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Sure. That figure's from policy analyst Matt Bruenig, and the data source was the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) of the Current Population Survey (CPS). He breaks down how many people belong to each category pretty well in this post:

https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2018/09/18/the-best-way-to-eradicate-poverty-welfare-not-jobs/

By definition, these are people who earn zero market income in a given year, so they have done no market labor whatsoever.

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Dawson Richard Vosburg
Dawson Richard Vosburg

Written by Dawson Richard Vosburg

PhD student in sociology at Ohio State University studying religion, capitalism, and race in the US. Cofounder, Evangelical Labor Institute.

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