Title: Civilian Labor Force Series ID: CLF16OV Source: U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: The Employment Situation Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Thousands Date Range: 1948-01-01 to 2008-10-01 Last Updated: 2008-11-07 11:31 AM CST Notes: Persons 16 years of age and older. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced several revisions to the Household Survey on Friday Feb.7th 2003, with the release of the January 2003 Data. They introduced the Census 2000 population controls (which affect data back to 2000 and cause a break in the data in January 2000), a new seasonal adjustment procedure, and new seasonal factors back to January 1998. For further information contact the Current Employment Statistics (CES) homepage at www.bls.gov/ces or by calling 202-691-6555. DATE VALUE 1948-01-01 60095 1948-02-01 60524 1948-03-01 60070 1948-04-01 60677 1948-05-01 59972 1948-06-01 60957 1948-07-01 61181 1948-08-01 60806 1948-09-01 60815 1948-10-01 60646 1948-11-01 60702 1948-12-01 61169 1949-01-01 60771 1949-02-01 61057 1949-03-01 61073 1949-04-01 61007 1949-05-01 61259 1949-06-01 60948 1949-07-01 61301 1949-08-01 61590 1949-09-01 61633 1949-10-01 62185 1949-11-01 62005 1949-12-01 61908 1950-01-01 61661 1950-02-01 61687 1950-03-01 61604 1950-04-01 62158 1950-05-01 62083 1950-06-01 62419 1950-07-01 62121 1950-08-01 62596 1950-09-01 62349 1950-10-01 62428 1950-11-01 62286 1950-12-01 62068 1951-01-01 61941 1951-02-01 61778 1951-03-01 62526 1951-04-01 61808 1951-05-01 62044 1951-06-01 61615 1951-07-01 62106 1951-08-01 61927 1951-09-01 61780 1951-10-01 62204 1951-11-01 62014 1951-12-01 62457 1952-01-01 62432 1952-02-01 62419 1952-03-01 61721 1952-04-01 61720 1952-05-01 62058 1952-06-01 62103 1952-07-01 61962 1952-08-01 61877 1952-09-01 62457 1952-10-01 61971 1952-11-01 62491 1952-12-01 62621 1953-01-01 63439 1953-02-01 63520 1953-03-01 63657 1953-04-01 63167 1953-05-01 62615 1953-06-01 63063 1953-07-01 63057 1953-08-01 62816 1953-09-01 62727 1953-10-01 62867 1953-11-01 62949 1953-12-01 62795 1954-01-01 63101 1954-02-01 63994 1954-03-01 63793 1954-04-01 63934 1954-05-01 63675 1954-06-01 63343 1954-07-01 63302 1954-08-01 63707 1954-09-01 64209 1954-10-01 63936 1954-11-01 63759 1954-12-01 63312 1955-01-01 63910 1955-02-01 63696 1955-03-01 63882 1955-04-01 64564 1955-05-01 64381 1955-06-01 64482 1955-07-01 65145 1955-08-01 65581 1955-09-01 65628 1955-10-01 65821 1955-11-01 66037 1955-12-01 66445 1956-01-01 66419 1956-02-01 66124 1956-03-01 66175 1956-04-01 66264 1956-05-01 66722 1956-06-01 66702 1956-07-01 66752 1956-08-01 66673 1956-09-01 66714 1956-10-01 66546 1956-11-01 66657 1956-12-01 66700 1957-01-01 66428 1957-02-01 66879 1957-03-01 66913 1957-04-01 66647 1957-05-01 66695 1957-06-01 67052 1957-07-01 67336 1957-08-01 66706 1957-09-01 67064 1957-10-01 67066 1957-11-01 67123 1957-12-01 67398 1958-01-01 67095 1958-02-01 67201 1958-03-01 67223 1958-04-01 67647 1958-05-01 67895 1958-06-01 67674 1958-07-01 67824 1958-08-01 68037 1958-09-01 68002 1958-10-01 68045 1958-11-01 67658 1958-12-01 67740 1959-01-01 67936 1959-02-01 67649 1959-03-01 68068 1959-04-01 68339 1959-05-01 68178 1959-06-01 68278 1959-07-01 68539 1959-08-01 68432 1959-09-01 68545 1959-10-01 68821 1959-11-01 68533 1959-12-01 68994 1960-01-01 68962 1960-02-01 68949 1960-03-01 68399 1960-04-01 69579 1960-05-01 69626 1960-06-01 69934 1960-07-01 69745 1960-08-01 69841 1960-09-01 70151 1960-10-01 69884 1960-11-01 70439 1960-12-01 70395 1961-01-01 70447 1961-02-01 70420 1961-03-01 70703 1961-04-01 70267 1961-05-01 70452 1961-06-01 70878 1961-07-01 70536 1961-08-01 70534 1961-09-01 70217 1961-10-01 70492 1961-11-01 70376 1961-12-01 70077 1962-01-01 70189 1962-02-01 70409 1962-03-01 70414 1962-04-01 70278 1962-05-01 70551 1962-06-01 70514 1962-07-01 70302 1962-08-01 70981 1962-09-01 71153 1962-10-01 70917 1962-11-01 70871 1962-12-01 70854 1963-01-01 71146 1963-02-01 71262 1963-03-01 71423 1963-04-01 71697 1963-05-01 71832 1963-06-01 71626 1963-07-01 71956 1963-08-01 71786 1963-09-01 72131 1963-10-01 72281 1963-11-01 72418 1963-12-01 72188 1964-01-01 72356 1964-02-01 72683 1964-03-01 72713 1964-04-01 73274 1964-05-01 73395 1964-06-01 73032 1964-07-01 73007 1964-08-01 73118 1964-09-01 73290 1964-10-01 73308 1964-11-01 73286 1964-12-01 73465 1965-01-01 73569 1965-02-01 73857 1965-03-01 73949 1965-04-01 74228 1965-05-01 74466 1965-06-01 74412 1965-07-01 74761 1965-08-01 74616 1965-09-01 74502 1965-10-01 74838 1965-11-01 74797 1965-12-01 75093 1966-01-01 75186 1966-02-01 74954 1966-03-01 75075 1966-04-01 75338 1966-05-01 75447 1966-06-01 75647 1966-07-01 75736 1966-08-01 76046 1966-09-01 76056 1966-10-01 76199 1966-11-01 76610 1966-12-01 76641 1967-01-01 76639 1967-02-01 76521 1967-03-01 76328 1967-04-01 76777 1967-05-01 76773 1967-06-01 77270 1967-07-01 77464 1967-08-01 77712 1967-09-01 77812 1967-10-01 78194 1967-11-01 78191 1967-12-01 78491 1968-01-01 77578 1968-02-01 78230 1968-03-01 78256 1968-04-01 78270 1968-05-01 78847 1968-06-01 79120 1968-07-01 78970 1968-08-01 78811 1968-09-01 78858 1968-10-01 78913 1968-11-01 79209 1968-12-01 79463 1969-01-01 79523 1969-02-01 80019 1969-03-01 80079 1969-04-01 80281 1969-05-01 80125 1969-06-01 80696 1969-07-01 80827 1969-08-01 81106 1969-09-01 81290 1969-10-01 81494 1969-11-01 81397 1969-12-01 81624 1970-01-01 81981 1970-02-01 82151 1970-03-01 82498 1970-04-01 82727 1970-05-01 82483 1970-06-01 82484 1970-07-01 82901 1970-08-01 82880 1970-09-01 82954 1970-10-01 83276 1970-11-01 83548 1970-12-01 83670 1971-01-01 83850 1971-02-01 83603 1971-03-01 83575 1971-04-01 83946 1971-05-01 84135 1971-06-01 83706 1971-07-01 84340 1971-08-01 84673 1971-09-01 84731 1971-10-01 84872 1971-11-01 85458 1971-12-01 85625 1972-01-01 85978 1972-02-01 86036 1972-03-01 86611 1972-04-01 86614 1972-05-01 86809 1972-06-01 87006 1972-07-01 87143 1972-08-01 87517 1972-09-01 87392 1972-10-01 87491 1972-11-01 87592 1972-12-01 87943 1973-01-01 87487 1973-02-01 88364 1973-03-01 88846 1973-04-01 89018 1973-05-01 88977 1973-06-01 89548 1973-07-01 89604 1973-08-01 89509 1973-09-01 89838 1973-10-01 90131 1973-11-01 90716 1973-12-01 90890 1974-01-01 91199 1974-02-01 91485 1974-03-01 91453 1974-04-01 91287 1974-05-01 91596 1974-06-01 91868 1974-07-01 92212 1974-08-01 92059 1974-09-01 92488 1974-10-01 92518 1974-11-01 92766 1974-12-01 92780 1975-01-01 93128 1975-02-01 92776 1975-03-01 93165 1975-04-01 93399 1975-05-01 93884 1975-06-01 93575 1975-07-01 94021 1975-08-01 94162 1975-09-01 94202 1975-10-01 94267 1975-11-01 94250 1975-12-01 94409 1976-01-01 94934 1976-02-01 94998 1976-03-01 95215 1976-04-01 95746 1976-05-01 95847 1976-06-01 95885 1976-07-01 96583 1976-08-01 96741 1976-09-01 96553 1976-10-01 96704 1976-11-01 97254 1976-12-01 97348 1977-01-01 97208 1977-02-01 97785 1977-03-01 98115 1977-04-01 98330 1977-05-01 98665 1977-06-01 99093 1977-07-01 98913 1977-08-01 99366 1977-09-01 99453 1977-10-01 99815 1977-11-01 100576 1977-12-01 100491 1978-01-01 100873 1978-02-01 100837 1978-03-01 101092 1978-04-01 101574 1978-05-01 101896 1978-06-01 102371 1978-07-01 102399 1978-08-01 102511 1978-09-01 102795 1978-10-01 103080 1978-11-01 103562 1978-12-01 103809 1979-01-01 104057 1979-02-01 104502 1979-03-01 104589 1979-04-01 104172 1979-05-01 104171 1979-06-01 104638 1979-07-01 105002 1979-08-01 105096 1979-09-01 105530 1979-10-01 105700 1979-11-01 105812 1979-12-01 106258 1980-01-01 106562 1980-02-01 106697 1980-03-01 106442 1980-04-01 106591 1980-05-01 106929 1980-06-01 106780 1980-07-01 107159 1980-08-01 107105 1980-09-01 107098 1980-10-01 107405 1980-11-01 107568 1980-12-01 107352 1981-01-01 108026 1981-02-01 108242 1981-03-01 108553 1981-04-01 108925 1981-05-01 109222 1981-06-01 108396 1981-07-01 108556 1981-08-01 108725 1981-09-01 108294 1981-10-01 109024 1981-11-01 109236 1981-12-01 108912 1982-01-01 109089 1982-02-01 109467 1982-03-01 109567 1982-04-01 109820 1982-05-01 110451 1982-06-01 110081 1982-07-01 110342 1982-08-01 110514 1982-09-01 110721 1982-10-01 110744 1982-11-01 111050 1982-12-01 111083 1983-01-01 110695 1983-02-01 110634 1983-03-01 110587 1983-04-01 110828 1983-05-01 110796 1983-06-01 111879 1983-07-01 111756 1983-08-01 112231 1983-09-01 112298 1983-10-01 111926 1983-11-01 112228 1983-12-01 112327 1984-01-01 112209 1984-02-01 112615 1984-03-01 112713 1984-04-01 113098 1984-05-01 113649 1984-06-01 113817 1984-07-01 113972 1984-08-01 113682 1984-09-01 113857 1984-10-01 114019 1984-11-01 114170 1984-12-01 114581 1985-01-01 114725 1985-02-01 114876 1985-03-01 115328 1985-04-01 115331 1985-05-01 115234 1985-06-01 114965 1985-07-01 115320 1985-08-01 115291 1985-09-01 115905 1985-10-01 116145 1985-11-01 116135 1985-12-01 116354 1986-01-01 116682 1986-02-01 116882 1986-03-01 117220 1986-04-01 117316 1986-05-01 117528 1986-06-01 118084 1986-07-01 118129 1986-08-01 118150 1986-09-01 118395 1986-10-01 118516 1986-11-01 118634 1986-12-01 118611 1987-01-01 118845 1987-02-01 119122 1987-03-01 119270 1987-04-01 119336 1987-05-01 120008 1987-06-01 119644 1987-07-01 119902 1987-08-01 120318 1987-09-01 120011 1987-10-01 120509 1987-11-01 120540 1987-12-01 120729 1988-01-01 120969 1988-02-01 121156 1988-03-01 120913 1988-04-01 121251 1988-05-01 121071 1988-06-01 121473 1988-07-01 121665 1988-08-01 122125 1988-09-01 121960 1988-10-01 122206 1988-11-01 122637 1988-12-01 122622 1989-01-01 123390 1989-02-01 123135 1989-03-01 123227 1989-04-01 123565 1989-05-01 123474 1989-06-01 123995 1989-07-01 123967 1989-08-01 124166 1989-09-01 123944 1989-10-01 124211 1989-11-01 124637 1989-12-01 124497 1990-01-01 125833 1990-02-01 125710 1990-03-01 125801 1990-04-01 125649 1990-05-01 125893 1990-06-01 125573 1990-07-01 125732 1990-08-01 125990 1990-09-01 125892 1990-10-01 125995 1990-11-01 126070 1990-12-01 126142 1991-01-01 125955 1991-02-01 126020 1991-03-01 126238 1991-04-01 126548 1991-05-01 126176 1991-06-01 126331 1991-07-01 126154 1991-08-01 126150 1991-09-01 126650 1991-10-01 126642 1991-11-01 126701 1991-12-01 126664 1992-01-01 127261 1992-02-01 127207 1992-03-01 127604 1992-04-01 127841 1992-05-01 128119 1992-06-01 128459 1992-07-01 128563 1992-08-01 128613 1992-09-01 128501 1992-10-01 128026 1992-11-01 128441 1992-12-01 128554 1993-01-01 128400 1993-02-01 128458 1993-03-01 128598 1993-04-01 128584 1993-05-01 129264 1993-06-01 129411 1993-07-01 129397 1993-08-01 129619 1993-09-01 129268 1993-10-01 129573 1993-11-01 129711 1993-12-01 129941 1994-01-01 130596 1994-02-01 130669 1994-03-01 130400 1994-04-01 130621 1994-05-01 130779 1994-06-01 130561 1994-07-01 130652 1994-08-01 131275 1994-09-01 131421 1994-10-01 131744 1994-11-01 131891 1994-12-01 131951 1995-01-01 132038 1995-02-01 132115 1995-03-01 132108 1995-04-01 132590 1995-05-01 131851 1995-06-01 131949 1995-07-01 132343 1995-08-01 132336 1995-09-01 132611 1995-10-01 132716 1995-11-01 132614 1995-12-01 132511 1996-01-01 132616 1996-02-01 132952 1996-03-01 133180 1996-04-01 133409 1996-05-01 133667 1996-06-01 133697 1996-07-01 134284 1996-08-01 134054 1996-09-01 134515 1996-10-01 134921 1996-11-01 135007 1996-12-01 135113 1997-01-01 135456 1997-02-01 135400 1997-03-01 135891 1997-04-01 136016 1997-05-01 136119 1997-06-01 136211 1997-07-01 136477 1997-08-01 136618 1997-09-01 136675 1997-10-01 136633 1997-11-01 136961 1997-12-01 137155 1998-01-01 137095 1998-02-01 137112 1998-03-01 137236 1998-04-01 137150 1998-05-01 137372 1998-06-01 137455 1998-07-01 137588 1998-08-01 137570 1998-09-01 138286 1998-10-01 138279 1998-11-01 138381 1998-12-01 138634 1999-01-01 139003 1999-02-01 138967 1999-03-01 138730 1999-04-01 138959 1999-05-01 139107 1999-06-01 139329 1999-07-01 139439 1999-08-01 139430 1999-09-01 139622 1999-10-01 139771 1999-11-01 140025 1999-12-01 140177 2000-01-01 142267 2000-02-01 142456 2000-03-01 142434 2000-04-01 142751 2000-05-01 142388 2000-06-01 142591 2000-07-01 142278 2000-08-01 142514 2000-09-01 142518 2000-10-01 142622 2000-11-01 142962 2000-12-01 143248 2001-01-01 143800 2001-02-01 143701 2001-03-01 143924 2001-04-01 143569 2001-05-01 143318 2001-06-01 143357 2001-07-01 143654 2001-08-01 143284 2001-09-01 143989 2001-10-01 144086 2001-11-01 144240 2001-12-01 144305 2002-01-01 143883 2002-02-01 144653 2002-03-01 144481 2002-04-01 144725 2002-05-01 144938 2002-06-01 144808 2002-07-01 144803 2002-08-01 145009 2002-09-01 145552 2002-10-01 145314 2002-11-01 145041 2002-12-01 145066 2003-01-01 145937 2003-02-01 146100 2003-03-01 146022 2003-04-01 146474 2003-05-01 146500 2003-06-01 147056 2003-07-01 146485 2003-08-01 146445 2003-09-01 146530 2003-10-01 146716 2003-11-01 147000 2003-12-01 146729 2004-01-01 146830 2004-02-01 146692 2004-03-01 146906 2004-04-01 146839 2004-05-01 147058 2004-06-01 147454 2004-07-01 147706 2004-08-01 147585 2004-09-01 147442 2004-10-01 147816 2004-11-01 148180 2004-12-01 148087 2005-01-01 147981 2005-02-01 148308 2005-03-01 148295 2005-04-01 148912 2005-05-01 149276 2005-06-01 149244 2005-07-01 149479 2005-08-01 149826 2005-09-01 150022 2005-10-01 150061 2005-11-01 150099 2005-12-01 150041 2006-01-01 150111 2006-02-01 150505 2006-03-01 150694 2006-04-01 150904 2006-05-01 151126 2006-06-01 151386 2006-07-01 151471 2006-08-01 151799 2006-09-01 151741 2006-10-01 152130 2006-11-01 152403 2006-12-01 152709 2007-01-01 152958 2007-02-01 152725 2007-03-01 152884 2007-04-01 152542 2007-05-01 152776 2007-06-01 153085 2007-07-01 153182 2007-08-01 152886 2007-09-01 153506 2007-10-01 153306 2007-11-01 153828 2007-12-01 153866 2008-01-01 153824 2008-02-01 153374 2008-03-01 153784 2008-04-01 153957 2008-05-01 154534 2008-06-01 154390 2008-07-01 154603 2008-08-01 154853 2008-09-01 154732 2008-10-01 155038