https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/worker-shortage-likely-to-last-for-years-because-the-number-of-working-age-people-has-shrunk/
https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/worker-shortage-likely-to-last-for-years-because-the-number-of-working-age-people-has-shrunk/
That's a funny way to say "the general population"
and that's a funny way to say "nearly a million"