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 2012
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 2012
(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................... 38,800 21,466 55.3 18,167 46.8 3,299 15.4 17,334
Enrolled in school..................... 22,718 8,717 38.4 7,520 33.1 1,196 13.7 14,002
Enrolled in high school (1)........... 10,033 2,262 22.5 1,742 17.4 520 23.0 7,771
Men.................................. 5,209 1,093 21.0 822 15.8 271 24.8 4,116
Women................................ 4,824 1,169 24.2 920 19.1 249 21.3 3,656
White................................ 7,327 1,777 24.2 1,424 19.4 353 19.8 5,550
Black or African American............ 1,652 338 20.4 206 12.4 132 39.1 1,314
Asian................................ 502 39 7.7 35 6.9 4 (2) 463
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity......... 2,179 338 15.5 228 10.4 110 32.7 1,841
Enrolled in college................... 12,685 6,454 50.9 5,778 45.6 676 10.5 6,231
Enrolled in 2-year college........... 3,956 2,234 56.5 1,912 48.3 322 14.4 1,722
Enrolled in 4-year college........... 8,729 4,220 48.3 3,866 44.3 354 8.4 4,509
Full-time students................... 10,819 4,948 45.7 4,440 41.0 509 10.3 5,871
Part-time students................... 1,866 1,506 80.7 1,338 71.7 167 11.1 360
Men.................................. 5,842 2,897 49.6 2,579 44.2 318 11.0 2,945
Women................................ 6,843 3,558 52.0 3,199 46.7 358 10.1 3,286
White................................ 9,472 4,938 52.1 4,513 47.6 425 8.6 4,535
Black or African American............ 1,716 837 48.8 682 39.8 155 18.5 879
Asian................................ 937 377 40.2 341 36.3 36 9.6 561
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity......... 2,459 1,240 50.4 1,114 45.3 126 10.2 1,218
Not enrolled in school................. 16,082 12,749 79.3 10,647 66.2 2,102 16.5 3,333
16 to 19 years........................ 2,982 2,033 68.2 1,421 47.7 611 30.1 950
20 to 24 years........................ 13,099 10,716 81.8 9,225 70.4 1,491 13.9 2,383
Men................................... 8,506 7,108 83.6 5,896 69.3 1,212 17.0 1,398
Less than a high school diploma...... 1,427 1,045 73.2 744 52.1 301 28.8 382
High school graduates, no college (3) 4,089 3,344 81.8 2,709 66.2 635 19.0 746
Some college or associate degree..... 2,043 1,830 89.5 1,625 79.5 204 11.2 214
Bachelor's degree and higher (4)..... 946 890 94.1 818 86.5 72 8.0 56
Women................................. 7,575 5,641 74.5 4,750 62.7 891 15.8 1,934
Less than a high school diploma...... 1,135 568 50.0 405 35.6 163 28.7 568
High school graduates, no college(3) 3,025 2,135 70.6 1,674 55.3 462 21.6 889
Some college or associate degree..... 2,112 1,715 81.2 1,526 72.2 190 11.1 397
Bachelor's degree and higher (4)..... 1,304 1,222 93.8 1,146 87.9 76 6.2 81
White................................. 12,145 9,914 81.6 8,515 70.1 1,398 14.1 2,231
Black or African American............. 2,606 1,866 71.6 1,320 50.7 546 29.2 739
Asian................................. 536 379 70.7 327 60.9 53 13.9 157
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.......... 3,563 2,659 74.6 2,187 61.4 472 17.8 904
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.