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I think what you are asking questions about, gets' to the fundamental nature of these reports and the number attributed to them. We keep hearing that jobs are 2.3 percent, or 0.1 percent and so forth. But I suspect that if you had a few moments to talk to the people who are, and who have in the past, produced these numbers, that they would say that there are great unknowns and that these numbers are logical attempt to describe economic activity, over a long period of time, and that any one number in its self isn't all that useful. Couple this with what is being said with this number usually reported every three months or so, and now every month. As an example, picture a speedometer with a failing cable to the transmission. If you ever had an old klunker, you would of seen that sometimes the needle wouldn't get off zero, until you were doing 15mph. So, somewhere out there is the reality. What is reported is the sticky, floppy speedometer needle, accurate to plus or minus 15mph. They really should put these numbers out with a reasonable =/- error range.

I doubt, other than academic, there are any useful numbers on illegals and retired persons.