Today's young adults are more likely to take a higher degree than their peers who came of age 30 years agone, but too are more than likely to be unemployed and living in poverty than young adults in 1980, according to vast new census statistics released Thursday.

The data from the American Community Survey shows that 22 percent of adults aged 18 to 34 take a college degree, up from 16 percentage in 1980. Yet 65 pct of today's immature adults are employed, compared with 69 percent in 1980. One in five young adults alive in poverty, census officials said, compared with one in seven in 1980.

In California, 62 pct of young adults are employed, down from 71 percent in 1980, and xix percent alive in poverty, upward from 15 percent in 1980, the data bear witness.

The irresolute characteristics of the nation's young people, chosen the millennial generation, reflect how the nation is irresolute, census officials said in releasing the statistics.

For instance, the per centum of young adults who are foreign born has more than doubled since 1980, from 6 percent to 15 percentage. Nationally, one in four adults speaks a language other than English at home. The number is highest in California, where one in two adults speaks a linguistic communication other than English at domicile.

The latest data comes with an easy-to-use interactive mapping tool that allows users to compare data on a statewide and regional level in categories ranging from income levels, educational attainment, commuting habits and more.

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