BALTIMORE, MD—With 16% of young Americans neither working nor in school, exposing them to greater risk of poverty and violence, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its report on 2023’s States with the Most At-Risk Youth.

Fortunately, Maryland came in near the bottom of the list at No. 45 out of 51.

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.

At-Risk Youth in Maryland (1=Most at Risk; 25=Avg.):

• 29th – % of Disconnected Youth
• 31st – % of Youth Without a High School Diploma
• 40th – % of Overweight & Obese Youth
• 20th – % of Youth Drug Users
• 23rd – Youth Labor Force Participation Rate
• 48th – Youth Poverty Rate
• 42nd – % of Homeless Youth

The full report can be viewed online here at WalletHub.

More in the video below.