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Summer youth employment rises 2.1 million

August 18, 2015

The number of employed youth, those between 16 and 24 years old, rose by 2.1 million to 20.3 million — or 52.7% of the overall youth population — from April to July, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Unemployment among youth rose by 654,000 in the same time frame. The youth unemployment rate was 12.2% in July 2015, 2.1 percentage points less than the same month year prior.

The youth labor force — those working or actively seeking work — rose by 2.7 million, or 13.5%, to a total of 23.2 million in July. This comprises 60.0% of the total youth population, changed from a year earlier, but below the July high of 77.5% in 1989.