It’s also just a very small number when put in perspective. From most recent on census I could find through a quick search, of the US population that is 16 or older (idk why they do 16, but that’s how they have the data), the US has around 173 million counted as being “in labor force” and out of that number, 7.3 million are counted as unemployed. 73,000 would be a fraction of that, leaving an enormous number still considered unemployed. And this is probably being generous because there’s another 98 million 16 or older counted as “not in labor force”; from what I could find, that categorization is defined as “people who are neither working nor looking for work”. This seems fuzzy and easy to hide things in because among it could be many who are doing okay that way, such as stay-at-home moms whose husbands cover the costs or students who are getting by on loans or grants for the time being. But what about those who are not currently working or looking, but could still benefit greatly from being employed?

I don’t really know quite how bad it is, it’s hard to get a concrete grasp on, but I guess the bottom line is that big number doesn’t mean a whole lot if it’s small in the context of other numbers.