Figure 3. Number of Occupational Outlook Handbook print copies sold by the U.S. Government Printing Office, by edition years
Years of edition No. of copies

1949

 40,000

1951

 45,000

1957

 35,000

1959

 40,000

No data

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1976–77

 129,260

1978–79

 125,342

1980–81

 142,862

1982–83

 152,916

1984–85

 146,580

1986–87

 90,267

1988–89

 76,654

1990–91

 64,501

1992–93

 46,860

1994–95

 31,136

1996–97

 20,529

1998–99

 16,824

2000–01

 9,598

2002–03

 6,556

2004–05

 2,078

2006–07

 3,505

Notes: 1986–87: private publisher first published the Handbook. 1996–97: BLS first published the web version of the Handbook. The U.S. Government Printing Office changed its name to U.S. Government Publishing Office on December 17, 2014.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.