Anybody know what the work force participation rate is in this report?
|
Category |
Dec. |
Jan. |
Feb. |
|
|
2012 |
2013 |
2013 |
|
Employment status |
[Numbers in thousands] |
||
|
Civilian noninstitutional population |
244,350 |
244,663 |
244,828 |
|
Civilian labor force |
155,511 |
155,654 |
155,524 |
|
Participation rate |
63.6 |
63.6 |
63.5 |
|
Employed |
143,305 |
143,322 |
143,492 |
|
Employment-population ratio |
58.6 |
58.6 |
58.6 |
|
Unemployed |
12,206 |
12,332 |
12,032 |
|
Unemployment rate |
7.8 |
7.9 |
7.7 |
|
Not in labor force |
88,839 |
89,008 |
89,304 |
What we got is that over the past couple months we're seeing 187,000 more jobs for a population that grew by 422,000 more people.
Oh goody.