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Data extracted on: May 21, 2021 (4:54:35 PM)

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Series Id:	LNU05026645
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Series title:	(Unadj) 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 LNU05026645

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2011	993	1020	921	989	822	982	1119	977	1037	967	1096	945
2012	1059	1006	865	968	830	821	852	844	802	813	979	1068
2013	804	885	803	835	780	1027	988	866	852	815	762	917
2014	837	755	698	783	697	676	741	775	698	770	698	740
2015	682	732	738	756	563	653	668	624	635	665	594	663
2016	623	599	585	568	538	502	591	576	553	487	591	426
2017	532	522	460	455	355	514	536	448	421	524	469	474
2018	451	373	450	408	378	359	512	434	383	506	453	375
2019	426	428	412	454	338	425	368	467	321	341	325	277
2020	350	421	514	585	598	684	701	551	556	594	674	661
2021	638	529	488	573