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Federal Poverty Levels
Child Care Basics
A report by CDF's Early Childhood Development Division
April 2001
Youth jobless rates:
- June Youth Jobless Rates by Race, 1948-2003 (PDF, 70KB)
- Top 20 Large Cities by Percent Jobless Among Out-of-School Youth: April 2000 (PDF, 40KB)
- Number and Percent Jobless Among Out-of-School Youth (Age 16-19) for the 245 Largest U.S. Cities, by Race (Comma Delimited File, 22 KB)

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