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DATA2GO.NYC
DATA2GO.NYC is a free, interactive tool that lets you explore over 400 indicators related to human well-being and inequality across New York City's nearly 200 neighborhoods.
Broad Recovery, Persistent Inequity: Youth Disconnection in America
Broad Recovery, Persistent Inequity presents 2022 youth disconnection rates for the United States as a whole as well as by gender, race and ethnicity, region, state, metro area, and congressional district.
A Portrait of Newark
A Portrait of Newark is an extensive study of well-being across race, place, and gender, and youth disconnection across Newark, New Jersey.
Youth Disconnection Interactive Tool
Millions of young people in the United States are neither working nor in school. Explore the latest youth disconnection data for yourself in this interactive tool.
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"So-called disconnected youth who aren't employed or in school made up about 11% of the 16 to 24 age group in 2022, per a 2024 report from the research firm Measure of America."
Business Insider | June 20, 20254 Million Gen Zers Are Unemployed ‘NEETs’ Due To ‘Broken Promises’ About The Economy
"According to research from the Social Science Research Council, some 4.3 million Gen Z Americans are classified as so-called NEETs, an acronym for Not in Education, Employment or Training."
YourTango | June 4, 2025Beyond degrees: Empowering Illinoisans through career-first education
"An even trickier problem facing Illinois’ youth is “disconnection.” People ages 16-24 are considered “disconnected” if they are neither in school nor working. Nationally, these youth are twice as likely to be in poverty and receive Medicaid."
Illinois Policy Institute | June 3, 2025
