United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Recent Trends
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Labor Force and Income
Labor Fores — Age
Composition
1960
Female Labor Force -
Participation Rate
Percent
Total
1970 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82
Unemployment Rate
Percent
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Gross Weekly Earnings —
Private Nonagricultural
Dollars
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Current dollars
Median Family Income
$ Thousands
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Poverty Rate for Persons
Percent
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Black
” 1370 '75 '80 '82 1970 '72 '74 '76 76 '80 '82
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1970 72 74 76 78 '80 '82
Average annual
Subject
Unit
of 1960 1970 1978 1980 1981
percent change
measure I960 1970 1976
-70 -78 -81
Labor force, total.................................. Millions 72.1 86.0 96.0 09.0 110.8 1.8 2.2 2.4
Percent under 35 yrs. of age............... Percent 38.8 43.8 49.0 51.1 51.7 (NS) (NS) (NS)
Civilian labor force................................ . Millions 69.6 82.8 93.8 106.9 108.7 1.7 2.5 2.5
Unemployed.................................... . Millions 3.9 4.1 7.9 7.6 8.3 .0 14.1 .7
Unemployment rate................... . Percent 5.5 4.9 8.6 7.1 7.6 (NS) (NS) (NS)
Female participation ra te................. . Percent 37.7 43.3 46.3 51.5 52.1 (NS) (NS) (NS)
Married wife, husband present. . . . . Percent 30.5 40.8 44.4 50.1 51.0 (NS) (NS) (NS)
Gross weekly earnings1........................... . Dollars 81 120 164 235 255 4.0 6.4 7.7
Constant (1977) dollars................. .. . Dollars 165 187 184 173 170 1.3 -.3 -1.3
Median family income:
Current dollars................................ 5,620 9,867 13,719 21,023 22,388 5.8 6.8 8.5
Constant (1981) dollars.................... 17,259 23,111 23,183 23,204 22,388 3.0 .1 -.6
Persons in poverty................................ 39.9 25.4 26.9 29.3 31.8 -4.4 .4 2.1
Poverty rate..................................... 22.2 12.6 12.3 13.0 14.0 (NS) (NS) (NS)
White............................................... 17.8 9.9 9.7 10.2 11.1 (NS) (NS) (NS)
Black2 ................................................. 55.9 33.5 31,3 32.5 34.2 (NS) (NS) (NS)
NS Not significant. 1Private nonagricultural. 31960-65, Black and other.