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Women in the Labor Force, 1900–2006
| 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 |
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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