Adult Civilian Non-Institutional Population (age 16+ not in military, prison, or an institution): 251,541,000 (+216,000)
Employed: 149,120,000 (+320,000)
Unemployed (could start job and actively looked for work in last 4 weeks): 7,915,000 (-7,000)
Employed plus Unemployed = Labor Force: 157,028,000 (+785,000)
Labor Force / Population = 157,028,000/251,541,000 = 62.4% (no change)
Employed / Population = 149,120,000 / 251,325,000 = 59.2% (+0.4)
Unemployed / Labor Force = 7,908,000 / 157,028,000 = 5% (-.1)
Not in the Labor Force (neither working nor trying to work): 94,513,000 (-97,000)
Not in the Labor Force (neither working nor trying to work): 94,513,000 (-97,000)
Well hell no wonder our nation is in such debt; our government can't do simple math!