Comment on Ask HN: If 160M Americans are employed, what's the unemployment rate?Comments−mikgp2moIncluding under-18s and retirees?−paganartifactOP2moOk remove the 50-75M of those, still like 30-35% unemployment.−mikgp2mo50-75m sounds quite low. Where is that stat coming from?This seems to suggest 75 million are under 18.https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/united-states-population-...−paganartifactOP2mo72.9 million - https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2...I also said "160M" instead of "168.3 million" for simplicity.10/10 nitpick
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Including under-18s and retirees?
Ok remove the 50-75M of those, still like 30-35% unemployment.
50-75m sounds quite low. Where is that stat coming from?
This seems to suggest 75 million are under 18.
https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/united-states-population-...
72.9 million - https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2...
I also said "160M" instead of "168.3 million" for simplicity.
10/10 nitpick