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In July 2021, 54.4 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds had a job. This was up from 46.7 percent in July 2020, when youth employment was unusually low due to the COVID–19 pandemic, but down from 56.2 percent in July 2019.
Sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity | July 2021 | July 2020 | July 2019 |
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Total |
60.5% | 57.3% | 61.8% |
Sex |
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Men |
61.8 | 58.4 | 63.2 |
Women |
59.1 | 56.2 | 60.4 |
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
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White |
62.8 | 59.4 | 64.1 |
Black or African American |
55.1 | 52.5 | 58.3 |
Asian |
44.6 | 42.9 | 44.6 |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
56.8 | 54.4 | 57.8 |
Employment–population ratios were higher in July 2021 than they were a year earlier for young men (55.1 percent), women (53.7 percent), Whites (57.2 percent), Blacks (47.6 percent), Asians (39.1 percent), and Hispanics (50.2 percent). However, for each of these groups the ratios in July 2021 were lower than July 2019.
These data are from the Current Population Survey. For more information, see “Employment and Unemployment among Youth — Summer 2021.” People whose ethnicity is Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, 54.4 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds employed in July 2021, up from 46.7 percent in July 2020 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2021/54-4-percent-of-16-to-24-year-olds-employed-in-july-2021-up-from-46-7-percent-in-july-2020.htm (visited December 03, 2024).