Dec 11, 2011

Work Experience of the Population — unemployment 25.2 million.

Work Experience of the Population — 2010
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

A total of 152.3 million persons worked at some point during 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who worked at some time during 2010 was 63.7 percent, down from 64.9 percent in 2009. The number of persons who experienced some unemployment during 2010 decreased by 894,000 to 25.2 million.