An Analysis of July Employment Numbers 1955 to 2013

170,000,000

150,000,000

130,000,000

110,000,000

90,000,000

70,000,000

50,000,000

Labor Force Size

Historical Labor Force Trend

Total Employed

Full Time Employed

Date
July 1955
July 1956
July 1957
July 1958
July 1959
July 1960
July 1961
July 1962
July 1963
July 1964
July 1965
July 1966
July 1967
July 1968
July 1969
July 1970
July 1971
July 1972
July 1973
July 1974
July 1975
July 1976
July 1977
July 1978
July 1979
July 1980
July 1981
July 1982
July 1983
July 1984
July 1985
July 1986
July 1987
July 1988
July 1989
July 1990
July 1991
July 1992
July 1993
July 1994
July 1995
July 1996
July 1997
July 1998
July 1999
July 2000

Labor Force SizeHistorical Labor Total

ForceEmployed
Trend
Full Time Employed
Covered By Unemployment
66,159,000
66,159,000
62,568,000
55,312,000
67,924,000
67,924,000
64,707,000
56,411,000
68,569,000
68,569,000
65,127,000
56,503,000
68,908,000
68,908,000
63,652,000
54,001,000
69,798,000
69,798,000
65,924,000
56,675,000
71,123,000
71,123,000
67,288,000
57,501,000
71,872,000
71,872,000
67,151,000
56,823,000
71,678,000
71,678,000
67,852,000
57,911,000
73,365,000
73,365,000
68,844,000
58,641,000
74,514,000
74,514,000
70,448,000
59,769,000
76,522,000
76,522,000
72,278,000
61,548,000
77,705,000
77,705,000
74,037,000
64,485,000
79,469,000
79,469,000
75,393,000
65,298,000
80,965,000
80,965,000
77,273,000
66,629,000
82,797,000
82,797,000
78,958,000
67,847,000
84,857,000
84,857,000
79,416,000
67,751,000
86,296,000
86,296,000
79,717,000
67,634,000
89,127,000
89,127,000
83,073,000
70,909,000
91,655,000
91,655,000
86,217,000
73,677,000
94,238,000
94,238,000
88,022,000
74,983,000
96,053,000
96,053,000
86,507,000
72,005,000
98,605,000
98,605,000
89,727,000
75,208,000
100,960,000 100,960,000
93,154,000
78,507,000
104,512,000 104,512,000
97,530,000
82,254,000
107,096,000 107,096,000
99,800,000
84,302,000
109,268,000 109,268,000
99,830,000
82,981,000
110,742,000 110,742,000
101,419,000
84,604,000
112,526,000 112,526,000
100,683,000
82,036,000
113,980,000 113,980,000
101,813,000
83,834,000
116,198,000 116,198,000
106,812,000
88,860,000
117,536,000 117,536,000
107,819,000
89,950,000
120,303,000 120,303,000
110,869,000
92,281,000
122,105,000 122,105,000
113,498,000
94,497,000
123,888,000 123,888,000
116,209,000
97,411,000
126,238,000 126,238,000
118,719,000
99,570,000
128,019,000 128,019,000
120,523,000
101,356,000
128,458,000 128,458,000
119,151,000
98,848,000
130,844,000 130,844,000
119,831,000
99,352,000
131,574,000 131,574,000
121,587,000
100,504,000
132,783,000 132,783,000
123,864,000
102,936,000
134,440,000 134,440,000
125,720,000
104,868,000
136,272,000 136,272,000
127,706,000
106,721,000
138,331,000 138,331,000
130,463,000
109,477,000
139,336,000 139,336,000
132,265,000
111,041,000
141,119,000 141,119,000
134,395,000
113,488,000
143,797,000 143,797,000
137,769,000
117,402,000 125,333,709

July 2001
July 2002
July 2003
July 2004
July 2005
July 2006
July 2007
July 2008
July 2009
July 2010
July 2011
July 2012
July 2013

145,097,000
146,189,000
147,822,000
149,217,000
151,122,000
153,208,000
154,871,000
156,300,000
156,255,000
155,270,000
154,812,000
156,526,000
157,196,000

145,097,000
146,189,000
147,822,000
149,217,000
151,122,000
153,208,000
154,871,000
156,300,000
157,862,000
159,424,000
160,986,000
162,548,000
164,110,000

138,239,000
137,495,000
138,503,000
140,700,000
143,283,000
145,606,000
147,315,000
146,867,000
141,055,000
140,134,000
140,384,000
143,126,000
145,113,000

117,270,000
115,587,000
115,763,000
117,741,000
120,952,000
122,739,000
123,911,000
122,746,000
114,042,000
114,420,000
114,291,000
117,078,000
118,742,000

128,116,562
127,943,752
126,541,290
126,088,081
127,622,590
129,945,159
132,178,980
133,690,617
133,078,480
126,763,245
125,807,389
127,495,952
129,827,178
http://www.ows.doleta.gov/unem

Part Time Employed

Date (total)Employment Age
Labor
Population
Force Size
7,256,000
8,296,000
8,624,000
9,651,000
9,249,000
9,787,000
10,328,000
9,941,000
10,203,000
10,679,000
10,730,000
9,552,000
10,095,000
10,644,000
11,111,000
11,665,000
12,083,000
12,164,000
12,540,000
13,039,000
14,502,000
14,519,000
14,647,000
15,276,000
15,498,000
16,849,000
16,815,000
18,647,000
17,979,000
17,952,000
17,869,000
18,588,000
19,001,000
18,798,000
19,149,000
19,167,000
20,303,000
20,479,000
21,083,000
20,928,000
20,852,000
20,985,000
20,986,000
21,224,000
20,907,000
20,367,000 July 2000
212,677,000 143,797,000

Economic Reasons
62568
64707
65127
63652
65924
67288
67151
67852
68844
70448
72278
74037
75393
77273
78958
79416
79717
83073
86217
88022
86507
89727
93154
97530
99800
99830
101419
100683
101813
106812
107819
110869
113498
116209
118719
120523
119151
119831
121587
123864
125720
127706
130463
132265
134395

66159
67924
68569
68908
69798
71123
71872
71678
73365
74514
76522
77705
79469
80965
82797
84857
86296
89127
91655
94238
96053
98605
100960
104512
107096
109268
110742
112526
113980
116198
117536
120303
122105
123888
126238
128019
128458
130844
131574
132783
134440
136272
138331
139336
141119

2282
2674
2843
3830
2907
3304
3592
3068
3023
2872
2541
2586
2507
2465
2523
2832
2912
3325
3221
3245
4384
4029
4275
4317
4344
5267
5069
6746
6908
6449
6119
6118
5723
5785
5413
5643
6404
6774
6980
5063
4740
4577
4258
4033
3641
3400

20,969,000 July 2001

215,180,000 145,097,000
1,300,000
21,908,000 July 2002
217,630,000 146,189,000
1,092,000
22,740,000 July 2003
221,252,000 147,822,000
1,633,000
22,959,000 July 2004
223,422,000 149,217,000
1,395,000
22,331,000 July 2005
226,153,000 151,122,000
1,905,000
22,867,000 July 2006
228,912,000 153,208,000
2,086,000
23,404,000 July 2007
231,958,000 154,871,000
1,663,000
24,121,000 July 2008
233,864,000 156,300,000
1,429,000
27,013,000 July 2009
235,870,000 156,255,000
(45,000)
25,714,000 July 2010
237,890,000 155,270,000
(985,000)
26,093,000 July 2011
239,671,000 154,812,000
(458,000)
26,048,000 July 2012
243,354,000 156,526,000
1,714,000
26,371,000 July 2013
245,756,000 157,196,000
670,000
p://www.ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/wkclaims/report.asp
http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet

3977
4251
4798
4623
4600
4456
4469
5697
9301
8867
8738
8394
8440

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Chart Title
260,000,000
240,000,000
220,000,000
200,000,000
180,000,000
160,000,000
140,000,000
July July July July July July July July July July July July July
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Employment Age Population

Labor Force Size

Want Part Time

4974
5622
5781
5821
6342
6483
6736
6873
7180
7807
8189
6966
7588
8179
8588
8833
9171
8839
9319
9794
10118
10490
10372
10959
11154
11582
11746
11901
11071
11503
11750
12470
13278
13013
13736
13524
13899
13705
14103
15865
16112
16408
16728
17191
17266
16967

16992
17657
17942
18336
17731
18411
18935
18424
17712
16847
17355
17654
17931

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