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Indicator 61. Unemployment of Young Adults

Unemployment rates of 16- to 24-year-olds, by sex, race/ethnicity, and age: 1950 to 1992

______________________________________________________________________________________       |     All races     |      White1/      |       Black1/     |    Hispanic2/       |___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________  Year |16 to 19 |20 to 24 |16 to 19 |20 to 24 |16 to 19 |20 to 24 |16 to 19 |20 to 24       |years old|years old|years old|years old|years old|years old|years old|years old ______|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________                                               Men  1950 ..    12.7       8.1       ---       ---       ---       ---       ---     --- 1955 ..    11.6       7.7      11.3       7.0   3/ 13.4   3/ 12.4       ---     --- 1960 ..    15.3       8.9      14.0       8.3   3/ 24.0   3/ 13.1       ---     --- 1965 ..    14.1       6.4      12.9       5.9   3/ 23.3   3/  9.3       ---     --- 1970 ..    15.0       8.4      13.7       7.8   3/ 25.0   3/ 12.6       ---     --- 1975 ..    20.1      14.3      18.3      13.1      38.1      24.7      27.6    16.3 1980 ..    18.3      12.5      16.2      11.1      37.5      23.7      21.6    12.3  1981 ..    20.1      13.2      17.9      11.6      40.7      26.4      24.3    14.2 1982 ..    24.4      16.4      21.7      14.3      48.9      31.5      31.2    18.3 1983 ..    23.3      15.9      20.2      13.8      48.8      31.4      28.7    17.1 1984 ..    19.6      11.9      16.8       9.8      42.7      26.6      25.3    12.7 1985 ..    19.5      11.4      16.5       9.7      41.0      23.5      24.7    13.0 1986 ..    19.0      11.0      16.3       9.2      39.3      23.5      24.5    13.0 1987 ..    17.8       9.9      15.5       8.4      34.4      20.3      22.2    10.2 1988 ..    16.0       8.9      13.9       7.4      32.7      19.4      22.7     9.2 1989 ..    15.9       8.8      13.7       7.5      31.9      17.9      20.2     9.7 1990 ..    16.3       9.1      14.2       7.6      32.1      20.2      19.6     8.3 1991 ..    19.8      11.7      17.5      10.2      36.5      22.4      23.7    11.6 1992 ..    21.5      12.2      18.4      10.4      42.0      24.5      28.2    13.7                                               Women  1950 ..    11.4       6.9       ---       ---       ---       ---       ---     --- 1955 ..    10.2       6.1       9.1       5.1   3/ 19.2   3/ 13.0       ---     --- 1960 ..    13.9       8.3      12.7       7.2   3/ 24.8   3/ 15.3       ---     --- 1965 ..    15.7       7.3      14.0       6.3   3/ 31.7   3/ 13.7       ---     --- 1970 ..    15.6       7.9      13.4       6.9   3/ 34.5   3/ 15.0       ---     --- 1975 ..    19.7      12.7      17.4      11.2      41.0      24.3      27.9    17.2 1980 ..    17.2      10.4      14.8       8.5      39.8      23.5      23.4    11.9  1981 ..    19.0      11.2      16.6       9.1      42.2      26.4      23.5    13.6 1982 ..    21.9      13.2      19.0      10.9      47.1      29.6      28.2    17.0 1983 ..    21.3      12.9      18.3      10.3      48.2      31.8      27.9    16.4 1984 ..    18.0      10.9      15.2       8.8      42.6      25.6      22.8    12.3 1985 ..    17.6      10.7      14.8       8.5      39.2      25.6      23.8    12.1 1986 ..    17.6      10.3      14.9       8.1      39.2      24.7      25.1    12.9 1987 ..    15.9       9.4      13.4       7.4      34.9      23.3      22.4    11.4 1988 ..    14.4       8.5      12.3       6.7      32.0      19.8      21.0    10.7 1989 ..    14.0       8.3      11.5       6.8      33.0      18.1      18.2    12.2 1990 ..    14.7       8.5      12.6       6.8      30.0      19.7      19.5    10.4 1991 ..    17.4       9.8      15.2       8.0      36.1      20.7      21.9    11.7 1992 ..    18.5      10.2      15.7       8.3      37.2      23.1      26.4    12.4 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 

1/Includes Hispanics.
2/Hispanics may be of any race.
3/Includes black and other races.

NOTE: The unemployment rate is the proportion of those in the labor force who are not working and are seeking employment.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Earnings (January issues); and Labor Force Statistics derived from the Current Population Survey: A Data Book, vol. I, Bulletin 2096; and unpublished data.