Projections of the labor force to 2050: A visual essay

Monthly Labor Review

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3-16

  Toossi, Mitra ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

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EID: 84871581321     PISSN: 00981818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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1. The Current Population Survey, a monthly survey of households, is conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The survey provides statistics on the employment and labor force status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and older and is collected from a probability sample of approximately 60,000 households. The civilian noninstitutional population comprises people 16 years and older residing in the 50 states and the District of Columbia who are not inmates of institutions (e.g., penal and mental facilities, homes for the aged) and who are not on active duty in the Armed Forces. In addition, charts 4-6 also include people ages 0 through 15.
2. The Census Bureau recommends its 2008 National Population Projections for data users. See "U.S. Population Projections: 2008 National Population Projections," http://www.census.gov/ population/projections/data/national/2008.html. The 2009 National Population Projections are a supplemental series to the 2008 National Projections released on August 14, 2008; the 2009 projections provide results for differing assumptions of net international migration. All other 2009 methodology and assumptions, including mortality and fertility, are the same as those used in the 2008 National Population Projections. The four 2009 series are useful for analyzing potential outcomes of different levels of net international migration but lack the detailed age, gender, race, and ethnic data needed for the BLS labor force projections.