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Persons not in the labor force, selected indicators, seasonally adjusted
Month
Marginally attached
Discouraged
Apr 2004
1,586 488
May 2004
1,607 505
June 2004
1,500 475
July 2004
1,548 475
Aug 2004
1,568 541
Sept 2004
1,585 441
Oct 2004
1,657 442
Nov 2004
1,572 397
Dec 2004
1,500 440
Jan 2005
1,642 491
Feb 2005
1,591 473
Mar 2005
1,597 470
Apr 2005
1,573 389
May 2005
1,498 417
June 2005
1,580 473
July 2005
1,503 471
Aug 2005
1,560 389
Sept 2005
1,469 387
Oct 2005
1,421 404
Nov 2005
1,464 408
Dec 2005
1,627 448
Jan 2006
1,494 377
Feb 2006
1,405 377
Mar 2006
1,486 443
Apr 2006
1,364 378
May 2006
1,457 344
June 2006
1,571 477
July 2006
1,504 404
Aug 2006
1,570 454
Sept 2006
1,332 347
Oct 2006
1,483 340
Nov 2006
1,409 352
Dec 2006
1,281 273
Jan 2007
1,434 421
Feb 2007
1,389 366
Mar 2007
1,412 375
Apr 2007
1,447 395
May 2007
1,476 393
June 2007
1,438 398
July 2007
1,356 346
Aug 2007
1,350 398
Sept 2007
1,300 295
Oct 2007
1,366 329
Nov 2007
1,402 351
Dec 2007
1,371 361
Jan 2008
1,574 444
Feb 2008
1,520 386
Mar 2008
1,387 396
Apr 2008
1,469 408
May 2008
1,491 428
June 2008
1,541 417
July 2008
1,547 435
Aug 2008
1,629 386
Sept 2008
1,636 499
Oct 2008
1,636 496
Nov 2008
1,995 610
Dec 2008
1,932 636
Jan 2009
1,949 700
Feb 2009
1,972 712
Mar 2009
2,172 679
Apr 2009
2,169 732
May 2009
2,338 850
June 2009
2,154 789
July 2009
2,237 751
Aug 2009
2,265 769
Sept 2009
2,254 753
Oct 2009
2,370 827
Nov 2009
2,370 861
Dec 2009
2,494 918
Jan 2010
2,331 1,016
Feb 2010
2,433 1,175
Mar 2010
2,336 987
Apr 2010
2,524 1,186
May 2010
2,365 1,165
June 2010
2,567 1,202
July 2010
2,563 1,117
Aug 2010
2,376 1,125
Sept 2010
2,576 1,287
Oct 2010
2,599 1,243
Nov 2010
2,573 1,279
Dec 2010
2,598 1,301
Jan 2011
2,576 950
Feb 2011
2,630 996
Mar 2011
2,529 917
Apr 2011
2,562 980
May 2011
2,357 887
June 2011
2,661 979
July 2011
2,719 1,054
Aug 2011
2,588 989
Sept 2011
2,528 1,102
Oct 2011
2,554 984
Nov 2011
2,627 1,091
Dec 2011
2,512 932
Jan 2012
2,589 1,014
Feb 2012
2,517 983
Mar 2012
2,447 863
Apr 2012
2,456 959
May 2012
2,590 898
June 2012
2,473 820
July 2012
2,471 802
Aug 2012
2,580 854
Sept 2012
2,523 851
Oct 2012
2,436 825
Nov 2012
2,537 973
Dec 2012
2,569 1,053
Jan 2013
2,254 771
Feb 2013
2,504 866
Mar 2013
2,418 802
Apr 2013
2,438 828
May 2013
2,313 846
June 2013
2,584 1,027
July 2013
2,363 929
Aug 2013
2,368 875
Sept 2013
2,296 904
Oct 2013
2,287 825
Nov 2013
2,121 757
Dec 2013
2,375 904
Jan 2014
2,390 803
Feb 2014
2,233 740
Mar 2014
2,252 698
Apr 2014
2,243 776
May 2014
2,275 757
June 2014
2,042 677
July 2014
2,133 696
Aug 2014
2,174 783
Sept 2014
2,210 740
Oct 2014
2,195 777
Nov 2014
2,126 693
Dec 2014
2,208 730
Jan 2015
2,063 666
Feb 2015
2,104 724
Mar 2015
2,139 755
Apr 2015
2,196 744
May 2015
1,981 636
June 2015
1,913 658
July 2015
1,879 629
Aug 2015
1,822 611
Sept 2015
1,913 665
Oct 2015
1,931 652
Nov 2015
1,731 580
Dec 2015
1,804 660
Jan 2016
1,934 606
Feb 2016
1,744 580
Mar 2016
1,788 605
Apr 2016
1,792 557
May 2016
1,827 596
June 2016
1,766 504
July 2016
1,901 554
Aug 2016
1,716 578
Sept 2016
1,844 582
Oct 2016
1,720 482
Nov 2016
1,948 574
Dec 2016
1,660 423
Jan 2017
1,622 513
Feb 2017
1,673 510
Mar 2017
1,656 485
Apr 2017
1,607 444
May 2017
1,552 408
June 2017
1,569 507
July 2017
1,583 496
Aug 2017
1,562 457
Sept 2017
1,572 454
Oct 2017
1,564 515
Nov 2017
1,490 450
Dec 2017
1,596 470
Jan 2018
1,540 434
Feb 2018
1,568 366
Mar 2018
1,531 481
Apr 2018
1,420 394
May 2018
1,528 428
June 2018
1,419 352
July 2018
1,448 470
Aug 2018
1,456 448
Sept 2018
1,565 409
Oct 2018
1,517 499
Nov 2018
1,675 431
Dec 2018
1,542 370
Jan 2019
1,522 418
Feb 2019
1,412 428
Mar 2019
1,469 447
Apr 2019
1,482 436
May 2019
1,447 375
June 2019
1,528 415
July 2019
1,438 325
Aug 2019
1,578 479
Sept 2019
1,260 347
Oct 2019
1,244 333
Nov 2019
1,229 301
Dec 2019
1,236 276
Jan 2020
1,387 343
Feb 2020
1,487 424
Mar 2020
1,508 552
Apr 2020
2,307 566
May 2020
2,364 632
June 2020
2,406 671
July 2020
1,966 657
Aug 2020
2,106 567
Sept 2020
1,862 580
Oct 2020
1,950 587
Nov 2020
2,034 648
Dec 2020
2,179 659
Jan 2021
1,950 632
Feb 2021
1,936 533
Mar 2021
1,963 530
Apr 2021
1,831 553
May 2021
1,924 582
June 2021
1,795 619
July 2021
1,859 496
Aug 2021
1,579 386
Sept 2021
1,676 432
Oct 2021
1,663 452
Nov 2021
1,563 443
Dec 2021
1,661 464
Jan 2022
1,546 417
Feb 2022
1,494 398
Mar 2022
1,421 373
Apr 2022
1,621 457
May 2022
1,453 408
June 2022
1,490 376
July 2022
1,558 429
Aug 2022
1,431 357
Sept 2022
1,564 484
Oct 2022
1,493 365
Nov 2022
1,467 401
Dec 2022
1,256 417
Jan 2023
1,369 345
Feb 2023
1,419 367
Mar 2023
1,326 347
Apr 2023
1,503 366
May 2023
1,512 425
June 2023
1,432 311
July 2023
1,417 338
Aug 2023
1,519 384
Sept 2023
1,442 372
Oct 2023
1,416 419
Nov 2023
1,583 425
Dec 2023
1,562 346
Jan 2024
1,654 452
Feb 2024
1,558 425
Mar 2024
1,595 337
Apr 2024
1,565 362
United States Department of Labor
