Youth Employment: % of 16-24 Year Olds in Labor Force who are Unemployed
Current Value
18.8%
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Story Behind the Curve
Talbot County is experiencing high rates, 12.4%, of Disconnected Youth aged 16-24 years old who are neither in school nor working. In 2016 there has been a spike in the number of High School Drop Out and as we see in the graph above, a high rate of youth that are unemployed. For comparison, the current overall unemployment rate in Talbot County is 4.9%.