Table 33. Unincorporated self-employed persons in nonagricultural industries by sex, 1976–2010
annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Total
Year
Total
Selfemployed employed
1976……... 85,421
1977…..…. 88,734
1978…..…. 92,661
1979…..…. 95,477
1980…..…. 95,938
1981…..…. 97,030
1982…..…..96,125
1983…..…. 97,450
1984…….…
101,685
1985…..….103,971
1986…..….106,435
1987…..….109,232
1988……...111,800
1989…..….114,143
1990……...115,570
1991…..….114,449
1992…..….115,246
1993…..….117,144
1994…..….119,651
1995…..….121,460
1996…..….123,264
1997…..….126,159
1998…..….128,085
1999…..….130,207
2000…..….134,427
2001…..….134,635
2002……...134,174
2003…..….135,461
2004……...137,020
2005….. 139,532
2006…………..
142,221
2007…………..
143,952
2008…………..
143,194
2009…………..
137,775
2010…………..
136,858
5,782
6,115
6,428
6,792
7,001
7,097
7,263
7,575
7,785
7,810
7,881
8,201
8,519
8,605
8,719
8,850
8,576
8,959
9,003
8,901
8,971
9,056
8,962
8,790
9,205
9,121
8,923
9,344
9,467
9,509
9,685
9,557
9,219
8,995
8,860
Women
Men
Selfemployed
SelfSelfSelfwomen as
employed percent of
employed
employed
Total
SelfTotal
Selfas a
as a
as a
total selfemployed employed
employed employed
percent of employed
percent of
percent of
total
total
total
6.8
6.9
6.9
7.1
7.3
7.3
7.6
7.8
7.7
7.5
7.4
7.5
7.6
7.5
7.5
7.7
7.4
7.6
7.5
7.3
7.3
7.2
7.0
6.8
6.8
6.8
6.7
6.9
6.9
6.8
6.8
6.6
6.4
6.5
6.5
35,027
36,677
38,900
40,556
41,461
42,333
42,591
43,367
45,262
46,615
48,054
49,668
51,020
52,341
53,011
52,815
53,380
54,273
55,755
56,642
57,630
59,026
59,945
61,193
62,983
63,147
62,995
63,824
64,182
65,213
66,382
67,302
67,358
65,712
65,164
1,549
1,692
1,814
1,982
2,097
2,192
2,309
2,439
2,566
2,603
2,610
2,778
2,955
3,043
3,122
3,150
2,963
3,065
3,443
3,440
3,506
3,550
3,482
3,424
3,631
3,594
3,499
3,609
3,607
3,565
3,681
3,637
3,483
3,468
3,388
4.4
4.6
4.7
4.9
5.1
5.2
5.4
5.6
5.7
5.6
5.4
5.6
5.8
5.8
5.9
6.0
5.6
5.6
6.2
6.1
6.1
6.0
5.8
5.6
5.8
5.7
5.6
5.7
5.6
5.5
5.5
5.4
5.2
5.3
5.2
50,394
52,057
53,761
54,921
54,477
54,697
53,534
54,083
56,423
57,356
58,381
59,564
60,780
61,802
62,559
61,634
61,866
62,871
63,896
64,818
65,634
67,133
68,140
69,014
71,444
71,488
71,179
71,636
72,838
74,319
75,838
76,650
75,836
72,062
71,694
4,233
4,423
4,614
4,810
4,904
4,905
4,954
5,136
5,219
5,207
5,271
5,423
5,564
5,562
5,597
5,700
5,613
5,894
5,560
5,461
5,465
5,506
5,480
5,366
5,573
5,527
5,425
5,736
5,860
5,944
6,004
5,920
5,736
5,527
5,472
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.8
9.0
9.0
9.3
9.5
9.2
9.1
9.0
9.1
9.2
9.0
8.9
9.2
9.1
9.4
8.7
8.4
8.3
8.2
8.0
7.8
7.8
7.7
7.6
8.0
8.0
8.0
7.9
7.7
7.6
7.7
7.6
26.8
27.7
28.2
29.2
30.0
30.9
31.8
32.2
33.0
33.3
33.1
33.9
34.7
35.4
35.8
35.6
34.5
34.2
38.2
38.6
39.1
39.2
38.9
39.0
39.4
39.4
39.2
38.6
38.1
37.5
38.0
38.1
37.8
38.6
38.2
NOTE: Since 2000, data reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census Industry Classification System derived from the 2002
North American Industry Classification System into the Current Population Survey (CPS).
SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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