Many discouraged workers have left the labor force.  

Workers who have left the labor force but want work, are available for work and have looked for a job in the past 12 months but haven't looked in the past 4 weeks specifically because they did not believe there was a job for them ("Discouraged Workers") or another reason ("Marginally Attached"). Massachusetts.

Data on a 4-quarter moving-average basis.
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization Get the data