986-12-01 7477 1987-01-01 7424 1987-02-01 7356 1987-03-01 7397 1987-04-01 7481 1987-05-01 7395 1987-06-01 7407 1987-07-01 7317 1987-08-01 7220 1987-09-01 7380 1987-10-01 7291 1987-11-01 7321 1987-12-01 7342 1988-01-01 7377 1988-02-01 7437 1988-03-01 7505 1988-04-01 7507 1988-05-01 7541 1988-06-01 7662 1988-07-01 7427 1988-08-01 7457 1988-09-01 7551 1988-10-01 7484 1988-11-01 7502 1988-12-01 7429 1989-01-01 7415 1989-02-01 7415 1989-03-01 7528 1989-04-01 7661 1989-05-01 7530 1989-06-01 7481 1989-07-01 7473 1989-08-01 7563 1989-09-01 7573 1989-10-01 7603 1989-11-01 7571 1989-12-01 7631 1990-01-01 7599 1990-02-01 7579 1990-03-01 7602 1990-04-01 7680 1990-05-01 7628 1990-06-01 7803 1990-07-01 7816 1990-08-01 7820 1990-09-01 7839 1990-10-01 7822 1990-11-01 7787 1990-12-01 7854 1991-01-01 7924 1991-02-01 7931 1991-03-01 7811 1991-04-01 7862 1991-05-01 8025 1991-06-01 8018 1991-07-01 8048 1991-08-01 8118 1991-09-01 7915 1991-10-01 8065 1991-11-01 8212 1991-12-01 8101 1992-01-01 8022 1992-02-01 8015 1992-03-01 8034 1992-04-01 8065 1992-05-01 7953 1992-06-01 7861 1992-07-01 7869 1992-08-01 7790 1992-09-01 7950 1992-10-01 8039 1992-11-01 8099 1992-12-01 8136 1993-01-01 8265 1993-02-01 8085 1993-03-01 8282 1993-04-01 8317 1993-05-01 8222 1993-06-01 8296 1993-07-01 8296 1993-08-01 8271 1993-09-01 8347 1993-10-01 8443 1993-11-01 8322 1993-12-01 8433 1994-01-01 8333 1994-02-01 8298 1994-03-01 8275 1994-04-01 8316 1994-05-01 8346 1994-06-01 8325 1994-07-01 8460 1994-08-01 8461 1994-09-01 8473 1994-10-01 8327 1994-11-01 8420 1994-12-01 8526 1995-01-01 8442 1995-02-01 8260 1995-03-01 8357 1995-04-01 8256 1995-05-01 8426 1995-06-01 8442 1995-07-01 8568 1995-08-01 8544 1995-09-01 8528 1995-10-01 8484 1995-11-01 8344 1995-12-01 8493 1996-01-01 8442 1996-02-01 8622 1996-03-01 8503 1996-04-01 8498 1996-05-01 8436 1996-06-01 8530 1996-07-01 8389 1996-08-01 8330 1996-09-01 8544 1996-10-01 8407 1996-11-01 8440 1996-12-01 8490 1997-01-01 8487 1997-02-01 8511 1997-03-01 8496 1997-04-01 8543 1997-05-01 8556 1997-06-01 8523 1997-07-01 8485 1997-08-01 8224 1997-09-01 8347 1997-10-01 8529 1997-11-01 8525 1997-12-01 8463 1998-01-01 8447 1998-02-01 8434 1998-03-01 8326 1998-04-01 8404 1998-05-01 8581 1998-06-01 8318 1998-07-01 8337 1998-08-01 8414 1998-09-01 8405 1998-10-01 8282 1998-11-01 8337 1998-12-01 8438 1999-01-01 8337 1999-02-01 8503 1999-03-01 8521 1999-04-01 8514 1999-05-01 8519 1999-06-01 8514 1999-07-01 8446 1999-08-01 8533 1999-09-01 8391 1999-10-01 8462 1999-11-01 8527 1999-12-01 8588 2000-01-01 8777 2000-02-01 8772 2000-03-01 8931 2000-04-01 8360 2000-05-01 8409 2000-06-01 8473 2000-07-01 8556 2000-08-01 8557 2000-09-01 8683 2000-10-01 8603 2000-11-01 8527 2000-12-01 8577 2001-01-01 8457 2001-02-01 8583 2001-03-01 8521 2001-04-01 8660 2001-05-01 8704 2001-06-01 8692 2001-07-01 8717 2001-08-01 8766 2001-09-01 8771 2001-10-01 8882 2001-11-01 8970 2001-12-01 8823 2002-01-01 8852 2002-02-01 8888 2002-03-01 8926 2002-04-01 8832 2002-05-01 8862 2002-06-01 9038 2002-07-01 9192 2002-08-01 9132 2002-09-01 8983 2002-10-01 9088 2002-11-01 9229 2002-12-01 9078 2003-01-01 9023 2003-02-01 9057 2003-03-01 9178 2003-04-01 9040 2003-05-01 8986 2003-06-01 9044 2003-07-01 9168 2003-08-01 9185 2003-09-01 9148 2003-10-01 9282 2003-11-01 9319 2003-12-01 9512 2004-01-01 9239 2004-02-01 9445 2004-03-01 9306 2004-04-01 9479 2004-05-01 9560 2004-06-01 9569 2004-07-01 9355 2004-08-01 9412 2004-09-01 9468 2004-10-01 9366 2004-11-01 9443 2004-12-01 9513 2005-01-01 9567 2005-02-01 9621 2005-03-01 9584 2005-04-01 9496 2005-05-01 9408 2005-06-01 9354 2005-07-01 9400 2005-08-01 9413 2005-09-01 9533 2005-10-01 9458 2005-11-01 9520 2005-12-01 9736 2006-01-01 9813 2006-02-01 9552 2006-03-01 9497 2006-04-01 9623 2006-05-01 9644 2006-06-01 9786 2006-07-01 9712 2006-08-01 9694 2006-09-01 9860 2006-10-01 9737 2006-11-01 9706 2006-12-01 9660 2007-01-01 9666 2007-02-01 9789 2007-03-01 9904 2007-04-01 9941 2007-05-01 10028 2007-06-01 10019 2007-07-01 9926 2007-08-01 10034 2007-09-01 10065 2007-10-01 10146 2007-11-01 10193 2007-12-01 10128 2008-01-01 9941 2008-02-01 10059 2008-03-01 9974 2008-04-01 10026 2008-05-01 10067 2008-06-01 10108 2008-07-01 10090 2008-08-01 9954 2008-09-01 10135 2008-10-01 10197 2008-11-01 10342 2008-12-01 10247 2009-01-01 10305 2009-02-01 10405 2009-03-01 10597 2009-04-01 10405 2009-05-01 10491 2009-06-01 10519 2009-07-01 10502 2009-08-01 10723 2009-09-01 10837 2009-10-01 10868 2009-11-01 10786 2009-12-01 10839 2010-01-01 10743 2010-02-01 10838 2010-03-01 10714 2010-04-01 10670 2010-05-01 10688 2010-06-01 10915 2010-07-01 10927 2010-08-01 10871 2010-09-01 11010 2010-10-01 10919 2010-11-01 10880 2010-12-01 10976 2011-01-01 11104 2011-02-01 11180 2011-03-01 11228 2011-04-01 11182 2011-05-01 11321 2011-06-01 11316 2011-07-01 11450 2011-08-01 11178 2011-09-01 11063 2011-10-01 11208 2011-11-01 11369 2011-12-01 11190 2012-01-01 11522 2012-02-01 11416 2012-03-01 11381 2012-04-01 11526 2012-05-01 11553 2012-06-01 11337 2012-07-01 11494 2012-08-01 11566 2012-09-01 11645 2012-10-01 11311 2012-11-01 11687 2012-12-01 11690 2013-01-01 11549 2013-02-01 11583 2013-03-01 11731 2013-04-01 11673