D.C. youth unemployment exceeds national rate

Nearly one in three low-income young adults without a four-year college degree in the District was unemployed and not in school in 2009, far higher than the national rate, according to a report released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution.

Using census data, the report examined 28,000 low-income 16-to-24-year-olds in Washington who had not earned a bachelor's degree. Of those, nearly 9,000 were unemployed and not in school.

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Patricia Sullivan 06 Oct, 2011


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