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1.5 million people marginally attached to the labor force in July 2019, unchanged over the year
August 07, 2019
In July 2019, there were 1.5 million people who were marginally attached to the labor force, essentially unchanged from a year earlier. These are people who were not in the labor force, although they wanted work and were available for it and had looked for jobs at some point in the previous 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.
People marginally attached to the labor force, not seasonally adjusted, July 2009 to July 2019
Month
Marginally attached
Discouraged workers
Other marginally attached
July 2009
2,282,000
796,000
1,486,000
July 2010
2,622,000
1,185,000
1,437,000
July 2011
2,785,000
1,119,000
1,666,000
July 2012
2,529,000
852,000
1,677,000
July 2013
2,414,000
988,000
1,426,000
July 2014
2,178,000
741,000
1,437,000
July 2015
1,927,000
668,000
1,259,000
July 2016
1,950,000
591,000
1,359,000
July 2017
1,629,000
536,000
1,093,000
July 2018
1,498,000
512,000
986,000
July 2019
1,478,000
368,000
1,110,000
Among the marginally attached, there were 368,000 discouraged workers in July 2019, down by 144,000 from a year earlier. Discouraged workers are people not currently looking for work because they believe that there are no jobs available for them. The remaining 1.1 million people who were marginally attached to the labor force in July had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities.
United States Department of Labor
