The Labor Force Participation Rate shows the labor force, defined as the sum of employed and unemployed persons, as a share of the total working age population.
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NOTES: These data are from the Current Population Survey. The working age population is defined as the count of civilian, non-institutionalized persons, ages 16 and over.
SOURCE: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data
