By the Numbers: 10 August 2020
24%
The unemployment rate among military spouses, according to a recent report from the Deloitte Center for Government Insights -- Military spouse unemployment: Exploring solutions to a local problem of national importance. The report indicates that the underemployment rate is anywhere from 31% to 51% "despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to address the issue and a complex network of nonprofit support."