From the Bureau of Labor Statistics 143 million people are working. Government is the fastest growing employer.
In 2006 (in millions of people)
Not in workforce 77
Employed 143
Unemployed 7
Employed in
Agriculture 2
Construction 7
Manufacturing 14
Retail 15
Professional 17
Edu & Medical 17
Leisure 13
Government 21
10 year history of Govt employment
1996 18
2000 19
2005 20
It's not a bad story but I'd like to know more about those 77 million
not in the workforce. Some are retired, a few are still in school (you've got to be sixteen to be included), 2
million are in jail, but what about the rest. Are they just
independently wealthy? Maybe they dropped out. I want to know.