Education and Workforce Training
Life is overwhelming sometimes to teenagers . I have to go meet with them three times to convince them that a scholarship is available ! That ’ s money ! So it ’ s work to even get them to understand what is available to them . But again , our shortcoming is communication .
– an Arlington resident
Arlington falls in the lower half of the top 100 most populated cities in the U . S . in terms of the percent of the population with an associate ’ s degree or higher ( 32.6 percent ). White and Asian or Pacific Islanders are the most likely groups to have a bachelor ’ s degree or higher , while Latino residents ( particularly immigrant Latinos ) are the least likely . White residents consistently receive the highest wages with all levels of educational attainment , while those identifying as Latino consistently receive the lowest wages . Similarly , Black residents have the highest unemployment rates when comparing ethnoracial groups at all levels of educational attainment , and they have three times the unemployment rate of White residents when considering the population with a bachelor ’ s degree or higher . Out of youth aged 16-24 , Latino residents are the most likely to not be employed or enrolled in school , and Asian or Pacific Islanders are the least likely .
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