Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Frequency: Annual

This is the federal government's measure of the labor force participation rate, based on the monthly survey of households. The federal government adds the number of people who have jobs to the number of people that are looking for one, and then divides the total by the population.

Suggested Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate [LNU01300000], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU01300000.