Lunch topic : what percentage of people earned at least some income today?

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So, 67% would be 'on a good day'?
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ztirffritz wrote:
(2009 est.) (from Wikipedia)

* 0–14 years: 20.2% - no income
(male 31,639,127/female 30,305,704)
* 15–64 years: 67.0% (this is the number to dissect)
(male 102,665,043/female 103,129,321)
* 65 years and over: 12.8% - probably no income
(male 16,901,232/female 22,571,696)

of the 67% of the population at an age where they might be earning income, we claim to have a 10% unemployment rate, but that number is actually low because that only represents people collecting benefits. Many people have expired benefits, or they never had a job to begin with. A staggering number of black males are in prison. (about .75% of the entire US Population is in prison, 2.3 million) Quite a few women still don't work outside of the home (many ARE working I assure you, just not earning an income) Given unemployment, prison population, and housewives, I'd say that knocks it down to at least 35%. I don't think 25% is such a stretch.