Percent of Youth Ages 16-24 Not in School and Not Working
Current Value
13.2%
Definition
Line
Bar
Story Behind the Curve
- Lack of employment opportunities
- Child care costs
- Transportation and Job Training
Partners
What Works
- Bringing a major corporation to town such as Merck, Google, etc.
- Hiring a lobbyist to change the system and give a 50% rebate to all working parents
- Chesapeake College take over the hospital when it closes so that people can walk, bike or segway to work. With a whole wing dedicated to child care and training people to be child care workers.
Strategy
Data Discussion
Indicator: Youth Not in School and Not Working (% ages 16-24)
Definition: The percentage of the population ages 16 to 24 who are not enrolled in school and who are not working (either unemployed or not in the labor force).
Source: Measure of America analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey PUMS Microdata (http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml) and custom tabulations for county and county equivalents provided by special arrangement with the U.S. Census Bureau.