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Household data: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: AUGUST 2008

The civilian labor force, at 154.9 million, was about unchanged in August,

and the labor force participation rate remained at 66.1 percent. Total employ-

ment, at 145.5 million, was little changed from July. The employment-population

ratio fell over the month to 62.1 percent in August, down 1.3 percentage points

from its most recent high of 63.4 percent in December 2006. (See table A-1.)

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5,968,843 people employed and rising every year.

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If the current unemployment rate is approximately 9.6% which equates to 7.8 million people unemployed, the current number of employed would be approximately 80 million.

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A little over 131 million.

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300,000,000

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