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What percentage of American adults over 16 are not in the labor force at all?
36.2% of American adults over 16 are not in the labor force at all — about 36 in every 100, or 4 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Community Survey for 2023.
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Where this number comes from
- Survey
- American Community Survey
- What it measured
- American Community Survey 1-year estimate, published under the label “EMPLOYMENT STATUS → Population 16 years and over → Not in labor force”.
- Population
- Americans aged 16 and over
- Year
- 2023
- 90% confidence interval
- 36.1% to 36.3%
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