In December, there were a bit more than 209.1 million people of working age in the United States, according to government numbers. In March, the latest numbers show, there were a little bit less than ...
In the second half of the 20th century, the US working-age population (defined here as ages 15 through 64) grew at an annual rate of 1.3%. In the first decade of this century, it downshifted to 1.1%.
Justin Fox is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business, economics and other topics involving charts. A former editorial director of the Harvard Business Review, he is author of “The Myth of the ...