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Nearly half of young black men in Chicago are neither in school nor working, far exceeding the share nationally and in comparable big cities, according to a new report.
Forty-seven percent of 20- to 24-year-old black men in Chicago, and 44 percent in Illinois, were out of school and out of work in 2014, according to the report from the University of Illinois at Chicago's Great Cities Institute and commissioned by the Alternative Schools Network.
The report was to be presented Monday at an annual hearing on youth unemployment hosted by the Chicago Urban League.
The high rates of unemployment locally compares with 32 percent of young black men nationwide and 30.8 percent in New York and Los Angeles. Among young black women in Chicago, 35.3 percent were neither working nor in school, also higher than the national average of 24.7 percent and jobless rates in New York and Los Angeles.
Counting both men and women together, 41 percent of black 20- to 24-year-olds were out of work and out of school in Chicago, compared to 18.7 percent of Hispanics and 6.7 percent of whites in the same age group.
The highest concentration of youth unemployment occurred in neighborhoods on Chicago's south and west sides, including Fuller Park, Englewood, East Garfield Park and North Lawndale, areas which are also home to high rates of poverty and crime.
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HEADLINE: Nearly half of young black men in Chicago are neither in school nor working: report
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