People not in the labor force who want a job

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People not in the labor force who want a job, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Month	Thousands
Dec 2005	5,183
Jan 2006	4,964
Feb 2006	4,901
Mar 2006	4,918
Apr 2006	4,719
May 2006	4,635
June 2006	4,726
July 2006	4,862
Aug 2006	4,951
Sept 2006	4,666
Oct 2006	4,868
Nov 2006	4,818
Dec 2006	4,390
Jan 2007	4,506
Feb 2007	4,706
Mar 2007	4,565
Apr 2007	4,794
May 2007	4,968
June 2007	4,857
July 2007	4,737
Aug 2007	4,827
Sept 2007	4,750
Oct 2007	4,352
Nov 2007	4,648
Dec 2007	4,657
Jan 2008	4,846
Feb 2008	4,739
Mar 2008	4,718
Apr 2008	4,733
May 2008	4,851
June 2008	4,929
July 2008	5,023
Aug 2008	4,922
Sept 2008	5,153
Oct 2008	5,094
Nov 2008	5,421
Dec 2008	5,431
Jan 2009	5,708
Feb 2009	5,617
Mar 2009	5,807
Apr 2009	5,927
May 2009	5,986
June 2009	5,908
July 2009	6,003
Aug 2009	5,649
Sept 2009	5,949
Oct 2009	6,002
Nov 2009	5,998
Dec 2009	6,186
Jan 2010	5,942
Feb 2010	6,098
Mar 2010	5,993
Apr 2010	5,913
May 2010	5,824
June 2010	5,909
July 2010	5,895
Aug 2010	6,037
Sept 2010	6,270
Oct 2010	6,289
Nov 2010	6,182
Dec 2010	6,431
Jan 2011	6,472
Feb 2011	6,390
Mar 2011	6,527
Apr 2011	6,537
May 2011	6,289
June 2011	6,519
July 2011	6,513
Aug 2011	6,463
Sept 2011	6,262
Oct 2011	6,384
Nov 2011	6,538
Dec 2011	6,323
Jan 2012	6,343
Feb 2012	6,335
Mar 2012	6,302
Apr 2012	6,426
May 2012	6,309
June 2012	6,564
July 2012	6,516
Aug 2012	7,011
Sept 2012	6,817
Oct 2012	6,551
Nov 2012	6,833
Dec 2012	6,728
Jan 2013	6,637
Feb 2013	6,772
Mar 2013	6,670
Apr 2013	6,428
May 2013	6,726
June 2013	6,614
July 2013	6,526
Aug 2013	6,284
Sept 2013	6,119
Oct 2013	6,024
Nov 2013	5,754
Dec 2013	6,126
Jan 2014	6,360
Feb 2014	6,011
Mar 2014	6,174
Apr 2014	6,207
May 2014	6,553
June 2014	6,207
July 2014	6,264
Aug 2014	6,376
Sept 2014	6,326
Oct 2014	6,431
Nov 2014	6,558
Dec 2014	6,406
Jan 2015	6,300
Feb 2015	6,503
Mar 2015	6,355
Apr 2015	6,221
May 2015	6,051
June 2015	6,130
July 2015	6,097
Aug 2015	5,890
Sept 2015	5,868
Oct 2015	5,997
Nov 2015	5,649
Dec 2015	5,909
Jan 2016	6,006
Feb 2016	5,927
Mar 2016	5,730
Apr 2016	5,812
May 2016	5,962
June 2016	5,590
July 2016	5,906
Aug 2016	5,752
Sept 2016	6,017
Oct 2016	5,948
Nov 2016	5,864
Dec 2016	5,668
Jan 2017	5,758
Feb 2017	5,653
Mar 2017	5,758
Apr 2017	5,708
May 2017	5,465
June 2017	5,277
July 2017	5,425
Aug 2017	5,734
Sept 2017	5,637
Oct 2017	5,293
Nov 2017	5,219
Dec 2017	5,275
Jan 2018	5,201
Feb 2018	5,208
Mar 2018	5,047
Apr 2018	5,151
May 2018	5,189
June 2018	5,203
July 2018	5,168
Aug 2018	5,419
Sept 2018	5,263
Oct 2018	5,393
Nov 2018	5,392
Dec 2018	5,341
Jan 2019	5,279
Feb 2019	5,282
Mar 2019	5,178
Apr 2019	5,095
May 2019	4,980
June 2019	5,264
July 2019	4,970
Aug 2019	5,215
Sept 2019	4,788
Oct 2019	4,755
Nov 2019	4,852
Dec 2019	4,853
Jan 2020	4,942
Feb 2020	5,075
Mar 2020	5,529
Apr 2020	9,904
May 2020	8,890
June 2020	8,204
July 2020	7,671
Aug 2020	7,067
Sept 2020	7,105
Oct 2020	6,654
Nov 2020	7,130
Dec 2020	7,295
Jan 2021	6,973
Feb 2021	6,985
Mar 2021	6,873
Apr 2021	6,617
May 2021	6,542
June 2021	6,435
July 2021	6,483
Aug 2021	5,672
Sept 2021	5,864
Oct 2021	5,902
Nov 2021	5,847
Dec 2021	5,751
Jan 2022	5,718
Feb 2022	5,388
Mar 2022	5,805
Apr 2022	5,864
May 2022	5,630
June 2022	5,670
July 2022	5,884
Aug 2022	5,491
Sept 2022	5,800
Oct 2022	5,673
Nov 2022	5,570
Dec 2022	5,177
Jan 2023	5,312
Feb 2023	5,077
Mar 2023	4,954
Apr 2023	5,299
May 2023	5,450
June 2023	5,419
July 2023	5,236
Aug 2023	5,337
Sept 2023	5,448
Oct 2023	5,369
Nov 2023	5,368
Dec 2023	5,695
Jan 2024	5,809
Feb 2024	5,633
Mar 2024	5,419
Apr 2024	5,658
May 2024	5,702
June 2024	5,232
July 2024	5,605
Aug 2024	5,600
Sept 2024	5,740
Oct 2024	5,662
Nov 2024	5,498
Dec 2024	5,524
Jan 2025	5,506
Feb 2025	5,896
Mar 2025	5,910
Apr 2025	5,691
May 2025	6,008
June 2025	6,032
July 2025	6,186
Aug 2025	6,347
Sept 2025	5,943
Oct 2025	-
Nov 2025	6,139
Dec 2025	6,208