Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 2. Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2007
Table 2. Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex,
race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2007
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian Not in
Characteristic noninsti- Employed Unemployed labor
tutional Percent of force
population Total population
Total Percent of Number Rate
population
Total, 16 to 24 years............ 37,480 22,243 59.3 19,921 53.2 2,322 10.4 15,237
Enrolled in school................... 21,061 8,979 42.6 8,181 38.8 798 8.9 12,083
Enrolled in high school (1)........ 9,724 2,855 29.4 2,421 24.9 434 15.2 6,869
Men.............................. 5,118 1,431 28.0 1,203 23.5 227 15.9 3,687
Women............................ 4,607 1,425 30.9 1,218 26.4 206 14.5 3,182
White............................ 7,370 2,371 32.2 2,053 27.9 318 13.4 4,999
Black or African American........ 1,590 294 18.5 222 14.0 72 24.6 1,296
Asian............................ 352 72 20.3 58 16.3 14 (2) 281
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity..... 1,659 368 22.2 302 18.2 66 17.9 1,291
Enrolled in college................ 11,337 6,124 54.0 5,760 50.8 364 5.9 5,213
Enrolled in 2-year college....... 3,217 2,066 64.2 1,946 60.5 121 5.8 1,151
Enrolled in 4-year college....... 8,120 4,057 50.0 3,814 47.0 243 6.0 4,063
Full-time students............... 9,659 4,693 48.6 4,398 45.5 295 6.3 4,966
Part-time students............... 1,678 1,431 85.3 1,362 81.2 69 4.8 247
Men.............................. 5,226 2,664 51.0 2,508 48.0 156 5.9 2,563
Women............................ 6,110 3,460 56.6 3,252 53.2 208 6.0 2,651
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White............................ 8,912 5,008 56.2 4,759 53.4 249 5.0 3,904
Black or African American........ 1,423 674 47.4 607 42.7 67 9.9 749
Asian............................ 668 240 35.9 223 33.4 17 7.0 428
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity..... 1,414 836 59.1 800 56.6 36 4.3 578
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Not enrolled in school............... 16,419 13,264 80.8 11,740 71.5 1,524 11.5 3,155
16 to 19 years..................... 3,269 2,356 72.1 1,905 58.3 451 19.1 914
20 to 24 years..................... 13,149 10,908 83.0 9,835 74.8 1,073 9.8 2,241
Men................................ 8,595 7,554 87.9 6,628 77.1 926 12.3 1,042
Less than a high school diploma.. 1,859 1,496 80.5 1,261 67.8 236 15.7 362
High school graduates, no
college (3)..................... 4,073 3,544 87.0 3,069 75.3 475 13.4 529
Some college or associate
degree.......................... 1,768 1,662 94.0 1,509 85.4 152 9.2 106
Bachelor's degree and higher (4). 895 852 95.1 789 88.1 63 7.4 44
Women.............................. 7,823 5,710 73.0 5,112 65.3 598 10.5 2,113
Less than a high school diploma.. 1,419 689 48.6 558 39.3 131 19.0 730
High school graduates, no
college (3)..................... 3,340 2,371 71.0 2,077 62.2 294 12.4 969
Some college or associate
degree.......................... 1,884 1,527 81.1 1,416 75.1 112 7.3 357
Bachelor's degree and higher (4). 1,180 1,122 95.1 1,061 90.0 61 5.4 58
White.............................. 12,740 10,441 82.0 9,441 74.1 1,000 9.6 2,299
Black or African American.......... 2,542 1,938 76.2 1,521 59.8 417 21.5 604
Asian.............................. 462 379 82.1 342 74.0 37 9.9 83
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity....... 3,559 2,655 74.6 2,349 66.0 305 11.5 904
1 Includes a small number of persons enrolled in grades below high school.
2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
3 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
4 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Detail for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals
because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be
of any race. Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Updated population controls
are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Last Modified Date: April 25, 2008
