16.2 percent
The current national youth unemployment rate, which is more than double the national rate of 7.6 percent.
Source:
Governing
The current national youth unemployment rate, which is more than double the national rate of 7.6 percent.
Areas in the United States suffering from a shortage of primary-care providers. Most of them are rural.
Fine for parents in Michigan who listen to their children's landline phone call. If a state representative gets his way, parents will soon be exempt from the eavesdropping law, which could also land them in prison for up to two years.
Age that Maine Gov. Paul LePage wants people to be to vote and join the military in his state. His proposal, which would need permission from the Trump administration, is in response to the legislature's decision to override him and raise the age for buying tobacco to 21.
Confederate monuments and statues on public property in the United States. Most of them are in the South, and 32 of them have been dedicated or rededicated since 2000.
Estimated economic benefit of the total solar eclipse in just one town, Hopkinsville, Ky., which is the epicenter of the global event and is expecting as many as 200,000 visitors this weekend.
Number of hate groups in California, which is the most of any state. Trailing right behind is Florida (with 63) and Texas (with 55).