59.0
hours per week
No current source auditAll sources · source collection
Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (Bicentennial Edition)
U.S. Census Bureau · 1975
Source notes & limitations
Free on Internet Archive. Contains population, labor, prices, housing, and diffusion series spanning colonial times to 1970. Essential for pre-1940 decades where no dedicated survey exists. Predecessor to the Millennial Edition.
Where this source appears
43 records across 8 decades and countries. Documented gaps are included; a source cited for a gap does not establish a value.
0 of 43 records have a current source audit. A transcription check reads a declared numeric field from a pinned local source file; a calculation replay reads its operands and applies the declared method and rounding rule. A source audit does not independently validate the source or every claim in a record. The date is the last successful local audit; the build checks that its bindings still match.
US · 1900s
48.2 years (white male), 51.1 years (white female)
years at birth
No current source auditTelephone: 9.2 per 1,000 population (1898), ~5% of households. Automobile: <1% (registration incomplete pre-1910). Electricity: <5% of homes (urban only). Radio: not yet commercial.
per 1,000 population or % of households
No current source audit$12.74/week (manufacturing) = 1.66% of $768.54 annual expenditure → about 60 weeks of one worker's wages
ratio of weekly wages to annual expenditure
No current source audit~5.6%
% of married women (husband present) in the civilian labor force
No current source auditMedian school years completed: ~8.3 (estimated from 1940 trend)
median years of school completed, persons 25+
No current source auditUS · 1910s
50.2 male, 53.6 female (white)
years
No current source audit~13 per 1,000 population (1915)
telephones per 1,000 population
No current source auditElectricity ~5-10% of homes (urban only). Radio not yet commercial. Automobile <2%.
n/a
No current source auditno reliable record accessible online
n/a
No current source audit~$1,188 (average wholesale, computed from factory sales)
USD, nominal (wholesale value per passenger car)
No current source audit~10.7%
% of married women (husband present) in the civilian labor force
No current source auditUS · 1920s
56.3 male, 58.5 female (white)
years
No current source audit~33 per 1,000 population (1925)
telephones per 1,000 population
No current source auditRadio: commercial broadcasting began 1920, ~40% of households by 1930. Automobile: ~26M registrations by 1930.
n/a
No current source auditno reliable record accessible online
n/a
No current source audit~$949 (average wholesale, computed from factory sales)
USD, nominal (wholesale value per passenger car)
No current source audit~9.0%
% of married women (husband present) in the civilian labor force
No current source auditUS · 1930s
59.1 male, 62.7 female (white)
years
No current source audit~41 per 1,000 population (1935)
telephones per 1,000 population
No current source auditRadio: ~40% of households (1930), ~80% by 1940. Automobile: ~26.7M registrations (1930).
n/a
No current source auditno reliable record accessible online
n/a
No current source audit~$590 (average wholesale, computed from factory sales)
USD, nominal (wholesale value per passenger car)
No current source audit~11.7%
% of married women (husband present) in the civilian labor force
No current source auditUS · 1940s
1939-41: 62.8 male, 67.3 female | 1949-51: 66.3 male, 72.0 female
years (white population)
No current source audit$2,793
USD per year, nominal (full-time equivalent)
No current source audit45.1% (1944) → 61.8% (1950)
% of households with telephone
No current source audit~1% of households (1948), negligible before 1947
% of households with television
No current source audit$53.71/week — a full year of it (×52) ≈ 92% of median family income
weekly manufacturing earnings vs annual median family income
No current source audit~$638 (average wholesale, computed from factory sales)
USD, nominal (wholesale value per passenger car)
No current source audit~13.8%
% of married women (husband present) in the civilian labor force
No current source auditUS · 1950s
~$1,295 (average wholesale, computed from factory sales)
USD, nominal (wholesale value per passenger car)
No current source auditTelephone: 61.8% of households (280.9 per 1,000 population). Automobile: registration data available but not asked in 1950 Census.
% of households with telephone; per 1,000 population
No current source audit23.8%
% of married women (husband present) in the civilian labor force
No current source auditUS · 1960s
Manufacturing: $5,352/yr. CPI: 29.6 (1982-84=100).
USD/year (earnings) and index (CPI)
No current source audit78.3% of households had telephone
% of households with telephone (estimated from phones per 1,000 population)
No current source audit$102.92/week — a full year of it (×52) ≈ 95% of median family income
weekly manufacturing earnings vs annual median family income
No current source audit~$1,822 (average wholesale, computed from factory sales)
USD, nominal (wholesale value per passenger car)
No current source audit30.5%
% of married women (husband present) in the civilian labor force
No current source auditUS · 1970s
$8,150
USD per year, nominal (full-time equivalent)
No current source audit90.5%
% of households with telephone
No current source audit$156.73/week — a full year of it (×52) ≈ 83% of median family income
weekly manufacturing earnings vs annual median family income
No current source audit40.8%
% of married women (husband present) in the civilian labor force
No current source audit