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Dec. 2021 |
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16 to 24 years |
25 to 54 years |
55 years and over |
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Total not in the labor force |
100,440 | 100,621 | 16,883 | 17,377 | 22,747 | 22,287 | 60,810 | 60,957 | 41,493 | 41,799 | 58,947 | 58,821 |
Do not want a job now(1) |
94,916 | 95,672 | 15,534 | 16,124 | 20,199 | 20,129 | 59,183 | 59,419 | 38,735 | 39,450 | 56,182 | 56,222 |
Want a job(1) |
5,524 | 4,948 | 1,349 | 1,253 | 2,548 | 2,157 | 1,627 | 1,538 | 2,759 | 2,349 | 2,765 | 2,600 |
Did not search for work in previous year |
3,377 | 3,023 | 828 | 666 | 1,396 | 1,217 | 1,152 | 1,140 | 1,612 | 1,393 | 1,765 | 1,630 |
Searched for work in previous year(2), |
2,147 | 1,925 | 520 | 587 | 1,152 | 940 | 475 | 398 | 1,147 | 955 | 1,000 | 970 |
Not available to work now |
476 | 665 | 154 | 254 | 276 | 311 | 46 | 100 | 223 | 283 | 253 | 382 |
Marginally attached (available to work now)(3) |
1,671 | 1,260 | 366 | 333 | 876 | 630 | 428 | 298 | 924 | 673 | 747 | 587 |
Discouraged over job prospects(4) |
468 | 421 | 78 | 90 | 251 | 210 | 139 | 121 | 279 | 217 | 189 | 204 |
Reasons other than discouragement |
1,203 | 839 | 288 | 243 | 626 | 420 | 289 | 176 | 645 | 456 | 558 | 384 |
Family responsibilities |
170 | 132 | 33 | 11 | 86 | 88 | 51 | 33 | 74 | 62 | 96 | 70 |
In school or training |
171 | 118 | 108 | 108 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 76 | 58 | 42 |
Ill health or disability |
131 | 103 | 17 | 8 | 67 | 48 | 46 | 47 | 62 | 56 | 69 | 47 |
Other(5) |
732 | 486 | 130 | 116 | 411 | 274 | 191 | 96 | 397 | 262 | 335 | 224 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Last Modified Date: January 06, 2023