This population growth must inevitably lead to an unconcealable crisis in Negro unemployment. The most conspicuous failure of the American social system in the past 10 years has been its inadequacy in providing jobs for Negro youth. Thus, in January 1965 the unemployment rate for Negro teenagers stood at 29 percent. This problem. will now become steadily more serious.
| Percent increase | ||||
| Actual | Projected[table 1] | |||
| 1954–64 | 1964–70 | |||
Civilian population age 14
and over | ||||
| White | 15.6 | 9.7 | ||
| Nonwhite | 23.9 | 19.9 | ||
| Civilian labor force | ||||
| White | 14.6 | 10.8 | ||
| Nonwhite | 19.3 | 20.0 | ||
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