2001 Work Experience of the Population — 2002-12-10

A total of 150.3 million persons worked at some point during 2001, some- what fewer than in the previous year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of individuals who ex- perienced unemployment during the year rose to 15.8 million in 2001, an in- crease of 2.8 million from 2000. These data are from the annual work experience supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Additional information about the CPS and this annual supplement, including concepts and definitions, is provided in the Technical Note. --The proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years old and over that worked at some point during the year was 69.3 percent, down from 70.4 percent in 2000.