Persons not in the labor force who want a job

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Persons not in the labor force who want a job, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Month	Thousands
Oct 2002	4,429
Nov 2002	4,733
Dec 2002	4,567
Jan 2003	4,632
Feb 2003	4,600
Mar 2003	4,916
Apr 2003	4,451
May 2003	4,810
June 2003	4,740
July 2003	4,855
Aug 2003	4,830
Sept 2003	4,832
Oct 2003	4,760
Nov 2003	4,534
Dec 2003	4,695
Jan 2004	4,769
Feb 2004	4,750
Mar 2004	4,816
Apr 2004	4,690
May 2004	4,741
June 2004	4,648
July 2004	4,661
Aug 2004	4,933
Sept 2004	4,930
Oct 2004	5,277
Nov 2004	5,113
Dec 2004	4,949
Jan 2005	4,992
Feb 2005	4,968
Mar 2005	5,018
Apr 2005	5,114
May 2005	4,771
June 2005	5,222
July 2005	4,947
Aug 2005	4,813
Sept 2005	4,990
Oct 2005	4,993
Nov 2005	4,818
Dec 2005	5,183
Jan 2006	4,964
Feb 2006	4,901
Mar 2006	4,918
Apr 2006	4,719
May 2006	4,635
June 2006	4,726
July 2006	4,862
Aug 2006	4,951
Sept 2006	4,666
Oct 2006	4,868
Nov 2006	4,818
Dec 2006	4,390
Jan 2007	4,506
Feb 2007	4,706
Mar 2007	4,565
Apr 2007	4,794
May 2007	4,968
June 2007	4,857
July 2007	4,737
Aug 2007	4,827
Sept 2007	4,750
Oct 2007	4,352
Nov 2007	4,648
Dec 2007	4,657
Jan 2008	4,846
Feb 2008	4,739
Mar 2008	4,718
Apr 2008	4,733
May 2008	4,851
June 2008	4,929
July 2008	5,023
Aug 2008	4,922
Sept 2008	5,153
Oct 2008	5,094
Nov 2008	5,421
Dec 2008	5,431
Jan 2009	5,708
Feb 2009	5,617
Mar 2009	5,807
Apr 2009	5,927
May 2009	5,986
June 2009	5,908
July 2009	6,003
Aug 2009	5,649
Sept 2009	5,949
Oct 2009	6,002
Nov 2009	5,998
Dec 2009	6,186
Jan 2010	5,942
Feb 2010	6,098
Mar 2010	5,993
Apr 2010	5,913
May 2010	5,824
June 2010	5,909
July 2010	5,895
Aug 2010	6,037
Sept 2010	6,270
Oct 2010	6,289
Nov 2010	6,182
Dec 2010	6,431
Jan 2011	6,472
Feb 2011	6,390
Mar 2011	6,527
Apr 2011	6,537
May 2011	6,289
June 2011	6,519
July 2011	6,513
Aug 2011	6,463
Sept 2011	6,262
Oct 2011	6,384
Nov 2011	6,538
Dec 2011	6,323
Jan 2012	6,343
Feb 2012	6,335
Mar 2012	6,302
Apr 2012	6,426
May 2012	6,309
June 2012	6,564
July 2012	6,516
Aug 2012	7,011
Sept 2012	6,817
Oct 2012	6,551
Nov 2012	6,833
Dec 2012	6,728
Jan 2013	6,637
Feb 2013	6,772
Mar 2013	6,670
Apr 2013	6,428
May 2013	6,726
June 2013	6,614
July 2013	6,526
Aug 2013	6,284
Sept 2013	6,119
Oct 2013	6,024
Nov 2013	5,754
Dec 2013	6,126
Jan 2014	6,360
Feb 2014	6,011
Mar 2014	6,174
Apr 2014	6,207
May 2014	6,553
June 2014	6,207
July 2014	6,264
Aug 2014	6,376
Sept 2014	6,326
Oct 2014	6,431
Nov 2014	6,558
Dec 2014	6,406
Jan 2015	6,300
Feb 2015	6,503
Mar 2015	6,355
Apr 2015	6,221
May 2015	6,051
June 2015	6,130
July 2015	6,097
Aug 2015	5,890
Sept 2015	5,868
Oct 2015	5,997
Nov 2015	5,649
Dec 2015	5,909
Jan 2016	6,006
Feb 2016	5,927
Mar 2016	5,730
Apr 2016	5,812
May 2016	5,962
June 2016	5,590
July 2016	5,906
Aug 2016	5,752
Sept 2016	6,017
Oct 2016	5,948
Nov 2016	5,864
Dec 2016	5,668
Jan 2017	5,758
Feb 2017	5,653
Mar 2017	5,758
Apr 2017	5,708
May 2017	5,465
June 2017	5,277
July 2017	5,425
Aug 2017	5,734
Sept 2017	5,637
Oct 2017	5,293
Nov 2017	5,219
Dec 2017	5,275
Jan 2018	5,191
Feb 2018	5,169
Mar 2018	5,044
Apr 2018	5,163
May 2018	5,188
June 2018	5,204
July 2018	5,195
Aug 2018	5,413
Sept 2018	5,288
Oct 2018	5,408
Nov 2018	5,398
Dec 2018	5,320
Jan 2019	5,262
Feb 2019	5,216
Mar 2019	5,136
Apr 2019	5,107
May 2019	4,994
June 2019	5,272
July 2019	4,999
Aug 2019	5,212
Sept 2019	4,852
Oct 2019	4,778
Nov 2019	4,849
Dec 2019	4,839
Jan 2020	4,937
Feb 2020	4,996
Mar 2020	5,462
Apr 2020	9,921
May 2020	8,916
June 2020	8,182
July 2020	7,712
Aug 2020	7,070
Sept 2020	7,194
Oct 2020	6,685
Nov 2020	7,120
Dec 2020	7,277
Jan 2021	6,956
Feb 2021	6,923
Mar 2021	6,822
Apr 2021	6,628
May 2021	6,583
June 2021	6,422
July 2021	6,529
Aug 2021	5,701
Sept 2021	5,918
Oct 2021	5,935
Nov 2021	5,819
Dec 2021	5,713
Jan 2022	5,704
Feb 2022	5,355
Mar 2022	5,737
Apr 2022	5,859
May 2022	5,681
June 2022	5,656
July 2022	5,910
Aug 2022	5,549
Sept 2022	5,834
Oct 2022	5,717