Based on data from some of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' major statistical publication series, this booklet contains 16 graphic charts to illustrate patterns of change in the American economy and labor force. Charts depict (1) U.S. total labor force (1800-1975), (2) index of output per hour of all persons, total private economy (1909-1975), (3) persons employed in agriculture (1900-1975), (4) employees on nonagricultural payrolls by industry sector (1925-1975), (5) employment in selected occupations--computer programmers, data processing machine repairers, stenographers, and elevator operators--(1960-1985), (6) labor force participation rates by sex (1950-1975), (7) unemployed as percent of civilian labor force (1946-1975), (8) unemployed as percent of civilian labor force by race (1950-1975), (9) consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (1955-1975), (10) hourly earnings index, production and nonsupervisory workers in the private nonfarm economy (1967-1975), (11) employee compensation, manufacturing production workers, percent distribution (1959 and 1974), (12) educational attainment of the civilian labor force, percent distribution (1952 and 1975), (13) proportion of workers covered by Federal and State unemployment insurance programs (1938 and 1974), (14) U.S. membership in labor unions and membership as a proportion of labor force (1930-1974), (15) work stoppages: Idleness as a percent of total estimated working time, and (16) U.S. total labor force by sex: Projections to 1990. A list of the Bureau's regular publications, which provide greater statistical detail as well as information on how the data are obtained, is included. (JT)