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This doesn't seem right. 24.6% unemployment. Unless I'm living in a bubble, that's not anywhere near the correct number. https://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_

• gottorf 3y ago
  > long-term discouraged workers, who were defined out of official existence in 1994 The labor force participation rate, defined as the percentage of people 16 years of age or older who are working or seeking work (minus "institutional", aka military) currently sits around 63%. The US population is roughly 17% over 65. Those three numbers roughly add up to 100%.
  • mminer237 3y ago
    Roughly 20% of the us is under 16, which makes your 17% go up to like 21%. Also that's still ignoring full-time students in treating housewives as unemployed.