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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

**Series Id:**           LNS11300000
Seasonally Adjusted
**Series title:**        (Seas) Labor Force Participation Rate
**Labor force status:**  Civilian labor force participation rate
**Type of data:**        Percent or rate
**Age:**                 16 years and over

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Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1948	58.6	58.9	58.5	59.0	58.3	59.2	59.3	58.9	58.9	58.7	58.7	59.1
1949	58.7	59.0	58.9	58.8	59.0	58.6	58.9	59.2	59.1	59.6	59.4	59.2
1950	58.9	58.9	58.8	59.2	59.1	59.4	59.1	59.5	59.2	59.4	59.3	59.2
1951	59.1	59.1	59.8	59.1	59.4	59.0	59.4	59.2	59.1	59.4	59.2	59.6
1952	59.5	59.5	58.9	58.8	59.1	59.1	58.9	58.7	59.2	58.7	59.1	59.2
1953	59.5	59.5	59.6	59.1	58.6	58.9	58.9	58.6	58.5	58.5	58.6	58.3
1954	58.6	59.3	59.1	59.2	58.9	58.5	58.4	58.7	59.2	58.8	58.6	58.1
1955	58.6	58.4	58.5	59.0	58.8	58.8	59.3	59.7	59.7	59.8	59.9	60.2
1956	60.2	59.9	59.8	59.9	60.2	60.1	60.1	60.0	60.0	59.8	59.8	59.8
1957	59.5	59.9	59.8	59.5	59.5	59.8	60.0	59.3	59.6	59.5	59.5	59.6
1958	59.3	59.3	59.3	59.6	59.8	59.5	59.6	59.8	59.7	59.6	59.2	59.2
1959	59.3	59.0	59.3	59.4	59.2	59.2	59.4	59.2	59.3	59.4	59.1	59.5
1960	59.1	59.1	58.5	59.5	59.5	59.7	59.5	59.5	59.7	59.4	59.8	59.7
1961	59.6	59.6	59.7	59.3	59.4	59.7	59.3	59.3	59.0	59.1	59.1	58.8
1962	58.8	59.0	58.9	58.7	58.9	58.8	58.5	59.0	59.0	58.7	58.5	58.4
1963	58.6	58.6	58.6	58.8	58.8	58.5	58.7	58.5	58.7	58.8	58.8	58.5
1964	58.6	58.8	58.7	59.1	59.1	58.7	58.6	58.6	58.7	58.6	58.5	58.6
1965	58.6	58.7	58.7	58.8	59.0	58.8	59.1	58.9	58.7	58.9	58.8	59.0
1966	59.0	58.8	58.8	59.0	59.0	59.1	59.1	59.3	59.3	59.3	59.6	59.5
1967	59.5	59.3	59.1	59.4	59.3	59.6	59.6	59.7	59.7	59.9	59.8	59.9
1968	59.2	59.6	59.6	59.5	59.9	60.0	59.8	59.6	59.5	59.5	59.6	59.7
1969	59.6	60.0	59.9	60.0	59.8	60.1	60.1	60.3	60.3	60.4	60.2	60.2
1970	60.4	60.4	60.6	60.6	60.3	60.2	60.4	60.3	60.2	60.4	60.4	60.4
1971	60.4	60.1	60.0	60.1	60.2	59.8	60.1	60.2	60.1	60.1	60.4	60.4
1972	60.2	60.2	60.5	60.4	60.4	60.4	60.4	60.6	60.4	60.3	60.3	60.5
1973	60.0	60.5	60.8	60.8	60.6	60.9	60.9	60.7	60.8	60.9	61.2	61.2
1974	61.3	61.4	61.3	61.1	61.2	61.2	61.4	61.2	61.4	61.3	61.3	61.2
1975	61.4	61.0	61.2	61.3	61.5	61.2	61.3	61.3	61.2	61.2	61.1	61.1
1976	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.6	61.5	61.5	61.8	61.8	61.6	61.6	61.9	61.8
1977	61.6	61.9	62.0	62.1	62.2	62.4	62.1	62.3	62.3	62.4	62.8	62.7
1978	62.8	62.7	62.8	63.0	63.1	63.3	63.2	63.2	63.3	63.3	63.5	63.6
1979	63.6	63.8	63.8	63.5	63.3	63.5	63.6	63.6	63.8	63.7	63.7	63.9
1980	64.0	64.0	63.7	63.8	63.9	63.7	63.8	63.7	63.6	63.7	63.8	63.6
1981	63.9	63.9	64.1	64.2	64.3	63.7	63.8	63.8	63.5	63.8	63.9	63.6
1982	63.7	63.8	63.8	63.9	64.2	63.9	64.0	64.1	64.1	64.1	64.2	64.1
1983	63.9	63.8	63.7	63.8	63.7	64.3	64.1	64.3	64.3	64.0	64.1	64.1
1984	63.9	64.1	64.1	64.3	64.5	64.6	64.6	64.4	64.4	64.4	64.5	64.6
1985	64.7	64.7	64.9	64.9	64.8	64.6	64.7	64.6	64.9	65.0	64.9	65.0
1986	64.9	65.0	65.1	65.1	65.2	65.4	65.4	65.3	65.4	65.4	65.4	65.3
1987	65.4	65.5	65.5	65.4	65.7	65.5	65.6	65.7	65.5	65.7	65.7	65.7
1988	65.8	65.9	65.7	65.8	65.7	65.8	65.9	66.1	65.9	66.0	66.2	66.1
1989	66.5	66.3	66.3	66.4	66.3	66.5	66.5	66.5	66.4	66.5	66.6	66.5
1990	66.8	66.7	66.7	66.6	66.6	66.4	66.5	66.5	66.4	66.4	66.4	66.4
1991	66.2	66.2	66.3	66.4	66.2	66.2	66.1	66.0	66.2	66.1	66.1	66.0
1992	66.3	66.2	66.4	66.5	66.6	66.7	66.7	66.6	66.5	66.2	66.3	66.3
1993	66.2	66.2	66.2	66.1	66.4	66.5	66.4	66.4	66.2	66.3	66.3	66.4
1994	66.6	66.6	66.5	66.5	66.6	66.4	66.4	66.6	66.6	66.7	66.7	66.7
1995	66.8	66.8	66.7	66.9	66.5	66.5	66.6	66.6	66.6	66.6	66.5	66.4
1996	66.4	66.6	66.6	66.7	66.7	66.7	66.9	66.7	66.9	67.0	67.0	67.0
1997	67.0	66.9	67.1	67.1	67.1	67.1	67.2	67.2	67.1	67.1	67.2	67.2
1998	67.1	67.1	67.1	67.0	67.0	67.0	67.0	67.0	67.2	67.2	67.1	67.2
1999	67.2	67.2	67.0	67.1	67.1	67.1	67.1	67.0	67.0	67.0	67.1	67.1
2000	67.3	67.3	67.3	67.3	67.1	67.1	66.9	66.9	66.9	66.8	66.9	67.0
2001	67.2	67.1	67.2	66.9	66.7	66.7	66.8	66.5	66.8	66.7	66.7	66.7
2002	66.5	66.8	66.6	66.7	66.7	66.6	66.5	66.6	66.7	66.6	66.4	66.3
2003	66.4	66.4	66.3	66.4	66.4	66.5	66.2	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.1	65.9
2004	66.1	66.0	66.0	65.9	66.0	66.1	66.1	66.0	65.8	65.9	66.0	65.9
2005	65.8	65.9	65.9	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.2	66.1	66.1	66.0	66.0
2006	66.0	66.1	66.2	66.1	66.1	66.2	66.1	66.2	66.1	66.2	66.3	66.4
2007	66.4	66.3	66.2	65.9	66.0	66.0	66.0	65.8	66.0	65.8	66.0	66.0
2008	66.2	66.0	66.1	65.9	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.0	66.0	65.9	65.8
2009	65.7	65.8	65.6	65.7	65.7	65.7	65.5	65.4	65.1	65.0	65.0	64.6
2010	64.8	64.9	64.9	65.1	64.9	64.6	64.6	64.7	64.6	64.4	64.6	64.3

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