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Women in the Labor Force
The following table lists the number of women in the United States labor force from 1900 to the present, according to year, percent of females over 16 years old, and percent of labor force over 16 years old.
| Year |
Number1
(thousands) |
% female
population
aged 16 and
over1 |
% of labor
force
population
aged
16 and over1 |
| 1900 |
5,319 |
18.8 % |
18.3 % |
| 1910 |
7,445 |
21.5 |
19.9 |
| 1920 |
8,637 |
21.4 |
20.4 |
| 1930 |
10,752 |
22.0 |
22.0 |
| 1940 |
12,845 |
25.4 |
24.3 |
| 1950 |
18,389 |
33.9 |
29.6 |
| 1960 |
23,240 |
37.7 |
33.4 |
| 1970 |
31,543 |
43.3 |
38.1 |
| 1980 |
45,487 |
51.5 |
42.5 |
| 19902 |
56,829 |
57.5 |
45.2 |
| 1993 |
58,795 |
57.9 |
45.5 |
| 19943 |
60,239 |
58.8 |
46.0 |
| 1995 |
60,944 |
58.9 |
46.1 |
| 1996 |
61,857 |
59.3 |
46.2 |
| 1997 |
63,036 |
59.8 |
46.2 |
| 1998 |
63,714 |
59.8 |
46.3 |
| 1999 |
64,855 |
60.0 |
46.5 |
| 2000 |
66,303 |
60.2 |
46.6 |
| 2001 |
66,848 |
60.1 |
46.5 |
| 2002 |
67,363 |
59.8 |
46.5 |
| 2003 |
68,272 |
59.5 |
47.0 |
| 2004 |
68,421 |
59.2 |
46.0 |
| 2005 |
69,288 |
59.3 |
46.4 |
| 2006 |
70,000 |
59.4 |
46.0 |
| 2007 |
67,792 |
56.6 |
63.0 |
1. For 1900–1930, data relate to
population and labor force age 10 and over; for 1940, to population and
labor force age 14 and over; beginning 1950, to civilian population and
labor force age 16 and over.
2. Data beginning in 1990 are not
strictly comparable with data for prior years because population
controls were adjusted.
3. Data beginning 1994 are not strictly
comparable with data for prior years because of a major revision to
survey methodology.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Women's
Bureau. Web: www.dol.gov.
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