Marital Status Women Civilian Labor Force

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Table HS-30

Marital Status of Women in the Civilian Labor Force (1900 to 2002)

Persons 16 years old and over, except as indicated. (4,997 represents 4,997,000). 1955 to 2002 annual averages of monthly figures. For civilian noninstitutional population. CPS means the Current Population Survey.

			1900	1910	1920	1930	1940⁹	1944¹⁰	1947¹⁰	1948¹⁰	1949¹⁰	1950⁹	1951¹⁰	1952¹⁰	1953¹⁰	1954¹⁰	1955¹¹	1956¹¹	1957¹¹	1958¹¹	1959¹¹	1960¹¹	1961¹¹	1962¹¹	1963¹¹	1964¹¹	1965¹¹	1966¹¹	1967¹¹	1968¹¹	1969¹¹	1970¹¹	1971¹¹	1972¹¹	1973¹¹	1974¹¹	1975¹¹	1976¹¹	1977¹¹	1978¹¹	1979¹¹	1980¹¹	1981¹¹	1982¹¹	1983¹¹	1984¹¹	1985¹¹	1986¹¹	1987¹¹	1988¹¹	1989¹¹	1990¹¹	1991¹¹	1992¹¹	1993¹¹	1994¹¹	1995¹¹	1996¹¹	1997¹¹	1998¹¹	1999¹¹	2000¹¹	2001¹¹	2002¹¹
Marital Status of Women in the Civilian Labor Force (1900 to 2002)¹
Census^{2, 3}	Female Labor Force⁴	Married⁵	769	1,891	1,920	3,071	4,675					8,635										13,610										19,178
		Other⁶	920	1,147		1,826	1,955					2,644										3,518										4,642
		Single	3,307	4,602	6,427⁸	5,735	6,377					5,274										5,282										6,936
		Total	4,997	7,640	8,347	10,632	13,007					16,553										22,410										30,756
	Female Participation Rate⁷	Married⁵	5.6	10.7	9.0	11.7	15.6					23.0										31.7										40.2
		Other⁶	32.5	34.1		34.4	30.2					32.7										36.1										36.8
		Single	43.5	51.1	46.4⁸	50.5	45.5					46.3										42.9										50.9
		Total	20.6	25.4	23.7	24.8	25.8					29.0										34.5										41.6
Female Labor Force⁴	Married⁵						5,040	8,433	7,545	8,281	8,739	9,273	10,182	10,350	10,908	11,209	10,809	11,522	11,795	12,164	12,510	12,893	13,259	13,556	13,812	14,345	14,829	15,425	16,247	16,937	17,768	18,475	18,764	19,352	20,172	20,869	21,484	22,139	22,776	23,539	24,378	24,980	25,428	25,971	26,468	27,199	27,894	28,623	29,381	29,921	30,548	30,901	31,112	31,700	31,980	32,888	33,359	33,618	33,802	33,857	34,372	35,146	35,236	35,477
	Other⁶						2,090	2,474	2,597	2,931	2,746	2,901	2,990	2,930	3,174	3,105	4,458	4,520	4,576	4,683	4,781	4,937	5,129	5,096	5,294	5,277	5,396	5,593	5,630	5,553	5,732	5,804	5,976	6,239	6,361	6,672	6,866	7,156	7,526	8,025	8,260	8,643	9,144	9,324	9,376	9,644	9,993	10,277	10,393	10,627	11,104	11,315	11,385	11,570	11,784	12,018	12,118	12,397	12,742	12,771	12,909	13,308	13,592	13,683
	Single						6,710	7,542	6,181	5,943	5,682	5,621	5,430	5,532	5,223	5,412	5,281	5,420	5,361	5,269	5,194	5,410	5,419	5,363	5,597	5,790	5,976	6,279	6,485	6,714	7,015	7,265	7,460	7,889	8,272	8,671	9,125	9,689	10,311	11,067	11,597	11,865	12,124	12,460	12,659	12,867	13,163	13,512	13,885	14,194	14,377	14,612	14,681	14,872	15,031	15,333	15,467	15,842	16,492	17,087	17,575	17,849	18,021	18,203
	Total						13,840	18,449	16,323	17,155	17,167	17,795	18,602	18,812	19,304	19,726	20,548	21,461	21,732	22,118	22,483	23,240	23,806	24,014	24,704	25,412	26,200	27,299	28,360	29,204	30,513	31,543	32,202	33,479	34,804	36,211	37,475	38,983	40,613	42,631	44,235	45,487	46,696	47,755	48,503	49,709	51,050	52,413	53,658	54,742	56,030	56,829	57,178	58,141	58,795	60,239	60,944	61,857	63,036	63,714	64,855	66,303	66,848	67,363
Female Participation Rate⁷	Married⁵						16.7	25.6	21.4	23.1	23.6	24.8	26.7	26.8	27.7	28.1	28.5	29.9	30.1	30.7	31.2	31.9	32.5	32.9	33.4	34.1	34.9	35.9	37.3	38.2	35.6	40.5	40.6	41.2	42.3	43.3	44.3	45.3	46.4	47.8	49.0	49.9	50.5	51.1	51.8	52.8	53.8	54.9	55.9	56.7	57.8	58.4	58.5	59.3	59.4	60.7	61.0	61.2	61.6	61.2	61.2	61.1	61.2	61.0
	Other⁶						32.0	35.7	34.6	36.8	35.1	36.0	36.1	35.3	36.3	36.0	40.7	41.2	41.3	41.6	41.6	41.6	41.7	40.6	40.9	40.6	40.7	41.3	41.0	40.4	40.7	40.3	40.3	40.0	39.7	40.2	40.1	40.5	41.5	42.8	43.1	43.6	44.6	44.8	44.4	44.7	45.1	45.6	45.7	46.2	47.0	47.2	46.8	47.1	47.2	47.5	47.4	48.1	48.6	48.8	49.1	49.0	49.0	49.2
	Single						48.1	58.6	51.2	51.1	50.9	50.5	49.6	50.0	48.5	49.0	61.1	62.2	61.4	59.8	57.8	58.6	57.9	56.5	55.2	54.5	54.5	55.7	55.3	55.6	56.7	56.8	56.4	57.5	58.6	59.5	59.8	61.0	62.1	63.7	64.6	64.4	64.5	65.1	65.0	65.6	66.6	67.2	67.4	67.7	68.0	66.7	66.2	66.2	66.2	66.7	66.8	67.1	67.9	68.5	68.7	68.9	68.1	67.4
	Total						27.4	35.0	29.8	31.0	30.7	31.4	32.4	32.4	32.8	33.1	35.7	36.9	36.9	37.1	37.1	37.7	38.1	37.9	38.3	38.7	39.3	40.3	41.1	41.6	42.7	43.3	43.4	43.9	44.7	45.7	46.3	47.3	48.4	50.0	50.9	51.5	52.1	52.6	52.9	53.6	54.5	55.3	56.0	56.6	57.4	57.5	57.4	57.8	57.9	58.8	58.9	59.3	59.8	59.8	60.0	59.9	59.8	59.6

Footnotes

¹ Quantities in thousands.

² Census June.

³ Persons 15 years old and over.

⁴ Thousands

⁵ Beginning 1955, husband present.

⁶ Beginning 1955, widowed, divorced, or separated.

⁷ Percent of civilian noninstitutional population of each specified group in the civilian labor force.

⁸ Widowed or divorced included with "Single.

⁹ CPS March.

¹⁰ CPS April.

¹¹ For CPS annual averages.

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, 1900-1930, U.S. Census of Population: 1930, vol. IV,; 1940-1970, U.S. Census of Population: 1970, vol. I,; and 1940-1954, Current Population Reports, series P-50; 1955-2002, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 2307; and unpublished data.

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