"Women's Labor Force Participation Rates, by Age Group, 1970 to 2000"																				
(In thousands)																				


Age Group		1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000				
<25																				
	Total	"8,356"	"9,406"	"10,246"	"10,411"	"9,177"	"9,148"	"9,048"	"9,016"	"9,324"	"9,109"	"8,859"	"8,720"	"8,768"	"9,107"	"9,233"				
	%	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0				
	In Labor Force	"4,771"	"5,918"	"6,829"	"7,323"	"6,427"	"6,309"	"6,332"	"6,272"	"6,517"	"6,342"	"6,256"	"6,334"	"6,354"	"6,655"	"6,683"				
	%	57.1	62.9	66.7	70.3	70.0	69.0	70.0	69.6	69.9	69.6	70.6	72.6	72.5	73.1	72.4				
	Not In Labor Force	"3,585"	"3,488"	"3,417"	"3,089"	"2,750"	"2,838"	"2,715"	"2,744"	"2,807"	"2,767"	"2,603"	"2,385"	"2,414"	"2,452"	"2,550"				
	%	42.9	37.1	33.3	29.7	30.0	31.0	30.0	30.4	30.1	30.4	29.4	27.4	27.5	26.9	27.6				

	"Full-time, Year Round*"	"2,240"	"2,706"	"3,055"	"3,060"	"2,929"	"2,747"	"2,788"	"2,576"	"2,533"	"2,509"	"2,520"	"2,531"	"2,679"	"2,804"	"2,865"				
	%	26.8	28.8	29.8	29.4	31.9	30.0	30.8	28.6	27.2	27.5	28.5	29.0	30.6	30.8	NA				


25-34																				
	Total	"12,576"	"15,314"	"17,918"	"20,674"	"21,778"	"21,586"	"21,369"	"21,008"	"21,033"	"20,772"	"20,510"	"20,184"	"19,785"	"19,521"	"19,223"				
	%	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0				
	In Labor Force	"5,736"	"8,304"	"11,817"	"14,708"	"16,032"	"15,779"	"15,733"	"15,391"	"15,520"	"15,468"	"15,343"	"15,317"	"15,211"	"14,919"	"14,787"				
	%	45.6	54.2	66.0	71.1	73.6	73.1	73.6	73.3	73.8	74.5	74.8	75.9	76.9	76.4	76.9				
	Not In Labor Force	"6,840"	"7,010"	"6,101"	"5,966"	"5,747"	"5,807"	"5,635"	"5,617"	"5,513"	"5,304"	"5,167"	"4,867"	"4,574"	"4,602"	"4,435"				
	%	54.4	45.8	34.0	28.9	26.4	26.9	26.4	26.7	26.2	25.5	25.2	24.1	23.1	23.6	23.1				

	"Full-time, Year Round*"	"2,810"	"4,449"	"6,375"	"8,491"	"9,589"	"9,592"	"9,546"	"9,599"	"9,496"	"9,724"	"9,695"	"9,454"	"9,654"	"9,633"	"9,791"				
	%	22.3	29.1	35.6	41.1	44.0	44.4	44.7	45.7	45.1	46.8	47.3	46.8	48.8	49.4	NA				
																				
35-44																				
	Total	"11,717"	"11,615"	"13,042"	"15,966"	"18,864"	"19,633"	"20,065"	"20,438"	"20,976"	"21,348"	"21,790"	"22,147"	"22,389"	"22,568"	"22,670"				
	%	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0				
	In Labor Force	"6,014"	"6,492"	"8,613"	"11,432"	"14,395"	"14,988"	"15,477"	"15,598"	"16,149"	"16,463"	"16,819"	"17,223"	"17,377"	"17,539"	"17,655"				
	%	51.3	55.9	66.0	71.6	76.3	76.3	77.1	76.3	77.0	77.1	77.2	77.8	77.6	77.7	77.9				
	Not In Labor Force	"5,703"	"5,123"	"4,429"	"4,535"	"4,469"	"4,646"	"4,589"	"4,840"	"4,827"	"4,885"	"4,971"	"4,925"	"5,012"	"5,028"	"5,015"				
	%	48.7	44.1	34.0	28.4	23.7	23.7	22.9	23.7	23.0	22.9	22.8	22.2	22.4	22.3	22.1				

	"Full-time, Year Round*"	"3,183"	"3,493"	"4,630"	"6,565"	"8,999"	"9,252"	"9,709"	"9,863"	"9,994"	"10,144"	"10,781"	"11,083"	"11,112"	"11,572"	"11,875"				
	%	27.2	30.1	35.5	41.1	47.7	47.1	48.4	48.3	47.6	47.5	49.5	50.0	49.6	51.3	52.4				
																				
45-64																				
	Total	"21,571"	"22,524"	"22,704"	"23,324"	"24,241"	"24,442"	"25,024"	"25,697"	"25,869"	"26,546"	"27,250"	"28,102"	"29,034"	"30,028"	"30,991"				
	%	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0				
	In Labor Force	"10,712"	"11,057"	"11,580"	"12,639"	"14,272"	"14,548"	"15,259"	"15,971"	"16,566"	"17,134"	"17,755"	"18,706"	"19,365"	"20,053"	"21,099"				
	%	49.7	49.1	51.0	54.2	58.9	59.5	61.0	62.2	64.0	64.5	65.2	66.6	66.7	66.8	68.1				
	Not In Labor Force	"10,859"	"11,467"	"11,124"	"10,686"	"9,969"	"9,893"	"9,764"	"9,726"	"9,303"	"9,412"	"9,495"	"9,396"	"9,669"	"9,974"	"9,893"				
	%	50.3	50.9	49.0	45.8	41.1	40.5	39.0	37.8	36.0	35.5	34.8	33.4	33.3	33.2	31.9				

	"Full-time, Year Round*"	"6,616"	"6,793"	"6,926"	"7,802"	"9,011"	"9,366"	"9,718"	"10,459"	"10,647"	"10,995"	"11,681"	"12,415"	"13,200"	"13,800"	"14,738"				
	%	30.7	30.2	30.5	33.4	37.2	38.3	38.8	40.7	41.2	41.4	42.9	44.2	45.5	46.0	NA				
																				
65+																				
	Total	"10,837"	"12,401"	"13,960"	"15,804"	"17,232"	"17,546"	"17,790"	"18,038"	"18,043"	"18,264"	"18,398"	"18,474"	"18,558"	"18,667"	"18,735"				
	%	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0				
	In Labor Force	"1,114"	"1,018"	"1,146"	"1,180"	"1,530"	"1,564"	"1,507"	"1,415"	"1,629"	"1,621"	"1,599"	"1,631"	"1,733"	"1,813"	"1,872"				
	%	10.3	8.2	8.2	7.5	8.9	8.9	8.5	7.8	9.0	8.9	8.7	8.8	9.3	9.7	10.0				
	Not In Labor Force	"9,723"	"11,383"	"12,814"	"14,623"	"15,703"	"15,982"	"16,283"	"16,623"	"16,414"	"16,643"	"16,799"	"16,843"	"16,826"	"16,854"	"16,864"				
	%	89.7	91.8	91.8	92.5	91.1	91.1	91.5	92.2	91.0	91.1	91.3	91.2	90.7	90.3	90.0				

	"Full-time, Year Round*"	472	369	354	338	531	514	505	498	505	480	491	559	618	580	687				
	%	4.4	3.0	2.5	2.1	3.1	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.6	2.7	3.0	3.3	3.1	NA				
																				
"* Full-time, year round employment: Worked 35 hours or more per week for 50 or more weeks in the year prior to the survey. "																				

"Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (March Supplement)."