Jobs, Education, and Households: Stats About America’s Youth As They Age

The Census Bureau recently released the results of a longitudinal survey that tracked a nationally representative sample of roughly 9,000 men and women interviewed annually from the ages of 12-17 in 1997 to the ages of 26-32 in 2011-2012. The study takes a special look at demographic statistics including employment, educational attainment, and household size of America’s young adults by the age of 27, with some interesting findings. (more…)