Disconnected youth is defined as the percentage of residents, age 16-19, who are neither working nor enrolled in school. Our youth is our region's budding labor force; ensuring that they are participating in school and/or working brightens their economic future and our region's prosperity.
The disconnected youth rate rose from 4.7% in 2023 to 5.1% in 2024 and is now 0.7 percentage points higher than it was in 2019.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year Estimate[Table code: B14005]