Table 5. People not in the labor force by disability status, age, and sex, 2025 annual averages

Table 5. People not in the labor force by disability status, age, and sex, 2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Category	Total, 16 years and over	16 to 64 years			Total, 65 years and over
Category	Total, 16 years and over	Total	Men	Women	Total, 65 years and over
PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY
Total not in the labor force	26,532	10,135	4,866	5,269	16,396
People who currently want a job	877	576	295	280	302
Marginally attached to the labor force(1)	231	181	94	87	50
Discouraged workers(2)	59	43	27	16	16
Other people marginally attached to the labor force(3)	172	138	67	71	34

PEOPLE WITH NO DISABILITY
Total not in the labor force	76,314	42,808	16,448	26,360	33,506
People who currently want a job	5,141	4,476	2,091	2,385	664
Marginally attached to the labor force(1)	1,485	1,366	723	643	119
Discouraged workers(2)	451	411	258	154	40
Other people marginally attached to the labor force(3)	1,034	955	465	489	80
Footnotes (1) Data refer to people who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference week, but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks. (2) Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. (3) Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
NOTE: Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

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