The July 2015 labor force participation rate for 16- to 24-year-old men was 61.8
percent, higher than the rate for young women at 58.2 percent. The rate for men
declined from last July, while the rate for women was little changed.
The youth labor force participation rate was highest for whites, at 62.3 percent in
July 2015. The rate was 56.4 percent for blacks, 44.6 percent for Asians, and 56.2
percent for Hispanics. The rate for blacks rose by 3.5 percentage points from the
previous July, while the rates for whites, Asians, and Hispanics showed little or
no change.