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New Hampshire fares better than most in youth employment

New Hampshire has one of the nation's highest employment rates for young adults at a time when the national rate is lower than it has been in more than 50 years, according to a report released Monday.

By Associated Press | Updated on December 03, 2012

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has one of the nation’s highest employment rates for young adults at a time when the national rate is lower than it has been in more than 50 years, according to a report released Monday.

The latest “Kids Count” policy report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation concludes that employment among both 16- to 19-year-olds and 20- to 24-year-olds is at its lowest level since World War II. Only about half of young people ages 16 to 24 held jobs in 2011, and among teens in that group, only 25 percent were employed.

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