Imagine yourself as a young person who is not in school and does not have a job.

Some of those who are in that situation face a darker future ahead.

A new study shows that 13% of young Americans are drops outs and jobless, which exposes them to greater risk of poverty and violence, according to the personal-finance website WalletHub. It recently released its study, “2025's States with the Most At-Risk Youth.”

To determine where young Americans are not faring as well as others in their age group, especially in a year made extremely stressful by inflation, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 15 key indicators of youth risk.

The data set ranges from the share of disconnected youth to the labor force participation rate among youth to the youth poverty rate.

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