Period | Marginally attached to the labor force | Discouraged workers |
---|---|---|
Jan 1994 |
2,120 | 600 |
Feb 1994 |
1,951 | 489 |
Mar 1994 |
1,832 | 533 |
Apr 1994 |
1,770 | 502 |
May 1994 |
1,659 | 436 |
Jun 1994 |
1,777 | 532 |
Jul 1994 |
1,844 | 542 |
Aug 1994 |
1,726 | 489 |
Sep 1994 |
1,858 | 521 |
Oct 1994 |
1,663 | 460 |
Nov 1994 |
1,674 | 447 |
Dec 1994 |
1,810 | 445 |
Jan 1995 |
1,783 | 440 |
Feb 1995 |
1,721 | 439 |
Mar 1995 |
1,732 | 454 |
Apr 1995 |
1,390 | 385 |
May 1995 |
1,504 | 398 |
Jun 1995 |
1,574 | 364 |
Jul 1995 |
1,568 | 456 |
Aug 1995 |
1,510 | 410 |
Sep 1995 |
1,583 | 341 |
Oct 1995 |
1,587 | 412 |
Nov 1995 |
1,542 | 401 |
Dec 1995 |
1,619 | 425 |
Jan 1996 |
1,737 | 409 |
Feb 1996 |
1,838 | 455 |
Mar 1996 |
1,584 | 451 |
Apr 1996 |
1,516 | 403 |
May 1996 |
1,475 | 352 |
Jun 1996 |
1,684 | 414 |
Jul 1996 |
1,490 | 423 |
Aug 1996 |
1,436 | 415 |
Sep 1996 |
1,518 | 391 |
Oct 1996 |
1,447 | 374 |
Nov 1996 |
1,503 | 346 |
Dec 1996 |
1,463 | 334 |
Jan 1997 |
1,615 | 397 |
Feb 1997 |
1,546 | 364 |
Mar 1997 |
1,471 | 356 |
Apr 1997 |
1,480 | 379 |
May 1997 |
1,431 | 338 |
Jun 1997 |
1,428 | 353 |
Jul 1997 |
1,281 | 311 |
Aug 1997 |
1,298 | 311 |
Sep 1997 |
1,363 | 328 |
Oct 1997 |
1,284 | 302 |
Nov 1997 |
1,337 | 331 |
Dec 1997 |
1,453 | 345 |
Jan 1998 |
1,479 | 374 |
Feb 1998 |
1,478 | 361 |
Mar 1998 |
1,426 | 343 |
Apr 1998 |
1,278 | 344 |
May 1998 |
1,213 | 268 |
Jun 1998 |
1,213 | 311 |
Jul 1998 |
1,328 | 374 |
Aug 1998 |
1,251 | 280 |
Sep 1998 |
1,377 | 317 |
Oct 1998 |
1,242 | 333 |
Nov 1998 |
1,240 | 310 |
Dec 1998 |
1,196 | 358 |
Jan 1999 |
1,358 | 339 |
Feb 1999 |
1,279 | 271 |
Mar 1999 |
1,245 | 295 |
Apr 1999 |
1,257 | 245 |
May 1999 |
1,148 | 256 |
Jun 1999 |
1,228 | 220 |
Jul 1999 |
1,133 | 290 |
Aug 1999 |
1,134 | 265 |
Sep 1999 |
1,172 | 289 |
Oct 1999 |
1,184 | 271 |
Nov 1999 |
1,128 | 272 |
Dec 1999 |
1,142 | 267 |
Jan 2000 |
1,207 | 236 |
Feb 2000 |
1,281 | 267 |
Mar 2000 |
1,219 | 258 |
Apr 2000 |
1,216 | 331 |
May 2000 |
1,113 | 280 |
Jun 2000 |
1,142 | 309 |
Jul 2000 |
1,172 | 266 |
Aug 2000 |
1,097 | 203 |
Sep 2000 |
1,166 | 253 |
Oct 2000 |
1,044 | 232 |
Nov 2000 |
1,100 | 236 |
Dec 2000 |
1,125 | 269 |
Jan 2001 |
1,295 | 301 |
Feb 2001 |
1,337 | 287 |
Mar 2001 |
1,109 | 349 |
Apr 2001 |
1,131 | 349 |
May 2001 |
1,157 | 328 |
Jun 2001 |
1,170 | 294 |
Jul 2001 |
1,232 | 310 |
Aug 2001 |
1,364 | 337 |
Sep 2001 |
1,335 | 285 |
Oct 2001 |
1,398 | 331 |
Nov 2001 |
1,331 | 328 |
Dec 2001 |
1,330 | 348 |
Jan 2002 |
1,532 | 328 |
Feb 2002 |
1,423 | 375 |
Mar 2002 |
1,358 | 330 |
Apr 2002 |
1,397 | 320 |
May 2002 |
1,467 | 414 |
Jun 2002 |
1,380 | 342 |
Jul 2002 |
1,507 | 405 |
Aug 2002 |
1,456 | 378 |
Sep 2002 |
1,501 | 392 |
Oct 2002 |
1,416 | 359 |
Nov 2002 |
1,401 | 385 |
Dec 2002 |
1,432 | 403 |
Jan 2003 |
1,598 | 449 |
Feb 2003 |
1,590 | 450 |
Mar 2003 |
1,577 | 474 |
Apr 2003 |
1,399 | 437 |
May 2003 |
1,428 | 482 |
Jun 2003 |
1,468 | 478 |
Jul 2003 |
1,566 | 470 |
Aug 2003 |
1,665 | 503 |
Sep 2003 |
1,544 | 388 |
Oct 2003 |
1,586 | 462 |
Nov 2003 |
1,473 | 457 |
Dec 2003 |
1,483 | 433 |
Jan 2004 |
1,670 | 432 |
Feb 2004 |
1,691 | 484 |
Mar 2004 |
1,643 | 514 |
Apr 2004 |
1,526 | 492 |
May 2004 |
1,533 | 476 |
Jun 2004 |
1,492 | 478 |
Jul 2004 |
1,557 | 504 |
Aug 2004 |
1,587 | 534 |
Sep 2004 |
1,561 | 412 |
Oct 2004 |
1,647 | 429 |
Nov 2004 |
1,517 | 392 |
Dec 2004 |
1,463 | 442 |
Jan 2005 |
1,804 | 515 |
Feb 2005 |
1,673 | 485 |
Mar 2005 |
1,588 | 480 |
Apr 2005 |
1,511 | 393 |
May 2005 |
1,428 | 392 |
Jun 2005 |
1,583 | 476 |
Jul 2005 |
1,516 | 499 |
Aug 2005 |
1,583 | 384 |
Sep 2005 |
1,438 | 362 |
Oct 2005 |
1,414 | 392 |
Nov 2005 |
1,415 | 404 |
Dec 2005 |
1,589 | 451 |
Jan 2006 |
1,644 | 396 |
Feb 2006 |
1,471 | 386 |
Mar 2006 |
1,468 | 451 |
Apr 2006 |
1,310 | 381 |
May 2006 |
1,388 | 323 |
Jun 2006 |
1,584 | 481 |
Jul 2006 |
1,522 | 428 |
Aug 2006 |
1,592 | 448 |
Sep 2006 |
1,299 | 325 |
Oct 2006 |
1,478 | 331 |
Nov 2006 |
1,366 | 349 |
Dec 2006 |
1,252 | 274 |
Jan 2007 |
1,577 | 442 |
Feb 2007 |
1,451 | 375 |
Mar 2007 |
1,385 | 381 |
Apr 2007 |
1,391 | 399 |
May 2007 |
1,406 | 368 |
Jun 2007 |
1,454 | 401 |
Jul 2007 |
1,376 | 367 |
Aug 2007 |
1,365 | 392 |
Sep 2007 |
1,268 | 276 |
Oct 2007 |
1,364 | 320 |
Nov 2007 |
1,363 | 349 |
Dec 2007 |
1,344 | 363 |
Jan 2008 |
1,729 | 467 |
Feb 2008 |
1,585 | 396 |
Mar 2008 |
1,352 | 401 |
Apr 2008 |
1,414 | 412 |
May 2008 |
1,416 | 400 |
Jun 2008 |
1,558 | 420 |
Jul 2008 |
1,573 | 461 |
Aug 2008 |
1,640 | 381 |
Sep 2008 |
1,604 | 467 |
Oct 2008 |
1,637 | 484 |
Nov 2008 |
1,947 | 608 |
Dec 2008 |
1,908 | 642 |
Jan 2009 |
2,130 | 734 |
Feb 2009 |
2,051 | 731 |
Mar 2009 |
2,106 | 685 |
Apr 2009 |
2,089 | 740 |
May 2009 |
2,210 | 792 |
Jun 2009 |
2,176 | 793 |
Jul 2009 |
2,282 | 796 |
Aug 2009 |
2,270 | 758 |
Sep 2009 |
2,219 | 706 |
Oct 2009 |
2,373 | 808 |
Nov 2009 |
2,323 | 861 |
Dec 2009 |
2,486 | 929 |
Jan 2010 |
2,539 | 1,065 |
Feb 2010 |
2,527 | 1,204 |
Mar 2010 |
2,255 | 994 |
Apr 2010 |
2,432 | 1,197 |
May 2010 |
2,223 | 1,083 |
Jun 2010 |
2,591 | 1,207 |
Jul 2010 |
2,622 | 1,185 |
Aug 2010 |
2,370 | 1,110 |
Sep 2010 |
2,548 | 1,209 |
Oct 2010 |
2,602 | 1,219 |
Nov 2010 |
2,531 | 1,282 |
Dec 2010 |
2,609 | 1,318 |
Jan 2011 |
2,800 | 993 |
Feb 2011 |
2,730 | 1,020 |
Mar 2011 |
2,434 | 921 |
Apr 2011 |
2,466 | 989 |
May 2011 |
2,206 | 822 |
Jun 2011 |
2,680 | 982 |
Jul 2011 |
2,785 | 1,119 |
Aug 2011 |
2,575 | 977 |
Sep 2011 |
2,511 | 1,037 |
Oct 2011 |
2,555 | 967 |
Nov 2011 |
2,591 | 1,096 |
Dec 2011 |
2,540 | 945 |
Jan 2012 |
2,809 | 1,059 |
Feb 2012 |
2,608 | 1,006 |
Mar 2012 |
2,352 | 865 |
Apr 2012 |
2,363 | 968 |
May 2012 |
2,423 | 830 |
Jun 2012 |
2,483 | 821 |
Jul 2012 |
2,529 | 852 |
Aug 2012 |
2,561 | 844 |
Sep 2012 |
2,517 | 802 |
Oct 2012 |
2,433 | 813 |
Nov 2012 |
2,505 | 979 |
Dec 2012 |
2,614 | 1,068 |
Jan 2013 |
2,443 | 804 |
Feb 2013 |
2,588 | 885 |
Mar 2013 |
2,326 | 803 |
Apr 2013 |
2,347 | 835 |
May 2013 |
2,164 | 780 |
Jun 2013 |
2,582 | 1,027 |
Jul 2013 |
2,414 | 988 |
Aug 2013 |
2,342 | 866 |
Sep 2013 |
2,302 | 852 |
Oct 2013 |
2,283 | 815 |
Nov 2013 |
2,096 | 762 |
Dec 2013 |
2,427 | 917 |
Jan 2014 |
2,592 | 837 |
Feb 2014 |
2,303 | 755 |
Mar 2014 |
2,168 | 698 |
Apr 2014 |
2,160 | 783 |
May 2014 |
2,130 | 697 |
Jun 2014 |
2,028 | 676 |
Jul 2014 |
2,178 | 741 |
Aug 2014 |
2,141 | 775 |
Sep 2014 |
2,226 | 698 |
Oct 2014 |
2,192 | 770 |
Nov 2014 |
2,109 | 698 |
Dec 2014 |
2,260 | 740 |
Jan 2015 |
2,234 | 682 |
Feb 2015 |
2,159 | 732 |
Mar 2015 |
2,055 | 738 |
Apr 2015 |
2,115 | 756 |
May 2015 |
1,862 | 563 |
Jun 2015 |
1,914 | 653 |
Jul 2015 |
1,927 | 668 |
Aug 2015 |
1,812 | 624 |
Sep 2015 |
1,921 | 635 |
Oct 2015 |
1,916 | 665 |
Nov 2015 |
1,717 | 594 |
Dec 2015 |
1,833 | 663 |
Jan 2016 |
2,089 | 623 |
Feb 2016 |
1,803 | 599 |
Mar 2016 |
1,720 | 585 |
Apr 2016 |
1,715 | 568 |
May 2016 |
1,713 | 538 |
Jun 2016 |
1,779 | 502 |
Jul 2016 |
1,950 | 591 |
Aug 2016 |
1,713 | 576 |
Sep 2016 |
1,844 | 553 |
Oct 2016 |
1,700 | 487 |
Nov 2016 |
1,932 | 591 |
Dec 2016 |
1,684 | 426 |
Jan 2017 |
1,752 | 532 |
Feb 2017 |
1,723 | 522 |
Mar 2017 |
1,595 | 460 |
Apr 2017 |
1,534 | 455 |
May 2017 |
1,475 | 355 |
Jun 2017 |
1,582 | 514 |
Jul 2017 |
1,629 | 536 |
Aug 2017 |
1,548 | 448 |
Sep 2017 |
1,569 | 421 |
Oct 2017 |
1,535 | 524 |
Nov 2017 |
1,481 | 469 |
Dec 2017 |
1,623 | 474 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey. |