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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.
Building Bright Futures in Greater Houston
Building Bright Futures in Greater Houston focuses on youth disconnection across 13 counties: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, and Wharton.
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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In Houston, young mothers face some of the highest barriers for college and work in the U.S.
"And yet new analysis of census data reveals Houston’s economic wins are leaving its youngest residents behind. Since the pandemic, nearly 125,000 young adults in the greater Houston metro area are neither employed full-time nor in school."
The Texas Tribune | December 2, 2025How New Orleans is preparing its youth for success in its hospitality industry
"According to the most recent data from Measure of America’s Youth Disconnection report, Louisiana has the highest youth disconnection rate of all U.S. states at 15.5 percent, with New Orleans nearly matching that at 15.6 percent. About 1 in 5 Black and Latino youth are disconnected in Louisiana."
Verite News | November 20. 2025Powering Potential: Plugging In Louisiana’s Opportunity Youth
" However, nationally, nearly 70% of institutionalized young people were disconnected in 2021, a rate over six times that of overall youth, suggesting that youth institutions in Louisiana also disproportionately house Opportunity Youth."
Louisiana Opportunity Youth Alliance | November 1, 2025
