| whole population that's over 16 years | 4.32 | Jump to 56.079 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | trying to put five-year-olds to work | 3.441 | Jump to 60.399 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | 61.9 percent as of the reading that we | 5.48 | Jump to 85.56 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | got on friday so it's about 62 percent | 5.28 | Jump to 87.92 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | 2020 and the virus related disruptions | 3.919 | Jump to 98.56 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | pre-pandemic lfpa was about 63 | 6.0 | Jump to 106.64 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | that cratered to about 60 percent and | 4.479 | Jump to 110.32 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | be honest we can't really crack that 62 | 5.441 | Jump to 114.799 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | might be saying okay we went from 63 to | 6.159 | Jump to 120.24 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | 62 so that's really not that bad right | 6.4 | Jump to 122.88 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | but consider that every one percent drop | 5.121 | Jump to 126.399 | 
                      
                        
                      
                        PERCENT
                      
                      
                        every one percent
                      
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                  | in the labor first participation rate is | 5.12 | Jump to 129.28 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | a difference of about 2.6 million | 4.64 | Jump to 131.52 | 
                      
                        
                      
                        CARDINAL
                      
                      
                        about 2.6 million
                      
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                  | last five years here and if we zoom out | 5.12 | Jump to 143.04 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | to the last 20 years you can actually | 4.48 | Jump to 145.68 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | way down and one simple explanation of | 4.48 | Jump to 150.16 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | can actually see that the 62 | 5.2 | Jump to 166.64 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | here keep in mind that one of the | 4.16 | Jump to 227.12 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | early to say if these two factors are | 4.08 | Jump to 248.48 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | at 25 to 54 years of age so the prime | 5.84 | Jump to 273.28 | 
                      
                        
                      
                        DATE
                      
                      
                        25 to 54 years of age
                      
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                  | at what 83 before the pandemic 80 during | 4.64 | Jump to 284.08 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | at about 81.9 | 3.84 | Jump to 292.56 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | first participation rate that i have | 3.28 | Jump to 300.479 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | get into like months 23 and 24 of this | 5.521 | Jump to 335.039 | 
                      
                        
                      
                        DATE
                      
                      
                        like months 23 and 24
                      
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                  | later parts of the post 2010 recovery | 4.88 | Jump to 390.08 |  |  |