Tuesday, September 08, 2009

MOST RECENT LABOR FORCE STATISTICS

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

  • July 2009: 49.87% of labor force (previous month: 49.80%- adjusted)

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

  • August 2009: 12.2% (12.6% in July)

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

  • August 2009 percent of population in labor force: 13.6% (22.1% for men age 65 and over)
  • August 2009 unemployment rate: 6.7% (6.9% for men age 65 and over)
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