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Data extracted on: May 21, 2021 (8:26:22 AM)

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Series Id:	LNS15026645
Seasonally Adjusted
Series title:	(Seas) Not in labor force - Want a job now, Marginally attached, Discouraged workers
Labor force status:	Not in labor force
Type of data:	Number in thousands
Age:	16 years and over
Job desires/not in labor force:	Want a job now
Reasons not in labor force:	Discouragement over job prospects (believes no job is available)

Graph of LNS15026645

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2011	950	996	917	980	887	979	1054	989	1102	984	1091	932
2012	1014	983	863	959	898	820	802	854	851	825	973	1053
2013	771	866	802	828	846	1027	929	875	904	825	757	904
2014	803	740	698	776	757	677	696	783	740	777	693	730
2015	666	724	755	744	636	658	629	611	665	652	580	660
2016	606	580	605	557	596	504	554	578	582	482	574	423
2017	515	504	480	445	412	514	497	448	452	518	452	473
2018	435	355	470	398	434	358	472	434	416	499	436	376
2019	411	409	434	445	393	421	328	466	355	335	308	279
2020	335	401	536	576	652	678	660	552	590	590	657	663
2021	624	522	523	565