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CHICAGO – A report, A Normalized Crisis: Youth and Young Adult Joblessness and Disconnection in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and the U.S., 2019–2024” conducted by the UIC Great Cities Institute documents how teenage unemployment exceeded 10 percent in 74 of the last 78 years, while the same threshold was crossed only once for prime-age workers. The analysis concludes youth joblessness is not cyclical, temporary or self-correcting — it is a long-standing policy failure.

Racial and Geographic Inequities in Youth and Young Adult Joblessness and Disconnection in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and the U.S. (2019-2023)

In May 2024, Great Cities Institute (GCI) published a report on youth employment on the uneven recovery following the COVID-19 recession. The 2024 report demonstrated that:

Chicago continues to have far higher jobless and out-of-school & jobless rates for Black (non­ Hispanic or Latino) 16- to 19-year-olds than Illinois and the U.S.

Joblessness and disconnection among Black (non-Hispanic or Latino) 20- to 24-year-olds in Chicago dropped sharply from 2021 to 2022, signaling meaningful post-pandemic recovery, but longstanding racial/ethnic inequalities persist.

Employers are hiring now for Fall and Winter, including Seasonal Holiday Jobs!
Meet and Greet with Hiring Employers! Dress for an interview and bring several copies of your resume. Friday, October 25, 2019 between 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM @West Loop Branch, Chicago Public Library, 122 N Aberdeen St., Chicago, IL 60607

June 12th Press Conference - Illinois and the U.S. are losing an estimated $9.5 billion in future tax revenue, as tens of thousands of out-of-school youth who lack a high school diploma can’t find work. Today a news conference with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-2); Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer (D-10); and Chicago Ald. Patrick O'Connor (Ward 40) addressed findings in the report The High Costs for Out of School & Jobless Youth in Chicago and Cook County.

The Cook County Board’s Workforce, Housing and Community Development Committee, chaired by Commissioner Bridget Gainer will hold a hearing on the crisis of joblessness among the county’s low-income and minority youth. Triggered by the University of Illinois Chicago’s Great Cities Institute report, Lost: The Crisis of Jobless and Out Of School Teens and Young Adults in Chicago, Illinois and the U.S., the hearing examines new data from the Institute that pulls out statistics for Cook County comparable to those in the report. The University of Chicago Crime Lab will present its findings showing a correlation between summer youth employment and reduced violence.