NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Self-Employed Workers, Nonagricultural Industries for United States Series ID: M08336USM175NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Thousands of Persons Date Range: 1945-07-01 to 1965-04-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:29 PM CDT Notes: Data Refer To Persons 14 Years Of Age And Over. Beginning With Data For July 1955, The Estimates Relate To The Calendar Week (Sunday Through Saturday) Which Contains The 12Th Of The Month. For Prior Months, Data Relate To The Calendar Week Containing The 8Th Of The Month. (Survey Week) In 1954, A Change Was Made From The 68-Area Sample That Served As Basis For The Estimates To A 230-Area Sample. The Data Shown For 1953 Here Represent Estimates That Were Revised On The Basis Of New Estimation Procedures Applied To The 230-Area Sample From 1954 On (See The Annual Report On The Labor Force; 1954, P.50, No.59, P.10). The Number Of Self-Employed Workers Prior To Revision Was 68,969 In 1953. Another Sample Change To 330 Areas Was Made In May 1956; The Number Of Households Surveyed Increased From An Average Of 21,000 To An Average Of 35,000. The Estimates Are Considered Continuous And No Overlapping Figures Are Shown For The Detailed Labor Force Components (See Source Cited Above. P.50, No.72, P.12. The Increase In Total Employment In Nonagricultural Industries In May 1956 Was 0.16% (From 57,999 To 58,092). From 1957 On, The Data Are Based On New Definitions Of Labor Force, Employment, And Unemployment. While The Major Aggregates Were Revised From 1947 On, No Changes Were Made For Small Components And The Figures Are Considered As Being Continuous (P.50, No.85). Source: The Labor Force Bulletin, No.7, April 1947 For 1945-46 Data;"Annual Report On The Labor Force" For 1947-58 (United States Bureau Of The Census, Current Population Reports: Labor Force, Series P.50, Nos.13, 19, 31, 40, 45, 59, 67, 72, 85, And 89) And"Special Labor Force Report" For 1959-63 (United States Department Of Labor, Bes, Nos.4, 14, 23, 31, 43). Bes And Monthly Report On The Labor Force For 1964 And 1965 Data. This NBER data series m08336 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08336 DATE VALUE 1945-07-01 4820 1945-08-01 4830 1945-09-01 4980 1945-10-01 4990 1945-11-01 4970 1945-12-01 4980 1946-01-01 4950 1946-02-01 5000 1946-03-01 5100 1946-04-01 5130 1946-05-01 5280 1946-06-01 5440 1946-07-01 5760 1946-08-01 5890 1946-09-01 6050 1946-10-01 6040 1946-11-01 6060 1946-12-01 5990 1947-01-01 5950 1947-02-01 5940 1947-03-01 6010 1947-04-01 5940 1947-05-01 6080 1947-06-01 6149 1947-07-01 6048 1947-08-01 5991 1947-09-01 6111 1947-10-01 6089 1947-11-01 6015 1947-12-01 6211 1948-01-01 6030 1948-02-01 6036 1948-03-01 5993 1948-04-01 6239 1948-05-01 6111 1948-06-01 6127 1948-07-01 6266 1948-08-01 6222 1948-09-01 6212 1948-10-01 6164 1948-11-01 6099 1948-12-01 6169 1949-01-01 6059 1949-02-01 6089 1949-03-01 6066 1949-04-01 6137 1949-05-01 6006 1949-06-01 6169 1949-07-01 6180 1949-08-01 6230 1949-09-01 6271 1949-10-01 6350 1949-11-01 6398 1949-12-01 6538 1950-01-01 6183 1950-02-01 6210 1950-03-01 6017 1950-04-01 6050 1950-05-01 6130 1950-06-01 6137 1950-07-01 6441 1950-08-01 5953 1950-09-01 5913 1950-10-01 5975 1950-11-01 5984 1950-12-01 5837 1951-01-01 5721 1951-02-01 5842 1951-03-01 6038 1951-04-01 5958 1951-05-01 5966 1951-06-01 5939 1951-07-01 5928 1951-08-01 5732 1951-09-01 5790 1951-10-01 5906 1951-11-01 5826 1951-12-01 5776 1952-01-01 5590 1952-02-01 5448 1952-03-01 5638 1952-04-01 5608 1952-05-01 5572 1952-06-01 5610 1952-07-01 5522 1952-08-01 5638 1952-09-01 5772 1952-10-01 5778 1952-11-01 5978 1952-12-01 5885 1953-01-01 5876 1953-02-01 5858 1953-03-01 5824 1953-04-01 5705 1953-05-01 5738 1953-06-01 5921 1953-07-01 5798 1953-08-01 5869 1953-09-01 5730 1953-10-01 5735 1953-11-01 5751 1953-12-01 5717 1954-01-01 5804 1954-02-01 5730 1954-03-01 5832 1954-04-01 5702 1954-05-01 5831 1954-06-01 5729 1954-07-01 5919 1954-08-01 5953 1954-09-01 5973 1954-10-01 5986 1954-11-01 6077 1954-12-01 6029 1955-01-01 6094 1955-02-01 5995 1955-03-01 5877 1955-04-01 5781 1955-05-01 5837 1955-06-01 5827 1955-07-01 5857 1955-08-01 5877 1955-09-01 5823 1955-10-01 5921 1955-11-01 5852 1955-12-01 5892 1956-01-01 5985 1956-02-01 5774 1956-03-01 5927 1956-04-01 6005 1956-05-01 6035 1956-06-01 5883 1956-07-01 6130 1956-08-01 5955 1956-09-01 5931 1956-10-01 5863 1956-11-01 5826 1956-12-01 5918 1957-01-01 5764 1957-02-01 5919 1957-03-01 6010 1957-04-01 6017 1957-05-01 6159 1957-06-01 6182 1957-07-01 6334 1957-08-01 6108 1957-09-01 6115 1957-10-01 6260 1957-11-01 6126 1957-12-01 6081 1958-01-01 6051 1958-02-01 6143 1958-03-01 6093 1958-04-01 6140 1958-05-01 6136 1958-06-01 6124 1958-07-01 6301 1958-08-01 6230 1958-09-01 6261 1958-10-01 6354 1958-11-01 6236 1958-12-01 6150 1959-01-01 5972 1959-02-01 6142 1959-03-01 6204 1959-04-01 6268 1959-05-01 6312 1959-06-01 6244 1959-07-01 6336 1959-08-01 6283 1959-09-01 6454 1959-10-01 6529 1959-11-01 6285 1959-12-01 6548 1960-01-01 6327 1960-02-01 6347 1960-03-01 6194 1960-04-01 6313 1960-05-01 6430 1960-06-01 6430 1960-07-01 6264 1960-08-01 6370 1960-09-01 6343 1960-10-01 6363 1960-11-01 6447 1960-12-01 6576 1961-01-01 6462 1961-02-01 6472 1961-03-01 6583 1961-04-01 6441 1961-05-01 6417 1961-06-01 6371 1961-07-01 6291 1961-08-01 6192 1961-09-01 6251 1961-10-01 6394 1961-11-01 6430 1961-12-01 6358 1962-01-01 6236 1962-02-01 6546 1962-03-01 6359 1962-04-01 6464 1962-05-01 6510 1962-06-01 6367 1962-07-01 6241 1962-08-01 6226 1962-09-01 6176 1962-10-01 6034 1962-11-01 6034 1962-12-01 6063 1963-01-01 6006 1963-02-01 6254 1963-03-01 6211 1963-04-01 6127 1963-05-01 6216 1963-06-01 6178 1963-07-01 6127 1963-08-01 6134 1963-09-01 6288 1963-10-01 6265 1963-11-01 6289 1963-12-01 6245 1964-01-01 6180 1964-02-01 6312 1964-03-01 6289 1964-04-01 6289 1964-05-01 6426 1964-06-01 6110 1964-07-01 6185 1964-08-01 6127 1964-09-01 6245 1964-10-01 6360 1964-11-01 6360 1964-12-01 6307 1965-01-01 6140 1965-02-01 6193 1965-03-01 6193 1965-04-01 6407