August 26, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Youth employment in July 2011

Employment-population ratio for persons 16 to 24 years of age, July 1951�July 2011, not seasonally adjusted
Month	Employment-population ratio (in percent)
July 1951	61.5
July 1952	59.3
July 1953	58.6
July 1954	54.7
July 1955	57.2
July 1956	59.8
July 1957	60.0
July 1958	54.4
July 1959	56.1
July 1960	57.4
July 1961	55.2
July 1962	57.0
July 1963	55.3
July 1964	56.2
July 1965	58.6
July 1966	60.8
July 1967	61.2
July 1968	61.2
July 1969	62.2
July 1970	60.7
July 1971	59.7
July 1972	61.5
July 1973	64.0
July 1974	64.1
July 1975	61.1
July 1976	63.7
July 1977	64.7
July 1978	66.9
July 1979	67.6
July 1980	65.1
July 1981	64.8
July 1982	61.8
July 1983	63.3
July 1984	66.1
July 1985	65.9
July 1986	66.7
July 1987	67.3
July 1988	68.5
July 1989	69.2
July 1990	67.0
July 1991	63.5
July 1992	63.8
July 1993	64.6
July 1994	64.7
July 1995	64.9
July 1996	64.1
July 1997	64.6
July 1998	64.9
July 1999	65.2
July 2000	64.8
July 2001	63.3
July 2002	60.9
July 2003	58.3
July 2004	58.9
July 2005	59.3
July 2006	59.2
July 2007	58.0
July 2008	56.0
July 2009	51.4
July 2010	48.9
July 2011	48.8(1)
Footnotes: (1) = preliminary

These data are featured in the TED article, Youth employment in July 2011.

Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age, selected industries, July 2011, not seasonally adjusted
Industry	Employment
Leisure and hospitality	4,770,000
Retail trade	3,869,000
Education and health services	1,936,000
Government	1,382,000
Professional and business services	1,326,000
Manufacturing	1,106,000
Other services	898,000
Construction	744,000
Financial activities	716,000
Self-employed and unpaid family workers	397,000
Agriculture and related industries	382,000
Transportation & utilities	360,000
Wholesale trade	342,000
Information	329,000
Mining	76,000

These data are featured in the TED article, Youth employment in July 2011.

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