Figure 8. Number of people employed part time for economic reasons, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted, 1969–2015 (in thousands)
Year and quarter |
Total working part time for economic reasons |
Working part time because of slack work |
Could find only part-time work |
1969 Q1
|
1,970 |
963 |
686 |
1969 Q2
|
2,001 |
989 |
676 |
1969 Q3
|
2,112 |
1,048 |
728 |
1969 Q4
|
2,124 |
1,074 |
668 |
1970 Q1
|
2,201 |
1,187 |
689 |
1970 Q2
|
2,490 |
1,295 |
785 |
1970 Q3
|
2,452 |
1,302 |
815 |
1970 Q4
|
2,651 |
1,423 |
908 |
1971 Q1
|
2,745 |
1,472 |
916 |
1971 Q2
|
2,652 |
1,391 |
929 |
1971 Q3
|
2,671 |
1,366 |
981 |
1971 Q4
|
2,717 |
1,402 |
999 |
1972 Q1
|
2,630 |
1,307 |
996 |
1972 Q2
|
2,699 |
1,303 |
1,064 |
1972 Q3
|
2,769 |
1,279 |
1,093 |
1972 Q4
|
2,445 |
1,098 |
1,006 |
1973 Q1
|
2,311 |
1,084 |
922 |
1973 Q2
|
2,491 |
1,160 |
938 |
1973 Q3
|
2,652 |
1,289 |
937 |
1973 Q4
|
2,729 |
1,348 |
951 |
1974 Q1
|
2,810 |
1,383 |
975 |
1974 Q2
|
2,762 |
1,319 |
1,069 |
1974 Q3
|
2,999 |
1,492 |
1,105 |
1974 Q4
|
3,418 |
1,883 |
1,146 |
1975 Q1
|
4,071 |
2,397 |
1,281 |
1975 Q2
|
3,975 |
2,280 |
1,359 |
1975 Q3
|
3,628 |
1,902 |
1,387 |
1975 Q4
|
3,566 |
1,846 |
1,398 |
1976 Q1
|
3,606 |
1,780 |
1,455 |
1976 Q2
|
3,516 |
1,719 |
1,411 |
1976 Q3
|
3,570 |
1,699 |
1,484 |
1976 Q4
|
3,759 |
1,822 |
1,618 |
1977 Q1
|
3,686 |
1,678 |
1,637 |
1977 Q2
|
3,537 |
1,628 |
1,509 |
1977 Q3
|
3,635 |
1,681 |
1,556 |
1977 Q4
|
3,552 |
1,585 |
1,590 |
1978 Q1
|
3,451 |
1,527 |
1,539 |
1978 Q2
|
3,597 |
1,541 |
1,605 |
1978 Q3
|
3,577 |
1,609 |
1,515 |
1978 Q4
|
3,416 |
1,512 |
1,496 |
1979 Q1
|
3,477 |
1,561 |
1,523 |
1979 Q2
|
3,589 |
1,617 |
1,509 |
1979 Q3
|
3,559 |
1,645 |
1,460 |
1979 Q4
|
3,670 |
1,802 |
1,449 |
1980 Q1
|
3,744 |
1,887 |
1,448 |
1980 Q2
|
4,472 |
2,521 |
1,585 |
1980 Q3
|
4,550 |
2,451 |
1,757 |
1980 Q4
|
4,484 |
2,306 |
1,801 |
1981 Q1
|
4,531 |
2,328 |
1,847 |
1981 Q2
|
4,463 |
2,302 |
1,846 |
1981 Q3
|
4,749 |
2,352 |
2,002 |
1981 Q4
|
5,357 |
2,792 |
2,184 |
1982 Q1
|
5,581 |
2,907 |
2,348 |
1982 Q2
|
6,053 |
3,324 |
2,448 |
1982 Q3
|
6,337 |
3,383 |
2,684 |
1982 Q4
|
6,739 |
3,484 |
2,916 |
1983 Q1
|
6,584 |
3,155 |
3,098 |
1983 Q2
|
6,256 |
2,836 |
3,114 |
1983 Q3
|
6,209 |
2,746 |
3,072 |
1983 Q4
|
6,011 |
2,556 |
3,149 |
1984 Q1
|
5,834 |
2,457 |
3,070 |
1984 Q2
|
5,737 |
2,315 |
3,044 |
1984 Q3
|
5,687 |
2,393 |
2,872 |
1984 Q4
|
5,711 |
2,545 |
2,838 |
1985 Q1
|
5,540 |
2,422 |
2,787 |
1985 Q2
|
5,692 |
2,573 |
2,777 |
1985 Q3
|
5,645 |
2,443 |
2,837 |
1985 Q4
|
5,488 |
2,300 |
2,879 |
1986 Q1
|
5,451 |
2,333 |
2,824 |
1986 Q2
|
5,787 |
2,573 |
2,862 |
1986 Q3
|
5,517 |
2,455 |
2,737 |
1986 Q4
|
5,631 |
2,486 |
2,799 |
1987 Q1
|
5,496 |
2,424 |
2,723 |
1987 Q2
|
5,326 |
2,334 |
2,660 |
1987 Q3
|
5,379 |
2,389 |
2,650 |
1987 Q4
|
5,420 |
2,391 |
2,671 |
1988 Q1
|
5,297 |
2,394 |
2,566 |
1988 Q2
|
5,116 |
2,284 |
2,462 |
1988 Q3
|
5,268 |
2,360 |
2,502 |
1988 Q4
|
5,136 |
2,363 |
2,401 |
1989 Q1
|
4,943 |
2,268 |
2,317 |
1989 Q2
|
4,971 |
2,319 |
2,342 |
1989 Q3
|
4,879 |
2,325 |
2,170 |
1989 Q4
|
4,787 |
2,325 |
2,109 |
1990 Q1
|
4,840 |
2,373 |
2,167 |
1990 Q2
|
5,098 |
2,476 |
2,244 |
1990 Q3
|
5,335 |
2,658 |
2,295 |
1990 Q4
|
5,555 |
2,865 |
2,343 |
1991 Q1
|
5,833 |
3,157 |
2,363 |
1991 Q2
|
6,140 |
3,246 |
2,551 |
1991 Q3
|
6,256 |
3,268 |
2,685 |
1991 Q4
|
6,445 |
3,366 |
2,753 |
1992 Q1
|
6,558 |
3,305 |
2,973 |
1992 Q2
|
6,501 |
3,296 |
2,840 |
1992 Q3
|
6,468 |
3,295 |
2,902 |
1992 Q4
|
6,554 |
3,244 |
3,034 |
1993 Q1
|
6,380 |
3,157 |
2,944 |
1993 Q2
|
6,588 |
3,268 |
2,936 |
1993 Q3
|
6,652 |
3,223 |
3,106 |
1993 Q4
|
6,306 |
3,163 |
2,918 |
1994 Q1
|
4,838 |
2,461 |
2,070 |
1994 Q2
|
4,801 |
2,463 |
1,983 |
1994 Q3
|
4,399 |
2,401 |
1,691 |
1994 Q4
|
4,460 |
2,409 |
1,754 |
1995 Q1
|
4,466 |
2,400 |
1,775 |
1995 Q2
|
4,477 |
2,430 |
1,730 |
1995 Q3
|
4,510 |
2,524 |
1,681 |
1995 Q4
|
4,462 |
2,556 |
1,618 |
1996 Q1
|
4,290 |
2,417 |
1,566 |
1996 Q2
|
4,368 |
2,375 |
1,636 |
1996 Q3
|
4,377 |
2,501 |
1,581 |
1996 Q4
|
4,254 |
2,267 |
1,651 |
1997 Q1
|
4,181 |
2,354 |
1,513 |
1997 Q2
|
4,142 |
2,347 |
1,466 |
1997 Q3
|
4,031 |
2,201 |
1,506 |
1997 Q4
|
3,928 |
2,235 |
1,392 |
1998 Q1
|
3,882 |
2,177 |
1,392 |
1998 Q2
|
3,756 |
2,137 |
1,288 |
1998 Q3
|
3,594 |
2,092 |
1,199 |
1998 Q4
|
3,397 |
1,951 |
1,148 |
1999 Q1
|
3,475 |
2,025 |
1,140 |
1999 Q2
|
3,416 |
1,995 |
1,090 |
1999 Q3
|
3,305 |
1,930 |
1,076 |
1999 Q4
|
3,220 |
1,909 |
1,007 |
2000 Q1
|
3,202 |
1,883 |
1,001 |
2000 Q2
|
3,226 |
1,920 |
1,000 |
2000 Q3
|
3,191 |
2,003 |
886 |
2000 Q4
|
3,296 |
2,030 |
906 |
2001 Q1
|
3,303 |
2,044 |
925 |
2001 Q2
|
3,507 |
2,256 |
961 |
2001 Q3
|
3,723 |
2,405 |
1,006 |
2001 Q4
|
4,382 |
2,925 |
1,138 |
2002 Q1
|
4,167 |
2,737 |
1,087 |
2002 Q2
|
4,117 |
2,714 |
1,110 |
2002 Q3
|
4,258 |
2,822 |
1,146 |
2002 Q4
|
4,321 |
2,872 |
1,158 |
2003 Q1
|
4,701 |
3,097 |
1,241 |
2003 Q2
|
4,653 |
3,146 |
1,255 |
2003 Q3
|
4,650 |
3,098 |
1,274 |
2003 Q4
|
4,808 |
3,123 |
1,345 |
2004 Q1
|
4,666 |
2,949 |
1,417 |
2004 Q2
|
4,533 |
2,811 |
1,428 |
2004 Q3
|
4,470 |
2,744 |
1,380 |
2004 Q4
|
4,598 |
2,849 |
1,404 |
2005 Q1
|
4,343 |
2,681 |
1,357 |
2005 Q2
|
4,342 |
2,651 |
1,373 |
2005 Q3
|
4,522 |
2,810 |
1,373 |
2005 Q4
|
4,201 |
2,604 |
1,254 |
2006 Q1
|
4,090 |
2,597 |
1,205 |
2006 Q2
|
4,110 |
2,610 |
1,162 |
2006 Q3
|
4,204 |
2,679 |
1,188 |
2006 Q4
|
4,243 |
2,753 |
1,200 |
2007 Q1
|
4,251 |
2,753 |
1,193 |
2007 Q2
|
4,376 |
2,859 |
1,220 |
2007 Q3
|
4,502 |
2,921 |
1,207 |
2007 Q4
|
4,479 |
2,980 |
1,220 |
2008 Q1
|
4,884 |
3,315 |
1,223 |
2008 Q2
|
5,349 |
3,709 |
1,324 |
2008 Q3
|
5,976 |
4,261 |
1,454 |
2008 Q4
|
7,343 |
5,422 |
1,559 |
2009 Q1
|
8,662 |
6,531 |
1,762 |
2009 Q2
|
9,015 |
6,788 |
1,937 |
2009 Q3
|
8,923 |
6,719 |
1,997 |
2009 Q4
|
9,064 |
6,561 |
2,155 |
2010 Q1
|
8,899 |
6,226 |
2,311 |
2010 Q2
|
8,866 |
6,200 |
2,348 |
2010 Q3
|
8,849 |
6,262 |
2,335 |
2010 Q4
|
8,881 |
5,990 |
2,477 |
2011 Q1
|
8,526 |
5,770 |
2,443 |
2011 Q2
|
8,552 |
5,777 |
2,477 |
2011 Q3
|
8,745 |
5,723 |
2,668 |
2011 Q4
|
8,425 |
5,559 |
2,454 |
2012 Q1
|
8,091 |
5,361 |
2,453 |
2012 Q2
|
8,037 |
5,240 |
2,515 |
2012 Q3
|
8,253 |
5,350 |
2,549 |
2012 Q4
|
8,101 |
5,056 |
2,644 |
2013 Q1
|
7,934 |
5,095 |
2,584 |
2013 Q2
|
7,976 |
5,021 |
2,610 |
2013 Q3
|
7,979 |
4,970 |
2,624 |
2013 Q4
|
7,833 |
4,909 |
2,590 |
2014 Q1
|
7,303 |
4,401 |
2,654 |
2014 Q2
|
7,381 |
4,462 |
2,576 |
2014 Q3
|
7,259 |
4,332 |
2,551 |
2014 Q4
|
6,898 |
4,111 |
2,433 |
2015 Q1
|
6,696 |
3,974 |
2,381 |
2015 Q2
|
6,538 |
3,878 |
2,308 |
2015 Q3
|
6,272 |
3,727 |
2,188 |
2015 Q4
|
5,956 |
3,458 |
2,194 |