24m ... that is the number of unemployed we all heard about
140m ... the number of people filing tax returns (ie: the working people of America)
24m / 140m == 17.1 %
the percentage of the working population unemployed
24m / (140m + 24m) == 14.6 %
the lowest possible unemployment number
Why wouldn’t unemployed people have to file a tax return? Unemployment compensation is federally taxable.