A monthly figure that in itself isn't that bad when you figure its less than a third of the population... does that include the under working age, the retired, the disabled, all the housewife's that elect to take care of their kids and homes, and of course the unemployed??????
Hell back in 76 by your list it was;
58,528,000
Yes a little bit of a rise, but then so has the population, and if you haven't noticed the biggest increases were during the Bush years...
Phil
12% Bush years
15% Øbama years