SECTION II.

LABOR FORCE DATA

EMPLOYMENT

AND

UNEMPLOYMENT

1951 1952

1953

1554

1955

62.884 61,514 51,313 62,325 61,750
62.803 63.783 64.362 04.208 63.1e6 65,452 63,164 62,658
62.766 61,760 51,038 61.518 61,744 62,778 64,390 64.176 63,958 63,670 63.146 63.646 62,921
659015 62,395 52.085 63,339 63.155 63.285 65.147 65,214 04.951 63,905 64.059 63,975 62.993
64.460 62,040 63,725 63.825 649063 64.425 65.445 65,494 65.522 65.244 64,002 64,024
65,047 63,497 63,321 63,654 649647 65,192 669696 67.455 07.720 069002 67.292 67.206

63,526. 66.592

1956

57,530 65,775 65,491

1957

1958

1959

1960 1961

65 394
70.612

66,732 67,160 67,510
€7,420 67.471 68,189

66,165
69,837

68,449

709360

68,413
71 011

65.913 66,555 67,846 59.430 69,469 68,947 68.064 68.082 67,946 65.821 66.311 66.746 66,951 67,893 69,042 70.228 68,994 66.225 66.513 68,647 68,027 68.965 70.418 70.473 70 067 66,740 69,111 68,465 68,639 69,405 71,524 71,338 709667 6,577 70.103 69,310 67.276 69,819 70,667 73,002 12.706 72.070 71,155 719069 71,213 70.549 709696 71.546 749266

1.812 1,779 2,033 1,768 2,065

1,829

2,213

49009

4,480

4.025

3.652 2/3.023

1 FIGURES IN THESE TABLES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR COMPARABILITY WITH DEFINITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT ADOPTED IN 1957. BEGINNING WITH 1960, ALASKA AND HAWAII ARE INCLUDED IN THESE FIGURES, RESULTING IN AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 300,000 IN THE LABOR FORCE, MOSTLY IN NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT; THE OTHER CATEGORIES WERE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED.

July August September October November December

1948

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
IN THOUSANDS

61,296 60.908 60.120 60,008 59,659 59,162

1947 57,812 55,260 5,406 55,852 56,439 58.094 59,741 59,779 59.256 58,635 59,079 58,437 57,761 :9,117 30.043 55,327 57,093 58.079 58,393 60,906 1947 50.423 57.045 56,899 57,417 57.550 58.418 59.308 59,335 59.611 59,1lu 58,754 59,305 58,326 59,748 56,728 56,809 57,332

1950

1951

609784 50.830 58,740 59,974 59,400 61,489

1952 61.035 57,502 59,480
1953 61,945 60,729 60,901
1954 60,690 59,246 59,731 59,772
1955
62.944 59,800 57,733

60,327

58.476 59,482 61,129 60.946 62.196 61.028 61,627 61,129 60.099

1756 64.708 62,684 62,354 62,787 63.799 64.950 66,027 66.354 66,421 65,774 65,955 65,084 64.306 65,007 62,578 63,190 63,865 64,261 65,178 66.504 67,221 66.305 65.674 66.005 64,873 64,396 62,311 62.907 649061 64,581 65,179 65.367 64.629 65.306 64,653 63,973 63.323 65 012 66 016 67,342 67,594 67,241 66,347 66,631 65.640 65,699 64,267 66 159 67.206 68,579 68,689 68,262 67,767 67.490 67.182 66,009 64.452 64.655 65,516 55,734 66.778 68.706

1957
1958 63,966 62.238 61,988
1959 65,581 62.706 62,722
1760 66,681 64.020 64.519

1/ SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATES FOR THE RECENT PERIODS ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE.

2/ UNEMPLOYMENT EXAGGERATED BY MISCLASSIFICATION OF SOME WORKERS.