Most Recent Labor Force Statistics

Women in nonfarm labor force (from Current Employment Statistics establishment data; excludes agricultural workers and self-employed):

• June 2009: 65,650,000 - 49.83% of labor force (previous month: 49.78%)
  

Female-headed households - unemployment rate (from Current Population Survey household data):

• July 2009: 12.6% (11.7% in June)

Women age 65 and older (from Current Population Survey household data):

• July 2009 percent of population in labor force: 13.4% (21.6% for men age 65 and over)
  
• July 2009 unemployment rate: 7.3% (6.8% for men age 65 and over)