<P> There are nearly 30 million small businesses in the US . Minorities such as Hispanics, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans (35% of the country's population), own 4.1 million of the country's businesses . Minority - owned businesses generate almost $700 billion in revenue and employ almost 5 million workers in the U.S. Americans have the highest average employee income among OECD nations . The median household income in the US as of 2008 is $52,029 . About 284,000 working people in the US have two full - time jobs and 7.6 million have a part - time job in addition to their full - time employment . Of working individuals in the US, 12% belong to a labor union; most union members are government workers . The decline of union membership in the US over the last several decades parallels the decline of labor's share of the economy . The World Bank ranks the United States first in the ease of hiring and firing workers . The United States is the only advanced economy that does not legally guarantee its workers paid vacation or paid sick days, and is one of just a few countries in the world without paid family leave as a legal right, with the others being Papua New Guinea, Suriname and Liberia . In 2014, the International Trade Union Confederation graded the U.S a 4 out of 5 +, its third lowest score, on the subject of powers and rights granted to labor unions . </P> <P> As of December 2016, the unemployment rate in the United States was 4.7% or 7.5 million people, while the government's broader U-6 unemployment rate, which includes the part - time underemployed was 9.2% or 10.2 million people . These figures were calculated with a civilian labor force of approximately 160 million people, relative to a U.S. population of approximately 324 million people . </P> <P> In 2009 through 2013, following the Great Recession, the emerging problem of jobless recoveries resulted in record levels of long - term unemployment with over 6 million workers looking for work longer than 6 months as of January 2010 . This particularly affected older workers . In the year following the recession's end in June 2009 in the United States, immigrants gained 656,000 jobs, while U.S. - born workers lost more than a million jobs . </P> <P> In April 2010, the official unemployment rate was 9.9%, but the government's broader U-6 unemployment rate was 17.1% . In the period between February 2008 and February 2010, the number of people working part - time for economic reasons has increased by 4 million to 8.8 million, an 83% increase in part - time workers during the two - year period . By 2013, although the unemployment rate had fallen below 8%, the record proportion of long term unemployed and continued decreasing household income remained indicative of a jobless recovery . </P>

Which of the following describe the united states economy in 2008 and​ 2009