UIC Study Finds Youth Unemployment Spiked During Pandemic – WTTW (Chicago)

A new study by UIC’s Great Cities Institute showed the jobless rate rose from 44% in 2019 to 57% in 2021 for Black people ages 20 to 24. And that’s on top of the 87% of Black residents 16 to 19 years old who were unemployed in 2021 — 20% higher than the national average. The study also drew connections between the city’s crime rates and low youth unemployment rates.