RATIO OF WORKFORCE TO POPULATION Civilian employment as a percentage of civilian non-institutionalized population (16 yr. and over, seasonally adjusted) 1948 56.6% 1949 55.5 1950 56.1 1951 57.3 1952 57.3 1953 57.2 1954 55.5 1955 56.6 1956 57.5 1957 57.1 1958 55.4 1959 56.0 1960 56.1 1961 55.4 1962 55.5 1963 55.4 1964 55.7 1965 56.2 1966 56.9 1967 57.3 1968 57.5 1969 58.0 1970 57.4 1971 56.6 1972 57.0 1973 57.8 1974 57.8 1975 56.1 1976 56.8 1977 57.9 1978 59.3 1979 59.9 1980 59.2 1981 59.0 1982 57.8 1983 57.9 1984 59.5 1985 60.1 1986 60.7 1987 61.5 1988 62.3 1989 63.0 1990 62.7 1991 61.6 1992 61.4 1993 61.6 1994 62.5 1995 62.9 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Series ID: lfs1600000
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