New Hampshire became the ninth state to approve the Constitution in June, but the key States of Virginia and New York were locked in bitter debates. Their failure to ratify would reduce the new union by two large, populated, wealthy states, and would geographically splinter it.
The is part of the labor force: the total group of people who either are working or who are looking for a job and who would like to and can work.
She cannot be part of the US debt, as debt is not a person or a group of people: it's the state of owing money to someone else.