What is currently impacting approximately four out of ten Americans - or 92 million people? <br /> <br />28% of men, 40% of women and 39% of youth simply don't want a job. <br /> <br />Over ninety-two million Americans age sixteen and older are no longer participating in the labor force - meaning they’re not currently employed or actively searching for work. This is the highest amount of individuals opting out of employment in thirty-six years. <br /> <br />Approximately one out of every six American men in their prime working years - 25 to 54 years old - does not have a job. <br /> <br />Only 47% of working-age Americans have full-time jobs. <br /> <br />According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for latino Americans is 142% that of white Americans. The unemployment rate for black americans is 215% that of white Americans. The black unemployment rate hasn’t been this high in over five years. Asian Americans are 17% more likely to be employed than white Americans. <br /> <br />The unemployment rate for those over twenty years old is 13% higher for women than it is for men. <br /> <br />The last few years are the only back-to-back years on record when the number of Americans taking food stamps has outnumbered the amount of women working full-time year-round. <br /> <br />Over seven million Americans are employed as involuntary part-time workers due to their hours being cut, or simply being unable to find full time employment. <br /> <br />Approximately one out of every four involuntary part-time workers is living below the poverty line. <br /> <br />One out of every ten jobs is filled by a temp agency. <br /> <br />According to a recent survey, 60 percent of unemployed Americans claim that looking for work has been harder than expected - while 47 percent of unemployed Americans have “completely given up” looking for a job. <br /> <br />36 percent of Americans have not saved a dime for retirement including 69% of all 18-29 year olds and 14% of people 65 and older. What is going to happen to them? <br /> <br />An astonishing 76 percent of all Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. 22% of the people surveyed had savings of less than $100 to cover a possible emergency, while 46% had less than $800. What happens to these people if and when that emergency happens? <br /> <br />Over half of all working Americans make less than $30,000 a year - and almost a quarter shockingly make seventy-four hundred dollars or less per year. <br /> <br />In February 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that only 32.9 percent of youths aged 16 to 19 were working or actively looking for a job; this is the lowest record since the bureau started tracking the data in 1948. <br /> <br />Compared to the general population, 18 to 29 year olds are twice as likely to be unemployed. <br /> <br />Unemployment rates for recent college graduates increased by about 160% between 2008 and 2010. Young people without a high school diploma had 33% unemployment in 2010. <br /> <br />37 percent of college graduates are in jobs requiring a high-school diploma or less. Over two million college graduates with at least a bachelor's degree level education are working in retail sales, as cashiers, waiters/waitresses, as stock clerks or - as janitors. <br /> <br />Of the twenty fastest growing occupations in America, only four require a Bachelor's degree or better, while ten don’t even require a high school diploma. <br /> <br />Half of all college graduates - two years out of school - are still financially dependent on their parents. 16% of those surveyed reporting living on their own as unimportant to them. <br /> <br />Median household income, when adjusted for inflation, is approximately $53,000, which is about 7% lower than it was in 2000. <br /> <br />The number of foreign-born individuals holding jobs in the United States has hit a recorded high of 24,639,000. <br /> <br />Sources: http://www.fdrurl.com/jobsandunemployment <br /> <br />Freedomain Radio is 100% funded by viewers like you. Please support the show by signing up for a monthly subscription or making a one time donation at: http://www.fdrurl.com/donate
