Teenage Unemployment Remains High
Posted: July 3, 2011 at 5:41 a.m.
Morgan Mitchell, 17, says she enjoys her summer job as a lifeguard at Rogers’ Lake Atalanta Park pool. Mitchell said she applied for some retail jobs but didn’t get them or wasn’t old enough. Finally, she decided to get her lifeguard certification, and got the lifeguard job.
Teenagers may have a hard time following their parents’ admonitions to get a job this summer.
By The Numbers
Teen Employment
2010 State Employment
• Arkansas unemployment rate for teens: 28.2 percent
• U.S. teen unemployment rate: 25.9 percent
• Arkansas percent of teens with jobs: 24.9 percent
• U.S. percent of teenagers with jobs: 25.9 percent
National May Unemployment Rates
• May 2001: 13.3 percent
• May 2002: 16.5 percent
• May 2003: 18 percent
• May 2004: 17.4 percent
• May 2005: 18.3 percent
• May 2006: 14.4 percent
• May 2007: 16.3 percent
• May 2008: 19.4 percent
• May 2009: 23.6 percent
• May 2010: 26.8 percent
• May 2011: 24 percent
Source: U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics
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