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Youth Employment Status

Here's a look at the number of employed youth ages 16–24 by sex, race, and ethnicity, July 2009–2012.

  July
Characteristic 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 %
Total population, 16 to 24 years 37,586   37,944   38,196   38,799  
Sex:                
 Male 9,880 52.2% 9,537 49.9% 9,746 50.2% 10,140 51.9%
 Female 9,424 50.5 9,027 48.0 8,886 47.3 9,321 48.4
Race/ethnicity:                
 White 16,000 55.2 15,455 53.0 15,367 52.3 15,498 53.5
 Black 2,060 36.4 1,980 34.4 1,996 34.6 2,323 38.9
 Asian 619 41.3 597 37.9 638 40.5 718 37.4
 Hispanic or Latino 3,143 46.5 3,111 43.6 3,260 42.9 3,799 46.5
Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor.