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 2022

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 2022
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Civilian noninsti- tutional population	Civilian labor force						Not in labor force
		Total	Percent of population	Employed		Unemployed
		Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of population	Number	Rate
Total, 16 to 24 years	38,024	21,236	55.8	19,600	51.5	1,636	7.7	16,788
Enrolled in school
Total, enrolled in school	21,242	7,818	36.8	7,339	34.6	478	6.1	13,424
Enrolled in high school(1)	9,635	2,416	25.1	2,235	23.2	182	7.5	7,219
Men	5,104	1,180	23.1	1,083	21.2	97	8.2	3,924
Women	4,532	1,237	27.3	1,152	25.4	85	6.9	3,295
White	6,989	1,849	26.5	1,723	24.7	126	6.8	5,140
Black or African American	1,365	291	21.3	254	18.6	36	12.5	1,074
Asian	507	52	10.2	52	10.2	-	-	455
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	2,441	487	20.0	434	17.8	53	11.0	1,953
Enrolled in college	11,606	5,401	46.5	5,105	44.0	297	5.5	6,205
Enrolled in 2-year college	2,540	1,409	55.5	1,316	51.8	93	6.6	1,131
Enrolled in 4-year college	9,066	3,992	44.0	3,789	41.8	203	5.1	5,074
Full-time students	10,358	4,391	42.4	4,138	40.0	253	5.8	5,967
Part-time students	1,248	1,010	81.0	966	77.4	44	4.4	238
Men	5,073	2,297	45.3	2,170	42.8	127	5.5	2,776
Women	6,534	3,105	47.5	2,935	44.9	170	5.5	3,429
White	8,360	4,040	48.3	3,844	46.0	196	4.9	4,320
Black or African American	1,589	680	42.8	641	40.3	39	5.7	910
Asian	1,080	371	34.3	333	30.8	38	10.1	709
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	2,389	1,257	52.6	1,210	50.7	47	3.7	1,132
Not enrolled in school
Total, not enrolled in school	16,782	13,418	80.0	12,260	73.1	1,158	8.6	3,364
16 to 19 years	3,642	2,505	68.8	2,121	58.2	384	15.3	1,137
20 to 24 years	13,140	10,914	83.1	10,139	77.2	775	7.1	2,227
Men	8,927	7,487	83.9	6,851	76.7	636	8.5	1,440
Less than a high school diploma	1,052	722	68.7	629	59.8	93	12.9	329
High school graduates, no college(2)	4,674	3,908	83.6	3,533	75.6	375	9.6	766
Some college or associate degree	1,904	1,629	85.6	1,544	81.1	85	5.2	275
Bachelor's degree and higher(3)	1,298	1,228	94.6	1,145	88.2	83	6.7	70
Women	7,856	5,931	75.5	5,409	68.9	522	8.8	1,924
Less than a high school diploma	838	379	45.3	312	37.3	67	17.6	459
High school graduates, no college(2)	3,602	2,734	75.9	2,469	68.6	264	9.7	868
Some college or associate degree	1,820	1,409	77.4	1,283	70.5	127	9.0	411
Bachelor's degree and higher(3)	1,596	1,409	88.3	1,345	84.3	64	4.5	187
White	12,488	10,079	80.7	9,371	75.0	708	7.0	2,409
Black or African American	2,606	2,062	79.1	1,764	67.7	298	14.5	544
Asian	659	535	81.2	483	73.3	52	9.7	124
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	4,425	3,483	78.7	3,218	72.7	265	7.6	942
(1) Includes a small number of persons enrolled in grades below high school. (2) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (3) 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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