Persons age 18 to 24 not attending school, not working, and no degree beyond high school in the United States
Persons age 18 to 24 not attending school, not working, and no degree beyond high school
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definitions:
Persons age 18 to 24 who: (1) are not presently enrolled in school; (2) are not currently working; and (3) have no degree beyond a high school diploma or GED.
This measure reflects those young adults who are considered having difficulty navigating what most would consider a successful transition to adulthood.
Data Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 through the 2019, 2021 American Community Survey.
Footnotes:
Updated December 2022.
S - Estimates suppressed when the confidence interval around the
percentage is greater than or equal to 10 percentage points.
N.A. – Data
not available.
Data are provided for the 50 most populous cities according to the most
recent Census counts. Cities for which data is collected may change
over time.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Persons age 18 to 24 not attending school, not working, and no degree beyond high school .